26/3/24 #TesslerNews Summary
- Tesla FSD Approaches European Approval…Test video released in the Netherlands
Tesla’s FSD (Superbidden) is expected to become available in Europe.
Footage of the FSD v14.2.2.5 test taken in the Netherlands has been released, with the approval of the Dutch Road Transport Authority (RDW) likely to take place around April 10.
If the approval is completed, there is also a possibility that it will be extended to other European countries. - Tesla Expands Testing of New Technologies, including Cybercap, Model YL, and Wireless Charging
Tesla said it is in the middle of a trial run of Cybercab in Oklahoma City. It also announced the launch of a larger body model YL for the Thai market.
Regarding the semi-truck, the possibility of introducing wireless charging technology has also been revealed. He explained that he is developing a technology that will charge the vehicle by conducting it when it passes through the charging device, and that he is aiming for automatic charging. - Tesla Semi-Truck Performance Improvements…Driving records, rotation radius, and lightweight disclosure
Details of the newly designed Tesla Semi truck were revealed in a video released by Jay Leno.
• Vehicle weight loss approximately 1,000 pounds
• Actual road driving total 13.5 million miles
• One car drives 440,000 miles
• 95% vehicle utilization
• In case of failure, 80% return within 24 hours, half return within 1 hour
also
• The standard range semi (325 miles) has approximately the same radius of rotation as the Model Y
• Jay Leno rated the radius of rotation “amazing” after the actual driving.
- NVIDIA Study Space Data Center…Progress in the development of orbital infrastructure
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview on the Orbital Data Center
It said it is studying energy processing and heat dissipation problems in the space environment.
• Need to utilize surplus electricity generated by solar power
• In space, there is no conduction or convection, only radiation
• Requires a large heat dissipation system
• Continuous testing and redundancy design in progress
Nvidia appears to be looking at the possibility of a space-based computing infrastructure. - Amazon launches more than 200 satellites…Accelerate the deployment of large-scale Internet satellite networks
Amazon has launched more than 200 Internet satellites to date
It announced that more than 200 additional aircraft are being kept ready for launch.
The main plans are as follows.
• 29 satellites to be deployed per Atlas V launch
• Plan more than 20 missions, including New Glenn/Vulcan Centaur
• Three additional launches are scheduled next month
• Over $200M Investment In Improving Cape Canaveral Facilities
• Securing 80 launch contracts to build initial satellite forces
• Falcon 9 10 additional contracts
• New Glenn launch contract confirmed 24 times
• Expect more than 100 total launches
• More than 800 additional units can be deployed in the future
Amazon is actively participating in the global Internet infrastructure competition through the establishment of a low-orbit satellite network.