William Sperry

@wholemars Nobody cares about success only news of failure. We’ve been conditioned to seek failure so we can protect ourselves from it. In our minds safety is avoiding failures and not planning or designing against failures.🤔

this will happen many times today, but nobody will write an article about it

@PattyMurray What’s sooo interesting is that states in the blue say there’s no fraud while states in the red say there is.. seems no harm no foul to vote yes for the security of knowing only citizens can vote so we’re all sure the arguments are null and void.

The average person is more likely to be struck by lightning than they are to commit voter fraud. Seriously. That's a real stat. I'm voting NO on the SAVE America Act.

@BasedMikeLee Must be awesome to listen to people talk of important bills like save America the same like they’re voting for 4th grade class president and trying to justify their vote because Julie brought in red jellybeans instead of snickers..

We're now in our second day of debating the SAVE America Act in the Senate I've listened carefully to hours upon hours of the Democrats’ arguments against it I have yet to hear a single argument that I cannot refute—and in fact have not refuted on the Senate floor in the last 24 hours Even worse, most of their arguments are based on a profoundly indefensible mischaracterization of my bill

Reminds me of 2019 when we purchased the model 3 and my wife said, “we don’t need to test drive any other EV because we’re getting a Tesla”. It was that obvious just from driving a Tesla and it’s the same today how a 6 year old Tesla is still better than anything else available.. well, except a cybertruck

It's CRAZY to me that the Model Y L is $20k cheaper than the Kia EV9 here in Australia, yet 1000x better in every single way.

@GovBobFerguson Sounds like a bad idea, we want to protect ICE agents and help them catch and remove illegal immigrants from WA and not the opposite. I don’t agree with your ideals or bill in any way.

I just signed a historic bill. In Washington state, law enforcement officers, including ICE, are now prohibited from wearing masks.

@Milajoy Where’d all my SS money go? I put in $500k over my lifetime and I don’t get any back? Well sir.. if you put more in there might be a few bucks left, so add a lot more and stop asking questions!

This is what I voted for! D.O.G.E. has finished its clean-up of Social Security & they have remove a whopping 12.3 MILLION scammers from the Social Security system. If each fraudulent person was making just $1800/mo, then D.O.G.E. just saved Americans $22,140,000,000 A MONTH.

It’s going to be extremely difficult for Tesla to implement robotaxi and they’re positioned very well to comply with all regulations and safety laws. I’m not even sure Waymo will survive because they have software issues and expensive hardware issues.. doubt Rivian will make it at all.🧐

Nobody understands how much of a disaster this Rivian <> Uber deal is Rivian lost $3.6 billion last year on 42k deliveries. That's $86,000 of value destruction PER VEHICLE that left their factory. Their solution? Partner with Uber to turn a $58K camping SUV into a robotaxi... to compete with Tesla's Cybercab... YIKES Every 12-18 months, this company finds a new partner to write a check: - Amazon: $1.3B equity + 100K van order - VW: $5.8B joint venture - US DOE: $6.6B loan - Uber: $1.25B robotaxi deal (today) The moment they announced the Uber deal, they admitted they're pushing back profitability AGAIN to fund an autonomy program that can't even handle stoplights. Tesla's Cybercab is purpose built at $25,000 with no steering wheel. The cost per mile math isn't even close. The Uber deal is to deploy 50,000 robotaxis by 2031. Slight problem: The car doesn't exist yet. The factory doesn't exist yet. The autonomy software doesn't exist. Manufacturing is HARD. good luck have fun

@byrons_bear @DevinOlsenn @wholemars 💯- building a hot mess of a ADAS only makes people less safe and less likely to want to allow vehicles to drive for them..

@AI_ENGIN33R @DevinOlsenn @wholemars I wish Rivian, Lucid and Ford would either license Tesla’s IP, or just be able to buy complete sets of FSD hardware.

Rivian Universal Hands-Free vs Tesla Self-Driving This was my first time testing Rivian's new Universal Hands-Free, and I was honestly surprised by how it performed. I understand this is their first attempt and it will only improve from here, but truthfully, it is worse than any version of FSD or Autopilot I have ever used. I respect Rivian as a company, but I always try to remain unbiased in my opinions, so here are my unfiltered thoughts on where UHF stands today. Hoping to test it more as the system receives major updates! Hope you all enjoy the video. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:45 Struggling to get UHF to turn on 1:25 Hard resetting the system 2:00 Enabling UHF 2:45 Max speed and lane changing 4:00 Strange warning 5:00 Disengagement 5:28 UHF fails on corner 7:58 Attention monitoring test 9:25 Harsh brake for merging vehicle 10:10 Changing driving styles 10:50 Harsh brake for bus 12:15 Robotic driving style 13:10 I am not comfortable using this 14:35 Parking capabilities 15:40 Getting into Tesla 16:50 FSD vs UHF thoughts 18:20 Final thoughts

@jeremyjudkins_ Could be a bent connector. I have 5 mobile chargers and only one has acted up and I noticed a slightly bent contact that I was able to adjust and no prob since.

My beloved mobile charger that came with my Cybertruck doesn’t seem to be working anymore. It flashes a little bit of red when you first plug it in, then it goes away. When you try to charge a Tesla it gives an error “charging equipment not recognized.” This happens with multiple Teslas and it happens with both the 14-50 and 5-15 adapters. Tesla Wall Connector charges just fine so it seems to be the mobile connector itself specifically. Is there a reset switch on this thing somewhere? Or I likely need to get a replacement? At almost two years old am I covered for a replacement or do I need to buy a new one? Help @grok

@mechanical_4u That’s pressure buildup from turbo pressurizer.. prob not spec’d correctly for cooling support.

