Right before the Cybercab launch event started, two guys from the @teslasi came up to me and introduced themselves. One was @pduan, the legend who brought us the "raw photon count" tech that allows FSD to see so much more than what is visible in the image. The other was the guy who called me 6 years ago when Tesla was about to send FSD Beta 1 to my car (best phone call of my life). They have worked at Tesla for nine years and twelve years respectively, pouring their blood sweat and tears into making what we experienced tonight a reality. Believe me, it was not as easy as they make it look. These guys are heroes to me, and I told them that. They worked for years and years on something that everyone thought was impossible, but has now changed our lives and will change and save countless more lives in the future. They've given a gift to the world that the world hasn't fully yet wrapped their head around or appreciated. Look at the recent story where a toddler fell down in the middle of a crosswalk, and a Waymo stopped 13 feet away. By all accounts that toddler may be alive today only because it was a Waymo approaching and not a distracted teenager on their phone. But did the parent appreciate their child's life being protected? No, they actually complained to the city, complained to the state, complained to the federal government, complained to the media. They complained that their child *wasn't* run over, and this was a news story. But if a human had run their child over, the sad thing is it wouldn't even be a news story. It would just be Thursday. It would blend into the abyss of the tens of thousands of Americans and millions of humans who lose their lives in car crashes every year. I can't imagine the persistence, courage, and brilliance it took to dedicate a decade of your life to such a thankless task, where you've done something truly beautiful for the world but most are afraid of the technology, trying to stop it to enrich themselves, or simply too stupid to understand it. But they did it anyway, and all of us get to enjoy the convenience and safety that results. Thank you, thank you, thank you Tesla team. Thank you to the AI team that trained the models, thank you to the drivers that evaluated them. Thank you to the Charging team building out the charging network for these Robotaxis. Thank you to the manufacturing team that pioneered new technologies that will bring these low cost product to the masses. We've come so far, but this is just the beginning. One day pure vision end to end self-driving won't be a secret little niche technology. It will be as ubiquitous as the iPhone or the internet. When that day comes, many will sing the praises of the brave men and women who built this future out of nothing but a vision and their own talents. But until then, know that there are people out there who see the beautiful thing you've done. That all the late nights and stressful days added up to something that's changed the way we live. You are all legends in our eyes, and this weekend is dedicated to you. Thank you ❤️

HA! Only 314 unsupervised Robotaxis? What a joke!

we're seeing another big wave of Tesla software updates going out right now on @fsd_database... Tesla Self-Driving 14.3.8 with Summer Update and improved Grok model coming in hot

You will be able to buy a Tesla Cybercab. This has been stated very clearly many times, but a lot of people refuse to believe it for some reason.

thank you to everyone who has been following along on this journey for the last 6 years I can’t believe we’re here

FSD will NEVER work! Not without LIDAR! … Okay, so it’s starting to work. Big deal. It will never be driverless! … Okay, wow it’s driverless. Well that’s expected honestly. But it will never be driverless on YOUR CAR. Oh, you own a car that’s fully driverless? Well… that’s cool but it’s not like it’s conscious. Okay, maybe it’s achieved consciousness but… not in Europe yet…

I know, he cracks me up too

Wireless charging for EVs is really exciting. Imagine just falling asleep on a road trip, and your self-driving car can stop to charge and get back on the road entirely on its own. Imagine never having to remember to plug in. In fact, people in apartments who don’t have a place to park won’t even have to worry about charging. The car can just go charge itself and be ready the next time the owner needs it. This technology will accelerate EV adoption once it’s available at a reasonable price. And it’s already an SAE standard, which should in theory make all brands of wireless charger and wireless charging EV compatible with each other.

Tesla's next generation powertrain: — Uses 75% silicon carbide — Compatible with any battery chemistry — Drive unit cost target ~$1,000 — 50% smaller PowerTrain factory with the same capacity at last gen factory — Zero rare earth materials in next gen drive unit