Tesla AI Day 2022 – 2022-09-30

Tesla AI Day 2022 has been one of the most eagerly anticipated Tesla-related events of the year and it did not disappoint! As a FSD Beta Tester & techy, I was extremely excited to learn more about the underlying innovations that Tesla has come up with as they continue to develop their Full Self Driving …

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Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.2.2 Video Series

Early this morning my Model 3 was included in the early deployment wave of FSD Beta 10.69.2.2. Even though I’m on vacation I did actually take my Model 3 with me so I was able to do a drive around Arcadia, CA to see if I recognized any changes in behavior when compared to 10.69.2.

Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.2 Video Series

After a busy last couple of weeks testing FSD Beta 10.69.1 & 10.69.1.1 I received 10.69.2 yesterday and had the opportunity to do some testing around NE Minneapolis. Right off the bat I recognized 10.69.2 is much better about detecting VRUs (especially at distance) however in some cases it seems a little too eager to …

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Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.1.1 Video Series

After doing a ton of testing with FSD Beta 10.69.1 over the last few days I received a notification around noon yesterday that Tesla OS 2022.20.11 aka FSD Beta 10.69.1.1 was ready to install on my Model 3. After performing a few drives with 10.69.1.1 I can say it builds upon some of the improvements …

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Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.1 Video Series

Earlier this week I received Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.1 and was able to perform a bunch of testing where I recognized some big improvements as well some as some new issues & regressions. What a blast, can’t wait to test 10.69.1.1 as well as 10.69.2!

2022 Tesla Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Part 1 – Formal Shareholder Items Martin – Intro Robyn Denholm Global fleet of cars and vehicles to avoid 8.4M metric tons of green house gas emissions Avoided emissions that were equivalent to ICE vehicles driving 20B miles By 2030 Tesla plans to sell 20M vehicles / year In June 2022 Tesla achieved the highest …

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2022 Tesla Q2 Earnings Call Notes

Today I had a chance to listen to the 2022 Q2 Tesla earnings call and as a result have produced the following raw notes. Enjoy! Opening remarks from Elon Musk Unique quarter for Tesla due to Shanghai shutdown Production records achieved in Fremont & Shanghai Set up nicely for record breaking 2nd half of 2022 …

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Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta Secured

Intro On October 11th, 2021, 1000 US-based Tesla owners including myself were granted access to Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta. This group of Tesla owners were selected based on their Tesla Safety Score (had to initially be 100) which was calculated based on the following safety factors: If you would like to learn more, …

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Model S Plaid Delivery Event – 2021-06-10

Tesla held a short but sweet event today where they went into a bit more detail regarding the Model S Plaid. I took some rough notes that I have included below. 9 years since Tesla delivered the first Model S One of the motivating factors behind Plaid Model S was to show EVs can be …

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2021 Q1 Tesla Earnings Call Notes

I spent sometime listening to today’s earning call and have created raw some notes which I have included below for your reference. Enjoy! Opening Remarks from Elon Record quarter on many levels Record production, deliveries and surpassed $1B in non-GAAP income Demand is the best they have ever seen Used to seeing a reduction in …

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