Whole Mars Catalog

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Individual commentator analyzing Tesla FSD and broader AV/EV news with high engagement.

Tesla Autopilot Turns Long Drives Into Cruise‑Mode Relaxation
SocialMay 1, 2026

Tesla Autopilot Turns Long Drives Into Cruise‑Mode Relaxation

You know that feeling when you’re on a flight across the country, and you hit cruising altitude and just kick back and relax? That’s what taking long distance trips on Tesla Self-Driving feels like now. https://t.co/6zta5arnaA

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Choosing Waymo over Uber Despite Higher Price
SocialMay 1, 2026

Choosing Waymo over Uber Despite Higher Price

Just tried to book a ride a few blocks away in SF Uber: $11 Waymo: $27 (I picked the Waymo)

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Robotaxis Could Render Car Rentals Obsolete
SocialApr 30, 2026

Robotaxis Could Render Car Rentals Obsolete

If Robotaxis are truly successful, Hertz will be out of business. No one will rent a car.

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15 Americans Die Daily in Semi‑truck Crashes
SocialApr 30, 2026

15 Americans Die Daily in Semi‑truck Crashes

5,500 Americans die every year in crashes involving class 8 semi trucks. 15 Americans will die today. That’s just the crashes involving semi trucks.

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Dust Off Ideas, Build Now; I’ll Review Your Launch
SocialApr 30, 2026

Dust Off Ideas, Build Now; I’ll Review Your Launch

dust your old ideas and crazy dreams off and go build something. there’s never been a better time. if you manage to actually launch I will be happy to try your product and review it

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Planning to Buy Tesla at Peak After Robotaxis
SocialApr 30, 2026

Planning to Buy Tesla at Peak After Robotaxis

Rather than buying $TSLA low now, i’m going to wait until they have thousands of Robotaxis and are scaling quickly. Then I will buy at the top.

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Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Jumps 31.5% in One Day
SocialApr 30, 2026

Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Jumps 31.5% in One Day

April 29, 2026 Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi fleet grows 31.5%, the largest single day growth yet by far. $TSLA down 86 basis points.

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FSD 14.3 Accelerates Scaling, 15 Will Be Game‑Changer
SocialApr 30, 2026

FSD 14.3 Accelerates Scaling, 15 Will Be Game‑Changer

I remember when FSD 14.3 came out and you had all these clueless takes about how it was a major step back It has enabled them to scale much faster. And each new release going forward will allow them to...

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Sam Altman Doubts Feasibility of Space Data Centers
SocialApr 29, 2026

Sam Altman Doubts Feasibility of Space Data Centers

“Space based data centers? Good luck with that. I don’t even think he’s that serious about it” — @sama https://t.co/ExLWCU6Kyq

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Sam Altman Fills in for GDB at Stripe Sessions
SocialApr 29, 2026

Sam Altman Fills in for GDB at Stripe Sessions

Looks like @gdb couldn’t make it, so @sama just took the stage at @stripe sessions https://t.co/Xif3MuwTtx

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More V4 Fast Chargers Needed on I‑5 Corridor
SocialApr 29, 2026

More V4 Fast Chargers Needed on I‑5 Corridor

Love these high speed V4 chargers. Not enough of them on I-5 between Los Angeles and San Francisco https://t.co/JTgBsJaiFP

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Tesla to Extend FSD V14 Lite Globally for HW3
SocialApr 29, 2026

Tesla to Extend FSD V14 Lite Globally for HW3

Tesla confirms V14 Lite will be coming to international vehicles as well, pending regulatory approval This will allow international customers with HW3 to run FSD on their cars.

