M Fisher

In the mist of snow event in Charlotte, I took my RWD Tesla Model Y out to Costco. I engaged FSD to see what it would do. Zero disengagements. Impressed. I have three clips of the drive. This was just one of those clips.

On August 6th, my good friend Diego Mora, one of my major riding partners, was hit by a ninety-seven-year-old driver with an expired license. Diego was on a wide, but busy road, decked out with lights, doing everything right. Now he’s on life support, and doctors say he’ll likely never walk again and may never recover. His mom and dad are absolutely devastated, and I’m gutted seeing someone so strong and full of life in this state. This hits even harder because I’m grappling with tough talks about driving with my own aging parents. My siblings and I struggle with how to approach it without hurting their pride or taking away their independence. But Diego’s tragedy shows what’s at stake -> broken families, lives upended. That’s why I’m looking at solutions. I believe a top solution is Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD). It’s not perfect, but it doesn’t get distracted, drunk, or slowed by age. Studies suggest systems like these could cut crashes by up to ninety percent by reducing human error. For elderly folks like my parents, FSD could keep them mobile without risking others. For all of us, it’s protection from reckless or impaired drivers. This isn’t just about crashes - it’s about sparing families the heartbreak Diego’s going through and easing the tough choices I face with my parents. What other solutions are out there that can keep our roads safer while respecting independence? How far should we go to protect others from aged or distracted or sleepy or under the influence drivers? Should #Tesla consider providing a discount for aged drivers purchasing #FSD? #Tesla #FullSelfDriving #RoadSafety #ForDiego #AutonomousDrivingBusinessCase

I wonder…. Did the driver “push” the Tesla by pressing the accelerator down as they approached the school bus? I do this to not have to completely stop at stop signs. It doesn’t knock you out of FSD. @elonmusk can we check and see if his speed increased? I know we can’t pull his logs (privacy rights) but we can do some analysis with this footage? Can someone, who is not biased and bought by Mobileye and Tesla Takedown, do a true test? The Dawn Project Demonstration of Tesla FSD's Critical Safety Defects in Austin dawnproject.com/the-dawn-pro…

Fascinating take on Trump's strategy. Do you believe that by creating uncertainty, investors will exit the market and buy up Treasuries and impact the yield curve? How is your macroeconomics?

Another successful year of harnessing the power of the sun.

This would be nice.

PA is not going to be as close as everyone thinks it will be. This was seen earlier today in Lancaster, PA…

How can you be pro-#MAGA and not support most of what Elon says and does? Listen to this recent interview of #ElonMusk. xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1BR… It starts at the 13 minute mark. Two of the his quotes Elon expands on: - “discriminate on anything other merit is wrong” - “…we lose freedom one regulation at a time” There are many others. Listen and judge for yourself. Don’t listen to a filtration of the #truth. Listen to one’s actual words in context. #Trump2024 #EV #Tesla #Trump2024AmericaFirst #AmericaFirst #ElectricCars

Elon’s Supercharging move… Don’t be shocked It follows the second of his algorithms in fixing a problem/process/company. Once I realized that algorithm is traditionally a computer programming term that points to a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations I understood a bit more about Elon’s make up. Most everything to him is a problem to be solved. Here is a quick overview of his 5 step process / algorithm that Elon falls back on when fixing a problem. And with the layoffs we are seeing him eliminate any part / process he can. Yes, it is heartless to consider people a “part” but it is also heartless to make bad decisions that cause people to loose their savings and jobs as well. Is the supercharging move a bad move? I think so, but an opportunity for the industry to grab this talent. And, these talented individuals will enjoy their new quality of life. 1. Question every requirement. Each should come with the name of the person who made it. Then you should question it, no matter how smart that person is. Requirements from smart people are the most dangerous, because people are less likely to question them. 2. Delete any part or process you can. You may have to add them back later. In fact, if you do not end up adding back at least 10 percent of them, then you didn't delete enough. 3. Simplify and optimize. This should come after step two. A common mistake is to simplify and optimize a part or process that should not exist. 4. Accelerate cycle time. Every process can be speeded up. But only do this after you have followed the first three steps. 5. Automate. That comes last. The big mistake in Nevada and at Fremont was automating to early. Learned that one should have wait until all the requirements had been questioned, parts and processses deleted. lnkd.in/e9-qXXNf #Elon #TeslaLayoffs #Tesla #ElonAlgorithm #EVCharging #Supercharging

