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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I was also thinking that using LIDAR for manufacture was a thing at Tesla. You could maintain dimensions for fit and finish, measure the surface produced by a tool for fine tuning, and validate parts by dimension using LIDAR. Some of these are done with structured light scanning, but LIDAR...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    according to Grok Grok obtains up-to-date information by having access to real-time data from X (formerly known as Twitter), which is a unique and differentiating feature compared to other AI models like ChatGPT. This access allows Grok to provide up-to-the-minute insights, including breaking...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    $TSLA stock 15m chart looks very consistant, almost programmed.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    $25K Osborn effect temporarily cancelled.
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    SpaceX F9 - West Coast Starlink Launches - SLC-4E

    Walking to dinner in Long Beach, looked up where someone was pointing a long lens SLR and saw my very first in person StarLink Launch!
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    Software branch question

    I have a 2018 ModelS V11.1 (2024.2.7) When can I expect to be able to install and Try Out FSD 12.x?
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Driving… but had to post this…
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Starlink on Tesla? I see Starlink adding great value to Tesla Services and Supercharger sites in the distant future. FSD will introduce product and services expansion for Tesla. Interesting information at 7:24
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    Jim Cramer was around doing the same thing when Apple was struggling. (SHORT AND DISTORT) There is a connection here to X as well. Cramer is an announcer/guest on CNBC (owned by NBCUniversal) and he owns TheStreet (Cramer has a very large Ford position.) TheStreet is a subsidiary of...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    18 months is the new 2 weeks Pre v12 FSD minimizes risk by asserting the driver is responsable. It has worked well. Tesla is rapidly growing Dojo, and FSD 12.3 is clearly safer/better than any 11 version. I would argue that FSD 12 is not released for a few unusual reasons (I don't know what...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    The world's Li Ion batteries capacity world wide has grown 60% while the price is close to $60/kWh and CATL claims $30/kWh by the end of this year. Both Tesla Auto and Energy will benefit as one of the highest volume purchasers. This seems to be information the short sellers are simply...
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    MCU upgrade and AP3

    I have a 2017 ModelX that in 2020 I paid Tesla $2500 to upgrade to MCU2 in order to run HW3 FSD. I just had the 12 volt battery replaced by Tesla Service at my home, and a day later the black screen bricked the car. I paid to tow the car to Service, and they want to replace the MCU for $2440...
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    SuperCharger sites that leverage 'foot traffic'.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    I looked but couldn't find the slapping my forhead emoji in the response icons.
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    Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

    OpenAI is incorporated in the state of Delaware, USA. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of entrepreneurs and researchers, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman. Who owns OpenAI? OpenAI LP, the profitable arm of OpenAI is...