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AI Categorization May Be Costly and Less Reliable than Humans
SocialApr 28, 2026

AI Categorization May Be Costly and Less Reliable than Humans

Would be great to have AI just categorize all the interventions But that might eat up a lot of compute and not be as reliable as just asking humans today https://t.co/vn8Pblx9bS

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Beyond ADAS: Tesla Must Upgrade Sunglass‑Proof Driver Monitoring
SocialApr 28, 2026

Beyond ADAS: Tesla Must Upgrade Sunglass‑Proof Driver Monitoring

It’s not “just ADAS” anymore (Sounds like Tesla needs to also improve sleeping driver detection while sunglasses are on)

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Beijing Pushes BYD to Speed Supplier Payments, Exposing Financing Tactic
SocialApr 28, 2026

Beijing Pushes BYD to Speed Supplier Payments, Exposing Financing Tactic

“BYD has also come under pressure from Beijing to pay thousands of suppliers faster, raising questions over its longstanding practice of using money owed to suppliers as a form of low-cost finance to fund its growth” — FT

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Critical Issues
SocialApr 28, 2026

Critical Issues

Critical means you might have died if you didn’t take over. Potholes would probably be “discomfort” unless it was a massive one

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Tesla Update Forces Choice After Canceling FSD
SocialApr 28, 2026

Tesla Update Forces Choice After Canceling FSD

In the new Tesla update 2026.2.9.9, this pops up if you cancel your FSD subscription and doesn’t go away until you pick one of the options https://t.co/MVSeKFQCqT

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Trump Urged to Reverse Stop‑sign Rolling Policy
SocialApr 28, 2026

Trump Urged to Reverse Stop‑sign Rolling Policy

President Trump @POTUS needs to do something about the radical left plan to make our cars stop fully at stop signs. This biden era NHTSA policy of not rolling stops signs is just plain unamerican. Hope the president can make...

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Tesla's Latest Update Rolls Out, FSD Version Unchanged
SocialApr 28, 2026

Tesla's Latest Update Rolls Out, FSD Version Unchanged

New Tesla software update rolling out now. Looks to be the same FSD version so not sure what changed https://t.co/BNY1w80bmp

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OpenAI Urges Mac Users to Update by May 8
SocialApr 27, 2026

OpenAI Urges Mac Users to Update by May 8

Uh oh. OpenAI is warning users of its Mac apps to install the latest security update by May 8th to avoid being locked out https://t.co/TgQ2TCnxqm

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Most New Cars Will Be
SocialApr 27, 2026

Most New Cars Will Be

Within 10 years most new cars produced globally will not have steering wheels or brake pedals

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Europe's Top Tesla FSD Users Log Thousands of Miles
SocialApr 27, 2026

Europe's Top Tesla FSD Users Log Thousands of Miles

Top 5 Tesla Self-Driving users in Europe on @fsd_database 1. @TSLA_inside_ — 1,477 miles 2. @ronald_termaat — 731 miles 3. @Sleijser — 622 miles 4. @EpicHaddock310 — 440 miles 5. @tvanschadewijk — 250 miles 6. Willy — 27 miles https://t.co/eMRsQOSjZQ

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Dreaming of Nationwide Driverless Tesla Robotaxis
SocialApr 27, 2026

Dreaming of Nationwide Driverless Tesla Robotaxis

I have a dream that one day there will be driverless Tesla Robotaxis anywhere you could go in the United States

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Tesla's Self-Driving Goes App-Only, No Car Needed
SocialApr 27, 2026

Tesla's Self-Driving Goes App-Only, No Car Needed

Up until now, if you wanted to use Tesla Self-Driving you had to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a Tesla first, have a place to charge, etc. Now with Robotaxi, you just download an app from the App...

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Tesla's Mad Max Mode Beats Traffic, Outshines Competitors
SocialApr 26, 2026

Tesla's Mad Max Mode Beats Traffic, Outshines Competitors

Tesla Self-Driving Mad Max mode is so fucking sick It doesn't waste your time. Watch how it goes around slow cars on its own like a pro. I've never seen any other self-driving system do anything remotely close at 1:00 it even...

