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GDP per capita in the West doesn't tell the whole story. In fact, I think it is an overrated metric. Home ownership is nowadays more of a reality for young people in China than it is for the West. 70% of Chinese millennials own property vs 35% in the US, 31% in the UK. Chinese homes are NOT...

For those that are interested... Front lidar: Side lidar: Notice how the lidar sensors are neatly integrated into the auto body. No bulky equipment. Until proven otherwise, lidar is the #1 collision avoidance system for autonomous driving. You can't put a price on safety. Until proven...

I may have been too optimistic when I said a U.S. lidar system is only $10,000+, so let me correct myself. It is actually WAY MORE. This is from John Krafcik, CEO of Waymo: In the interview, Krafcik also gave an idea of how much each one of the company’s vehicles will cost. “Let me paraphrase...

Why would you need Youtube videos? In 3-4 years, every major city in China will have large fleets of fully driverless robotaxis on full display. L4 or even L5 autonomous capabilities are achievable TODAY if you are willing to use lidar. So why doesn't Tesla use lidar? The answer is COST. The...

Tesla's FSD Beta in Oakland: A video of a Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode published online earlier this year is 13 minutes of terror. It’s almost comically bad how terribly the robo-assisted car performs. Driving through downtown Oakland is nothing like the wide boulevards and predictable...

Full autonomy is really a software limitation, and Huawei has already claimed that the Arcfox αS HBT has Level 4 capabilities. The car will be delivered later this year (2021), so we'll find out soon if they're lying. You can't hide a whole bunch of accidents and crashes. But I want to compare...

Meanwhile in the US, Tesla is still crashing into trees, killing all passengers, and sparking a fire that took four hours to extinguish. The crash in Texas happened at 11:25 p.m. on a residential street in an upscale Houston suburb, so the roads were probably empty.

30 years? At this point, I seriously wonder if the US is still in one piece in 30 years. :usflag:

Lol vaccines. I see plenty of dirt-poor, Third World countries that are doing just fine without vaccines. But people will believe what they want about this virus, facts be damned.:whistle:

It's not about the shape of the rocket. It's about SpaceX's ability to demonstrate long term reusability of their so-called reusable rockets. The Falcon 9 has been flying since 2010, but the most-flown Falcon 9 booster currently in SpaceX’s inventory only has logged nine launches and landings...

There is no "we" in any of SpaceX's achievements. The SpaceX engineers get all the credit. You and the 18-20 million Americans STILL receiving unemployment benefits (now over a year into the pandemic) have never innovated ANYTHING from your trailer park. What is there to follow? Starship SN8...

Chinese cars are getting better and better, but still not as good as Vinfast. Vinfast is just too much to handle.

Incidentally, the Plague of Justinian is estimated to have killed 25 to 60% of the population of the Late Roman Empire, essentially depopulating the “known world” at the time and accelerating the transition to a backward “Dark Age” period lasting nearly 1,000 years. It basically extinguished...

Compare the Chinese commissioning with the Australian one. There is no comparison. China has a long way to catch up.

Yes, and 7,000km range. This thing is a monster. Everyone should keep in mind that the info regarding this UCAV are not fanboy rumors. It is coming from the company itself. Zhongtian Feilong made the announcement on its official WeChat account. They are the ones comparing the FL-2 directly to...

FL-2 Stealth UCAV :whistle:

More Than Half of Tesla Models in 2021 Will Be Made in China. Of the 900,000 electric cars that Tesla plans to build in 2021, about 550,000 will leave the Shanghai plant, including 110,000 for export to Europe.:sleep: https://www.torquenews.com/1/more-half-tesla-models-2021-will-be-made-china

More Than Half of Tesla Models in 2021 Will Be Made in China. Of the 900,000 electric cars that Tesla plans to build in 2021, about 550,000 will leave the Shanghai plant, including 110,000 for export to Europe.:sleep: https://www.torquenews.com/1/more-half-tesla-models-2021-will-be-made-china