Like many of you it was over my head for a lot of it, but I still felt like I learned alot. Like someone brought up I too wondered how many of these investor reporters understood the presentations enough and were tech savvy enough to really write about it. Most I assume are there for the ride in the car on FSD.
I found the chip portion of the event interesting. Nice to hear from them that it's already going into new S&Xs and now Model 3s. Also factually interesting the chip is being manufacturered by Samsung in Austin, Tx. Not commented on but I'm hoping when I get my FSD board that the TeslaCam footage will improve too--still unclear what the issue is with the green screen and other corruption but owners have kind of ruled out the media used and Tesla SvC has said the cameras they've seen of owners reporting these issues are working fine. I was kind of unclear about when Elon commented about "since 2016... boards...and something about the cost of making a new car"...anyone catch where he was going with that? My husband has a AP2 car from 3/2017 and wondering if he'll be able to update at some point. I had a phone call around then so missed what he was saying. I want to rewatch that segment and actually the whole event again but will wait until after dinner when both my husband and I can watch it together. The event was much longer than I thought it would be -- ran something like 11:40am - 2:15pm. I was hoping to see some of the rides, likely the individual reporters filmed their rides and we'll see footage tonight.
BTW I thought Andrej did an excellent job of explaining a very complex subject. Instead of confusing I thought he made the subject very fascinating. And after listening to his segment I get why they are committed to doing this without lidar, a lot more learning required but they are getting the real world sample data base growing every day with all of us driving Teslas (with or without Autopilot used). If you think about it there are a lot of companies out there including manufacturers who are now pressed for getting some kind of FSD level out there in their vehicles or getting left behind, and they are all taking a lidar approach. As we all know not something that can be rushed. I still find it pretty mind boggling to be able to process all the info on a car's computer to do what it does now on Autopilot and some of the early FSD features. A few comments I found interesting from the audience were on the viability of the approach of relying more on simulator hours for learning compared to Tesla's real world road hours. And then the final question posed to Elon on "if an owner signs up for the robotaxi program who will be responsible for an accident caused by FSD?" He said the company. I know that has got to be a hot potato issue so waiting to hear from the press, legal teams and from manufacturers on that one.
Over all I thought it was worth sitting through and just wish I could have gone on a ride afterwards (or timidly watching from outside the car!, not sure I'm quite ready for it LOL). I'm not focused at all on the robotaxi aspect of it as I prefer to have a car and just get in and leave when I want, plus like driving at times especially in my Model 3. Don't believe I would ever "rent" out my car. Still interesting to see where Tesla ends up against Waymo and Uber etc.