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When fully ramped, Tesla’s Megapack factory in Lathrop, California will produce 40GWh of battery energy storage annually. That battery capacity could power 1.3 million homes for 24 hours. Tesla is opening a second Megafactory in 2 months in Shanghai. ...

Feb 17, 2025
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Video of Xpeng's newly unveiled "Iron" humanoid robot working in its EV factory in China. • 60+ joints & 200 total degrees of freedom • Tech shared from its vehicles • 5 foot 8 inches tall • Weighs 154 lbs (70kg) ...

Feb 17, 2025
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🤖 AI & Machine Learning

NEWS: Chinese EV maker Xpeng today unveiled their humanoid robot named Iron that they've been working on for 5 years. Video below is not CGI. • 60+ joints & 200 total degrees of freedom • Tech shared from its vehicles • 5 foot 8 inches tall • Weighs 154 lbs (70kg) • Robots already integrated into X...

Feb 17, 2025
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BREAKING: Tesla has released an update on its Optimus humanoid robot. Here’s everything that’s new: • It can now explore unseen spaces autonomously • Can locate & self navigate to the nearest charging station and plug itself in using its rear cameras • Optimus can now pick up significant payloads, ...

Feb 17, 2025
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Here is the next-generation Tesla Bot (Optimus) hand with 22 degrees of freedom. It looks remarkably human like. The previous version had 11 degrees of freedom. ...

Feb 17, 2025
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⚡ Productivity

NEWS: Oil giant BP wants to buy Tesla Supercharger sites in the U.S. BP “is aggressively looking to acquire real estate to scale our network, which is a heightened focus following the recent Tesla announcement.” It plans to spend $1 billion by 2030, half of it within the next two to three years to ...

Jul 17, 2024
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WOW, Starlink enabled us to see the plasma field as the ship entered Earth’s atmosphere. Absolutely mind blowing! 🚀 ...

Mar 15, 2024
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💰 Finance & Crypto

Brian Sullivan: It feels like everyone everywhere is going at Elon Musk all the time. Cathie Wood: There is so much negative psychology in the stock right now, around EVs themselves, which we think is misplaced; We think, will be the bulk of the market in the next 5 years. Beyond that… robotaxis ar...

Mar 15, 2024