– Tesla appoints new Chair of the board of directors
– Track Mode released for the Performance Model 3 (Motor Trend article)
– Model 3 key fob is now available
– Elon Musk joins Kara Swisher on the Recode podcast which will be published tomorrow, and Kara shares some details about what was discussed (Link)
– Elon tweets about upcoming updates to the Summon feature of Autopilot
– On their quarterly earnings call, Panasonic’s CEO comments on their production targets and relationship with Tesla
– Adam Jonas asks GM’s CEO about EV production volume
– Elon Musk buys more TSLA shares on the open market
– Daimler and Volkswagen CEO’s make comments referencing Tesla
– Faraday Future co-founder resigns
– Jimmy_d joins the podcast to expand on his post from the Tesla Motors Club forum about neural networks and what he is seeing in the most recent Autopilot software update
Timestamps:
1:19 – Jimmy_d’s background
3:39 – Background on neural networks
11:04 – Autopilot structure and outputs
16:54 – Inception V1 network
20:29 – Network training & weighting
23:59 – Autonomous driving development paths
26:09 – Lidar & the DARPA challenge
38:49 – Fleet learning
43:34 – Operating the vehicle
50:49 – New network in V9
1:06:54 – Processing power
