Recent content by The_Don

I think Lucid and PIF are in a difficult predicament: assuming Lucid is able to execute its business plan perfectly, it will still need several billion dollars to bridge it to profitability, with the next injection likely required by 1H 2027. Lucid can continue with it's sub-billion-dollar...

Seems like they're finally starting to roll this out:

I just want to add that the purpose of my original comment was not to say that FSD isn't good. I clearly said I thought it was good. I also wasn't trying to compare FSD to its competition. My point was just that FSD makes enough critical mistakes to indicate that it is not ready for...

I'll address everything you've said here: (1) Yes, Teslas put a lot of miles on FSD every day. Daily safety issues are still not ok in that context. (2) There is more nuance to the story then outright memory bandwidth. For one, Nvidia's chips compress their data allowing them to achieve...

And yet Teslas on the latest FSD continue to make dangerous decisions every day, as reported by the many people that use it on Reddit. That also explains why their autonomous operations in California are non-existent. California has far more stringent testing and reporting requirements than...

FSD is really good. I recently test drove a MYP to try to understand the hype and FSD felt reliable. I'm still confused about savage geese's review of it because I found the car very underwhelming dynamically, which differs from the feedback they provided. To be fair, I don't critically drive...

Nice update here. They've started production validation. Towards the end of the video, someone says that they're starting driverless testing "in the coming months".

Ditto

Unless 50+% of your driving is on true ice, I just want to re-emphasize that a good set of studless tires is likely better for your use case. Studless winter tires will perform better in snow, slush, and dry conditions, and they also have respectable ice performance, unlike studdless winter...

I have SSP on the Gravity and I don't get the hype. It's clearly lacking low end bass but has the classic bandaid of boosting the mid bass to compensate. It makes music sound boomy in an unpleasant way. My Air with SSP was similar, but worse. Edit: and if we're being nit-picky, the tweeters...

This is insane. I'd be furious.

Don't they plow the main streets in Stowe? What makes you think a good set of studless winter tires are insufficient? I'd think Lucid's winter wheel/tire set is probably your best bet.

Agreed. I don't see Lucid's narrative meaningfully changing until they're delivering 10k+ units per quarter and they achieve a gross profit.

Ezra Klein (from NYT) recently had a podcast that, IMO, captures exactly what this car is: vulgar design, similar to the Cybertruck. Link below if anyone is interested:

I can only assume he/she wasn't being serious