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Questioning Damage Distribution in Waymo Collision
SocialApr 26, 2026

Questioning Damage Distribution in Waymo Collision

If that’s what happened, how did the back of the Waymo and the front of the other cars get damaged?

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If You Must Use Your Phone, Let AI Drive
SocialApr 26, 2026

If You Must Use Your Phone, Let AI Drive

Don’t use your phone, but if you absolutely insist please let the AI drive your car

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AI Showdown: Claude Vs. GPT Battle for Supremacy
SocialApr 26, 2026

AI Showdown: Claude Vs. GPT Battle for Supremacy

I told Claude Code / Opus 4.7 and Codex / GPT 5.5 they would both be competing to see who could implement the prompt better. Winner gets to keep implementing, loser will die.

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Tesla Autopilot Makes Coast‑to‑Coast Trips Seamless
SocialApr 26, 2026

Tesla Autopilot Makes Coast‑to‑Coast Trips Seamless

Lots of talk recently about using Tesla Self-Driving for long distance trips. Strongly recommend people try it, it's an amazing way to travel. Here's Tesla Self-Driving 14.3.1 taking me from Downtown San Francisco to Downtown Los Angeles with just a tap...

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Europe Surpasses China in AI Deployment
SocialApr 26, 2026

Europe Surpasses China in AI Deployment

crazy to see China so behind in AI deployment. Never thought Europe would be ahead of them

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FSD 14.3.2 Auto‑adjusts to Rain, Keeps Driving Smooth
SocialApr 26, 2026

FSD 14.3.2 Auto‑adjusts to Rain, Keeps Driving Smooth

FSD 14.3.2 performed very nicely in the rain today Took me down to Standard when the rain got heavy, and then bumped me up back up to hurry shortly after as it started to clear up a little bit love...

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving Handles Rainy Garage Navigation
SocialApr 26, 2026

Tesla's Full Self-Driving Handles Rainy Garage Navigation

Tesla Self-Driving 14.3.2 can drive you from parking garage to parking garage in the rain with zero human intervention. Don't believe me? Here's a video of the Model 3 doing just that. https://t.co/610Ei0dI3J

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AI Driving Transforms Lives Beyond Tesla Enthusiasts
SocialApr 26, 2026

AI Driving Transforms Lives Beyond Tesla Enthusiasts

I’m really excited to see FSD gaining so much traction every day I talk to people — and not just your typical Tesla nerds — who gush about how AI driving has changed their life

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Tesla Autopark Finds Nearby Spots When Destination Lacks Lot
SocialApr 25, 2026

Tesla Autopark Finds Nearby Spots When Destination Lacks Lot

i’ve noticed something interesting in Tesla self driving 14.3.2 a lot of times it will go to a parking lot that is near the destination, but not at the destination the result is it can actually find a place to park...

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Tesla Prioritizes Quality, Expands Beta for Eager Fans
SocialApr 25, 2026

Tesla Prioritizes Quality, Expands Beta for Eager Fans

They don’t fuck around. The wait is to make sure it’s great. Tesla is entering a new era. They are expecting the system to be great. Priority 1, 2, and 3 has to be maintaining that high bar of quality...

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Outdated FSD Leaves Tesla Idle and Forlorn
SocialApr 25, 2026

Outdated FSD Leaves Tesla Idle and Forlorn

When one of our Teslas doesn’t have the latest FSD, it just sits there sadly…

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Tesla's AI Predicts Pedestrians Before They Appear
SocialApr 25, 2026

Tesla's AI Predicts Pedestrians Before They Appear

This one legitimately blew my mind. Tesla Self-Driving began slowing down for this pedestrian before he even walked out from between the cars. We didn’t see him at all. We were like “why is the car slowing?” Then he stepped...