Why does an engine "explode" if it doesn't receive fuel properly?🤔

@elonmusk Technically isn’t @grok the dictator?😉

Be a dictator!

@Cyber_Trailer Think of the cost savings if CA started using boring tunnels and automated transport.. highways are terrible things.

Since my account is somewhat anonymous I’m going to disclose where some of the California high-speed rail money gets wasted. 99% of you don’t realize where giant chunks of the money is disappearing to. The California high-speed rail authority, literally owns thousands of parcels of land that are in various stages continued litigation, tenant improvements, eviction, and constant maintenance. For example, there are many homes and apartment complexes in the plant path that have been purchased years ahead of construction. Removing those tenants is a slow and expensive process. (let’s ignore the extra stress on housing that all of these destroyed properties are causing) In some cases, these are low rent apartments with a lengthy eviction process During that process, the state of California is the landlord and has to maintain the property codes the same as any other landlord. This means repairs, adding smoke detectors, fixing roofs, vegetation management, landscaping, paying off tenants to leave early, boarding up Windows, constant trash cleanups, towing vehicles etc. But the High Speed Rail Authority doesn’t just have to maintain these properties at normal cost. Every single bit of that work has to be done at California prevailing wage rates. The work can only be done through qualified contractors that have passed through a long series of idiotic mazes to qualify to perform the work. An average rate per hour (charge rate) for a worker to perform any service on these properties is approximately $200 an hour for labor only. The cost go up for specialized work, like electricians, plumbers, or machine operators. Properties that are literally worthless are being maintained at huge expense just so the next round of homeless transients can break into the property and cause more damage. For reasons I can’t explain, the process to finally demo and remove the structures takes years. I’m only mentioning the tip of the iceberg regarding my firsthand knowledge. Completely separate from those outlandish costs are the inflation caused by the construction. The prevailing word on the street is that nothing is getting done. The truth is that a lot is getting done and none of it efficiently. The amount of concrete being poured daily and monthly to build gigantic overpasses for both the rail and roadways is not understood. In these work areas, every concrete mixing company is fully scheduled out and cannot offer building materials for other basic services such as building a house often times for weeks when the average lead time for many of these services used to be one day. And that’s just the schedule, never mind the huge cost increases from straining the supply chain and Labor pool. The amount of concrete and steel that has gone into the structures so far is massive. Dozens and dozens of new water wells have been dug just for dust control. Thousands upon thousands of acres of highly productive tree fruits and nuts have been torn up and shredded. Utility scale solar fields have been uprooted and sometimes relocated at extravagant costs. Every type of business you can imagine has gone through either a closure, relocation, or a long-term tenant agreement with the rail authority. In some cases, it’s just a buyout where the business closes its doors forever. The owners get something all of the workers get nothing. Don’t get me started on how thick the layers of bureaucracy are for these minute tasks that occur on all of these properties. The inefficiency is far beyond your wildest dreams. In many cases, this is not related to fraud in any way it’s just absolute ignorance, red tape, and failed leadership. I can go much deeper into specific examples, but I think that gives some of you an idea of what’s actually happening in California. If a rail is ever usable, some portions of the structures will be decades old and already in disrepair.

@LaNativePatriot Nope.. I remember when I first voted in WA there were poling centers where you showed ID and were marked off a list so you couldn’t vote twice.. democrats came up with the idea of ‘easy voting’ so they could do away with those checks and balances…

Wait… so this was a known problem? I thought our elections were super safe & super secure? 😒

@AnthonyMixerWA @JayInslee A LOT of $$ collected from EV owners for tab taxes.. wonder where all that money goes. It doesn’t go to roads because roads are crumbling around us everywhere. Suspect lots of the tax in WA is going towards corruption and fraud.🤨

Says the guy who drove up gas prices by enacting the failed Climate Commitment Act… Sit this one out @JayInslee.

@wholemars I genuinely believe that while I’m driving in FSD I won’t create or be the cause of an accident. FSD is that safe and provides more safety than anything else available.

Nobody writes a news story about the guy who didn't die because their car was driving

@niccruzpatane People always think it’s crazy difficult to charge a Tesla and the opposite is true.. I’m to the point I don’t even look at my range anymore because it’s always charged up and has plenty of range to get anywhere around I need to go.

Unless you’re driving 500+ miles per day, you don’t need an EV with that much range. The average person drives around 37 miles per day. Current Tesla offerings provide way more than enough for the vast majority of people. On road trips, I can usually only drive about two hours before I need to get out, stretch my legs, etc. During that time, my car charges. It’s not the inconvenience people think it is. It doesn’t make sense to lug around a huge battery when most people don’t actually use that capacity.

@DerrickEvans4WV That’s the problem.. leaders keep signing checks without audit or competition. Good old boy network get contracts with near unlimited payouts. Basically fraud in a way.

I had no idea that GPS signals are free worldwide & were funded by U.S. taxpayers at roughly $2 billion/year.

@elonmusk @wholemars Lot of people never take responsibility for their actions and lot of lawyers who take advantage of that hoping for a big payday… people really need robotaxi if they can’t take the responsibility to actually drive safely.

@wholemars As anyone knows who uses it, that video is not how Autopilot drives

This means that the entire video shown by Fox News depicts manual driving, as it only starts about 4 seconds before the collision

@DavidMoss I just need one down in Pullman area but Tesla keeps installing them in places I can already get an easy open stall. Wonder if it has most to do with locals accepting Tesla than actual need..🤷

Wow 3 chargers now for this very small town off I-90 in rural WA state