LeX2K

Elon doesn't get to choose the leaders he deals with. Tesla has tremendous potential to improve quality of life in India via Starlink, clean power, power storage and clean transport. And to make a crap ton of money doing it.

AMIRZA786

I Get that. I was just making a side comment

Hameed

Best car for families 2023 - Tesla Model Y - Autotrader UK

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content...-tesla-model-y

LeX2K

Tesla is the most American brand by far. Pretty sure most people don't know this.

AMIRZA786

Tesla’s US inventory crashes in end-of-quarter push [Updated]

"Tesla’s new car inventory in the US has plummeted to a new low not seen since the beginning of the discounts as the automaker appears to successfully liquidate its inventory for the end of the quarter"

"Due to its direct-to-consumer model, Tesla manages inventory in a very different way than the rest of the industry"

https://electrek.co/2023/06/22/tesla...-quarter-push/

LeX2K

This has to be the biggest dark horse going for any company right now.

I also just realized something, Tesla is mapping the entire United States road system using camera data. These are near real time 3D maps. Mind blown.

JeffKeryk

Millions of cameras operating in real time. Yup. Go big or go home. That Elon is wack. Google maps is a huge revenue stream. Just think what Tesla holds; couple this data capture with a Dojo chip...
Everyone will need it. Traffic rerouting. Law enforcement. It goes on and on.

bitkahuna

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except they're not. teslas would 99% of the time be in affluent areas only.
i'd bet at least half of the u.s. roads have never had a tesla on them.

AMIRZA786

I would highly doubt that. People with Tesla's from different states travel all over the US, and I'm sure Tesla also does it's own "mapping"

LeX2K

The data alone is worth a fortune how have I not realized this before? I knew in an abstract sense but it hit me how profound this is.


And this is not just "street view" entire environments are reconstructed using camera data. This is like Google car mapping but 1000x better.

JeffKeryk

The real value is in when real time data. Of course the urban areas will be in the forefront; rural areas do not have sufficient traffic.
But that is today. Who knows where we are in, say 10 years? Being #1, with resources, has advantages. It doesn't even matter if someone builds a better EV when Tesla is holding all the cards.

JeffKeryk

Spot on. The customer benefit is only half the story. Tesla can analyze data to help them predict customer behavior. This predictive quality can be so incredibly accurate that a company can know you'll need something even before you do.
This is the promise of "Data Science". From Wikipedia:
"Data science is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured, and unstructured data."

I understand Google is paying Berkeley Data Science grads $300K right outta school. There's a reason for it.

LeX2K

That's the biggest can of worms in history. AI networks know what you're going to do before you do, and intervene.

A bunch of Project Highland info dropped this looks to be a major step change not a simple refresh

AMIRZA786

Tesla is removing one of the last barriers to EV ownership

• Infrastructure is half the battle for EV adoption.
• Some would-be EV owners will make the leap when they have access to more Superchargers.
• More fast-charging stations are needed even after the Supercharger network opens up to non-Tesla owners.

The Tesla Supercharger network could remove the last barrier to EV ownership

https://www.autoblog.com/2023/06/22/...-ev-ownership/

LeX2K

Tesla software 10 years ago. Ford's currently system looks quite similar.