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Tesla Autopilot Yields to Pedestrian Unnoticed by Driver
SocialApr 25, 2026

Tesla Autopilot Yields to Pedestrian Unnoticed by Driver

Tesla Self-Driving moved over for this guy before I even noticed they were there https://t.co/h5Rh4MRiYz

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Tesla's New Self-Driving Feels Unbelievably Smooth and Predictive
SocialApr 25, 2026

Tesla's New Self-Driving Feels Unbelievably Smooth and Predictive

spent the night driving around los angeles on Tesla Self-Driving 14.3.2 man… it is SO good. my gf and I were both just marveling in it. it just feels so comfortable. and the reaction time is absolutely out of this...

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Automated Driving Will Outpace Manual Within Ten Years
SocialApr 25, 2026

Automated Driving Will Outpace Manual Within Ten Years

It’s becoming more and more normal every day. It won’t take a decade. One decade from now there will be more automated driving than manual driving

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Cybertruck Feels Humanlike with 14.3.2 Update
SocialApr 24, 2026

Cybertruck Feels Humanlike with 14.3.2 Update

It's honestly kind of freaky how humanlike my Cybertruck's driving is with 14.3.2 Have a great weekend everyone. Go put on some good music and self-drive somewhere fun. Comment with where you're self-driving this weekend. https://t.co/8TxFC71g45

By Whole Mars Catalog
Future UI Bottleneck: Latency, Not AI, Limits Speed
SocialApr 24, 2026

Future UI Bottleneck: Latency, Not AI, Limits Speed

Thought about this as I watched Codex computer use input text into my computer at superhuman speed These models will show us how to really use a computer. What a computer can *really* do. Pretty soon the bottleneck will be...

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Training Self-Driving AI Compresses Humanity’s Road Experience
SocialApr 24, 2026

Training Self-Driving AI Compresses Humanity’s Road Experience

There is something almost sacred about training a self-driving model. You take the chaos of human motion — the hesitation, the intuition, the tiny corrections, the unspoken knowledge of a billion drives — and you compress it into a neural network. A...

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Our “Human Values” Are Trivial, Not AI‑aligned
SocialApr 24, 2026

Our “Human Values” Are Trivial, Not AI‑aligned

Humans: we must align AI with human values Human values: reply later leave dishes in sink buy $19 smoothie argue online

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Tesla's Cybercab Reaches Production in 18 Months, Defying FSD Doubts
SocialApr 24, 2026

Tesla's Cybercab Reaches Production in 18 Months, Defying FSD Doubts

Tesla Cybercab: Unveiled 10/10/24 Start of Production: 4/22/26 18 months and 12 days from unveil to production. Remember when people doubted whether unsupervised FSD would exist by the time production started? https://t.co/OPtzlMnpy3

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Fully-Paid FSD Cars Become Rare Arbitrage Opportunities
SocialApr 24, 2026

Fully-Paid FSD Cars Become Rare Arbitrage Opportunities

Cars with the FSD package paid in full are now rare magical unicorns. There may be an arbitrage play here

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Apple’s Clunky Transfer Process Deters New Phone Purchases
SocialApr 24, 2026

Apple’s Clunky Transfer Process Deters New Phone Purchases

Apple is losing billions of years to their data transfer process. People don't want to buy a new phone because setting it up is so much work. Needs to be a dead simple perfect transfer, no need to log into...

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Dedicated Model Training Costs Outweigh Retrofitting Benefits
SocialApr 24, 2026

Dedicated Model Training Costs Outweigh Retrofitting Benefits

Which is more expensive? Simply retrofitting, or dedicate compute and engineering resources to training HW3 specific models? When you look at opportunity cost, i’m sure the answer is the latter. Even if it could be done, i’m not sure it’s...

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Tesla's Robotaxis Hit Roads Before First Roadster Shipped
SocialApr 23, 2026

Tesla's Robotaxis Hit Roads Before First Roadster Shipped

It's kind of amazing that Tesla announced their autonomy efforts in 2019 and got driverless Robotaxis on the road before the first roadster shipped 😂

By Whole Mars Catalog