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Tesla Continues Slow Increase of Unsupervised Robotaxi in Austin – Now 13 Unsupervised

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:37:21 +0000

There are now 13 unsupervised Tesla robotaxi in Austin. There was a 2 months at the 8-10 unsupervised level. Three were added over the last 10 days. This would suggest about 20 by mid next week. NHTSA has reported no accidents in the Feb-Mid March timeframe. There are hundreds of Cybercabs ready roll into Austin ...

SpaceX Starship Flight 12 in a Few Weeks Aka Early-Mid May

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:31:13 +0000

Starship V3 booster & ship will be ready for their first test flight in a few weeks (aka Early to mid May) . Both Starship and the Super Heavy Booster have successfully completed the static fire tests and are ready to take to the skies. Starship V3 booster & ship will be ready for their ...

XAI Renting GPUs to Cursor – Further GPU Rents Enables Breakeven

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:36:08 +0000

It is being reported that xAI will rent tens of thousands of GPUS to AI coding company Cursor. It is about $2.5-18 per hour for GPU rentals. For 10,000 GPUs it would be $15-40 million of rent. For 50,000 GPUs it would be $75 million to $200 million per month. If XAI was renting half ...

Blue Origin New Glenn 3 Has a Good Static Fire

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:10:13 +0000

Blue Origin New Glenn 3 has a good static fire. They are trying to go for a Saturday or Sunday launch. They will launch the second commercial version of the AST Spacemobile direct to cellphone (DTC) communication satellite. AST Space Mobile needs 40-60 commercial operational and in position satellites to begin intermittent commercial service. ASTS ...

US Oil Exports Up A Few Million Barrels Per Day

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:47:00 +0000

US has total oil products production equal to Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. The US exported over 5 million barrels of oil per day last week, a record high, amid the Iran War. In aggregate, the US exported a record 12.7 million barrels of crude oil and refined products per day last week. Total extra ...

Terafab Equipment and Chip Orders

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:10:40 +0000

Elon Musk is ordering equipment for the Terafab with the capacity to process 3,000 wafers per month. 36,000 wafers per year. 3-4 million chips per year. There could be similar numbers from Intel fabs in 2027 and perhaps double from each of Samsung and TSMC. This could be 10+ million chips per year in 2027 ...

SpaceX Successfully Static Fires V3 Booster

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:49:12 +0000

Successful static fires of SpaceX V3 booster follows yesterdays successful V3 starship static fire. Hopefully go for a launch in 2 weeks. First 33-engine static fire for Super Heavy V3 pic.twitter.com/m3swZHF7iQ — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 16, 2026

Why is Tesla Up $28

Brian Wang — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:55:24 +0000

All the Tesla and MAcRO fundamental changes that are driving up Tesla and the market. Other changes in AI. AI5 chip tapeout, Tesla FSD 14.3.1 and more.

Tesla AI5 Chip Tapeout

Brian Wang — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:53:39 +0000

The Tesla_AI chip design team has taped out the AI5 chip. AI6, Dojo3 & other exciting chips in work. Tesla is working with Samsung and TSMC and they have started working with Intel chips. There are shortages of GPU, CPU, energy and memory for AI data centers. Congrats to the @Tesla_AI chip design team on ...

SpaceX Starship V3 Has Successful Static Fire

Brian Wang — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:26:52 +0000

SpaceX had a successful static fire for the V3 Starship (starship 39). All 6 engines fired for the full duration. The Booster 19 was delayed til tomorrow. Full-duration static fire for the first time on Starship V3 pic.twitter.com/Q1HZIX53HB — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 15, 2026

Blue Origin Delayed Static Fire Pushes Possible Launch to April 18, 2026

Brian Wang — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:21:35 +0000

Blue Origin tried to spin the delayed static fire as a successful rehearsal. Today was a delayed static fire for the New Glenn flight 3.