Interview questions... What's the point? Everyone practices. Most everyone aims to tell you want you want to hear. How do you shift through their answers to get to the reality of the situation? Do you look to understand their knowledge? Their character? Their attitude? Understand the experiences that have shaped them? Discover how they think and process information? I look to understand three things. 1) Do they have the right aptitude and creditability for the job? 2) Are they other orientated? 3) Do they have the right behaviors that will make them reliable for the role? Yes, those are all aspects of the #CollieTrustEquation... But the question is how does one discover if this person has these items? I look for people markers. If one of those items that make someone reliable is that they are a hard worker, I don't ask them if they are hard worker or ask them to give me an example of how they are a hard worker. I ask them a question that reveals to me if they are a hard worker. The question I mainly use is: "How old where you when you had your very first job? Could be paid or not paid. For me, it was a paper route that I took over from my brothers at age 11." Why do I ask that? Because we know that if someone has their first job before the age of 16, they are 90% likely to be considered a hard worker by their peers. And if they had their first job at 16 or older, they have an 80% likelihood of not being consider an above average hard worker by their peers. #Musings #Trust #Interviews #PeopleMarkers

So we have to double the grid... I believe in the #ANDnotOR approach. One approach is to expand our nuclear power sources. This is not easy and, we only have 2 reactors under construction at the moment (both in Georgia). With a 10+ year timeline and $6B to $9B price tag, this option is not as viable for the US as it is for China who has 9 in the pipeline currently. The other thought on the nuclear side of the options is SMRs (Small Modular Reactors). These SMRs produce about a third of the power (300 MWe) and cost $2.5B to $3.2B and can be done in 5.5 years. Some projects are bringing electricity to the grid at an all in cost of $55 per MW hour. That is impressive. I am intrigued by this option and believe it has some merits. What concerns do you have with SMRs? Take a look at a more detailed information here: lnkd.in/e3D_MJVf #ProblemSolving #EV #Grid #ElectricityDemand #DoubleTheGrid #MAGA2024 #AllTheAbove #ANDnotOR #Cleantech

In the early 1950s sales of AC units exploded to over 1 million units sold in 1953. As a result, electricity demand more than doubled from 335 billion KWh (kilowatt hours) in 1950, to 713 billion KWh in 1959. By 1969, the grid doubled again as it went to 1,445 billion KWh as AC sales continued to soar. We doubled the grid before in a short period of time and now we expect with the popularity and affordability of EVs, and the growth of data warehouses it will need to double it again. How did we respond to this increased demand? In 1958, the first nuclear power plant in the US came online in Pennsylvania. We also tripled our output of natural gas electricity and continued to increase our reliance on coal powered plants. Since the Tesla Roadster came out in 2008, our electricity demand has only gone up a whopping 3% from 4,119 billion kWH to 4,243 billion kWH. But we all do expect another doubling. Interestingly, and encouragingly, coal as a % of our output has gone from a peak of 57% in 1988 to under 20% in 2022. Natural gas is top at 40% at 1,689 billion kWH. Renewables passed nuclear in 2021 and hit 913 billion kWH in 2022. So how do we do double the grid again? Is the current infrastructure able to deliver 8,000 billion kWH a year? Is our current structure too exposed to risk? Love to hear your thoughts. #ProblemSolving #EV #Grid #ElectricityDemand #DoubleTheGrid #MAGA2024 #45in2024 #AllTheAbove #ANDnotOR