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🚀 New playing field for Optimus
Plus: Xiaomi boss on Tesla, not so perfect FSD, new Tesla referral and more
Hey S3XY 🧤, Tesla currently has more than sixty open positions for its Bot vertical, most of those are for engineering roles; though one position is “Technical Program Manager“ who will work directly with whole Bot team to identify and execute pilot applications of humanoid robots in various manufacturing environments.
Long story short, Tesla is gearing up to take its bot for a ride in actual work environment and explore more about real world applications of Optimus.
And some other highlights from today’s letter 📨:
German police challenges court decision.
4680 and CyberTruck ramps up.
Biden’s EV pushback.
Li Auto on “Mega“ failure.
Let’s take a dive..👇🏻

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TESLA BULLETS
Bots are coming: Several job openings at Tesla suggests that Optimus is getting ready for field trials.
Drink and drive: Mitch McConnell’s billionaire sister-in-law Angela Chao was drunk when she backed Tesla into pond and died.
No union: Most German plant employees at Tesla voted against IG Metall union.
Word from competition: “The current EV market is so competitive, that only Tesla dares to raise prices”. - Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun.
Autonomy: FSD will be far superior than humans because:
1. It doesn’t get lost in the music & more..
See: How CyberTruck windows held up against the bat and let us know if you just saw ONLY what you should have.
German files: The police have appealed against the court decision in favor of the protest camp against Giga Berlin.
Freebies: New referral program kicks in with free 1 year of premium connectivity and 3 months of FSD.

WHISPERS
Careful folks, FSD under bright front sun seems to get blinded occasionally.
If you were watching my LIVE Drive with FSD 12.3 this morning, this is the ONLY safety disengagement for the ~1 hour drive in Los Angeles morning rush hour traffic. This is a prime example of the importance of always paying attention and to be ready to take over immediately,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Miss Jillybean (@MissJilianne)
5:25 PM • Mar 20, 2024
Giga Texas ramps up for 4680 and CyberTruck.
Based on the Giga Texas 4680 battery cell run rate & the Cybertruck production run rates based on observations on site, I'm showing Giga Texas is ramping faster than my original projections as shown on the attached chart. It appears they are about 3 months ahead of where I… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Joe Tegtmeyer 🚀 🤠🛸😎 (@JoeTegtmeyer)
4:50 PM • Mar 20, 2024
There are some 1s still but few managed to get 9s and 10s in that FSD progress sheet.
Someone asked me yesterday what it would take for me to rate something a 10 on my personal FSD tracker survey. So I thought about this for a while and after driving with v12 for a month, I think it’s time to assign the first perfect 10. 👀
Turning on city streets has been so… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Edge Case (@edgecase411)
7:39 PM • Mar 20, 2024
Wow.
Undressing the CyberTruck and unexpectedly it is not by Sandy Munro, this dude did it before him.

INDUSTRY FILES
Autonomy: Nio onboards 20K testers for its NOP+ (Navigate on Pilot Plus) assisted driving feature.
Ohoh: Li Auto CEO addresses issue about pacing with “Mega” and lowers its Q1 delivery guidance.
Going retro: Xiaomi chooses to include some retro finishes in its upcoming SU7.
Slow transition: The Biden Administration is pulling back on a proposed rule that would require automakers to build fewer combustion engine vehicles.
Fast charging: Ever wondered which are the fastest charging Electric Vehicles? Check here.
Will they? General Motor’s bold vision to build 20X more ultium EVs in 2024.
EV push: Ford sends a bulletin to dealers, allowing them to advertise EVs below MSRP.
Milestone: Mitsubishi Motors announced that cumulative production of its eK X EV and Nissan Sakura electric mini vehicles reached a record 100,000 units.

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Fiat
Rolls Royce
Peugeot
Ford
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🐈⬛ Awww: This cat did learn few moves from television.
🛟 Advice: At that point in life where you have no clue what to do for living?
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