What an exciting time to be alive - the future is here. Comms engineering.
Connecticut, USA
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William Cross retweeted
Medium resolution images, music & audio podcasts should work with the current generation Starlink direct-to-phone constellation.
Next generation constellation will do medium resolution video.
🚨GAME CHANGER: APPLE QUIETLY ADDS STARLINK TO IPHONES IN iOS 18.3
Apple just opened iPhone doors to Starlink's satellite network, giving users an alternative to their Globalstar service for off-grid communication.
The key difference?
No more pointing your phone at the sky - Starlink works right from your pocket.
T-Mobile to beta testers:
"You can now stay connected with texting via satellite from virtually anywhere"
While it's text-only for now, SpaceX and T-Mobile plan to add voice calls and data in the future.
The race for space-based cellular just got interesting.
Source: Bloomberg @Starlink
William Cross retweeted
I need a @grok feature that synthesizes the last 6–12 hours of content from the people I follow into a 30-minute podcast I can listen to on my way to work. cc @xai @TheGregYang
William Cross retweeted
SpaceX Earth to Earth Transport will enable:
LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK
5 hours, 25 min —> 25 min
BANGKOK TO DUBAI
6 hours, 25 min —> 27 min
TOKYO TO SINGAPORE
7 hours, 10 min —> 28 min
LONDON TO NEW YORK
7 hours, 55 min —> 29 min
NEW YORK TO PARIS
7 hours, 20 min —> 30 min
SYDNEY TO SINGAPORE
8 hours, 20 min —> 31 min
LOS ANGELES TO LONDON
10 hours, 30 min —> 32 min
LONDON TO HONG KONG
11 hours, 50 min —> 34 min
William Cross retweeted
MegapackChargers have 3 MWh of capacity capable of charging ~75 cars, 8 x 250kW posts, and are Starlink connected. They’re a powerful tool for temporary congestion bottlenecks and disruptions like hurricanes. They’re recharged within hours by taking a nearby Supercharger cabinet offline at night, when usage is low. They’re costly and high bandwidth to deploy, but make all the difference for getting customers home for the holidays.
MegapackChargers deployed at the the following locations for the holidays
Bakersfield, CA → tesla.com/findus?bounds=35.1…
Primm, NV → tesla.com/findus?bounds=35.6…
El Centro, CA → tesla.com/findus?bounds=32.8…
Cambridge, OH → tesla.com/findus?bounds=40.0…
William Cross retweeted
The next 2 weekends are busy. Forecasting 20+ GWh/day across North American, Asia Pacific and European Superchargers. We're prepared by scrubbing the network to be close to 100% uptime, deploying attendants and @Tesla_Megapack Chargers at our busiest sites, having our 24/7/365 Operations Center at Giga New York, and opening up new Superchargers still throughout the holidays. If you ever have to wait, note that our models detect it, and those Superchargers become a top priority for everyone at @TeslaCharging. New Superchargers in development & under construction are added monthly here: tesla.com/findus?bounds=62.6…
Safe, emission-free, travels!
Out in snowy Connecticut the Cybertruck is great! Just need an electric log splitter to go along with.
William Cross retweeted
Oh. My. Gosh. This might be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen - truck nuts for an EV😂😂😂
William Cross retweeted
Tesla has done so much that would be considered “AI research breakthroughs”, but we are laser-focused on making it work, rather than crowing about breakthroughs.
Having a large fleet is only one piece of the puzzle. Plenty of other car companies produce way more cars than Tesla, but are nowhere on generalized self-driving.
William Cross retweeted
Needs to come to the mass market vehicles
So far so good, in middle of hurricane and lost power. House running on the trucks power so all is well! @SERobinsonJr @teslaenergy
William Cross retweeted
I'm amazed people will avoid an EV becuase they take long trips 2X a year, yet stop weekly for gas (waiting in long Costco lines to save a buck) when you can easily charge at home. Then there's the time wasted on emissions inspections, oil changes, etc. There's no range issue with EVs, but there is a mindset shift required in that you almost never need to go from fully empty to full.
William Cross retweeted
NEWS: For the first time ever, the Tesla Cybertruck was the #1 bestselling electric pickup truck in America in Q2, outselling the Ford F-150 Lightning. Congrats @Tesla!
CELEBRATE: 🎉A huge congratulations to @Tesla
The @Cybertruck was the best selling electric pick up truck this quarter!
