Elon Musk to meet with Indian Prime Minister Modi during TSLA’s Q1 earnings week: report

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Recent reports have emerged stating that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be meeting Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi later this month. Musk and Modi’s meeting will reportedly take place during the week of April 22, which also happens to be the same week as Tesla’s first quarter earnings call, which is scheduled on April 23, 2024.

Musk’s reported visit to India this month was initially reported by Reuters, which cited two people reportedly familiar with the matter. The publication’s sources also claimed that Musk would be accompanied by several executives during his visit, and he would also be making an announcement about his India plans. 

The Indian Prime Minister’s office and Tesla have not provided a comment about the recent reports. The publication also noted that Musk’s agenda on his upcoming trip to India might still change in the coming weeks. 

Tesla’s entry into India has been a long time coming. While Tesla’s previous apparent attempts at entering the Indian market have not panned out, local reports and Elon Musk’s recent comments about the country suggest that a Tesla debut in India may indeed be coming. During a recent X Spaces session, for example, Elon Musk noted that India is a natural progression for Tesla, especially since the country is now the most populous in the world. 

“India is now the most populous country in the world, based on population. India should have electric cars just like every other country has electric cars. It’s a natural progression to provide Tesla electric vehicles in India,” Musk said. 

Recent reports have also hinted at Tesla’s ongoing preparations for its potential India launch. Citing people reportedly close to the matter, Reuters claimed in a report that Tesla Giga Berlin-Brandenburg is producing Right Hand Drive (RHD) Model Y vehicles for the country. Local reports from have also suggested that the state governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat are putting in some extra effort in their attempt to attract Tesla. 

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Final installment of coast-to-coast electric pickup race goes online

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A coast-to-coast race between four electric pickups concluded a few weeks ago, and now the final installment has become available online.

The race, as featured by YouTube channels Out of Spec and Bearded Tesla Guy, went from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to Dog Beach in San Diego, California, in a face-off between the Tesla Cybertruck, the Rivian R1T, the Chevy Silverado electric vehicle (EV), and the Ford F-150 Lightning.

The results were impressively close, and while we’ll avoid spoiling them for you, suffice it to say that the Out of Spec team suggests that the F-150 Lightning may not be optimized for this kind of long-term travel.

The R1T team was reportedly speeding more than the others, although it was against the rules to go more than 10 mph over the speed limit at any time. The rules also required that no vehicle could go more than 85 mph at any given time, regardless of the area’s speed limit.

Multiple vehicles had charging issues during the roughly 2,362-mile trek, with some of the EVs even dying during the trip. The Silverado EV was generally predicted to be the race’s winner, due to it having the longest range per charge out of all the trucks.

Although Tesla opened its vast Supercharger network to Ford and Rivian vehicles, the race occurred before Rivian had officially gained access to the network. This gave both the Tesla Cybertruck and the F-150 Lightning somewhat of a competitive advantage, as the Supercharger network has significantly more stations and better reliability than non-Tesla competitors such as Electrify America.

You can watch the nearly-four-hour finale video from Out of Spec below, or watch the 36-minute version of the race’s final leg from Bearded Tesla Guy below that.

Coast to Coast: Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Chevy Silverado EV vs. Ford F-150 Lightning (Out of Spec Motoring)

Coast to Coast: Tesla Cybertruck vs. Rivian R1T vs. Chevy Silverado EV vs. Ford F-150 Lightning (Bearded Tesla Guy)

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Tesla highlights an underrated, noble goal FSD

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) makes driving a lot more convenient, and when it gets fully refined, it will have the potential to make roads a lot safer. But FSD’s advantages don’t end there. As highlighted by Tesla recently in social media, FSD also has the capability to give mobility back to people who would otherwise have a hard time operating a car. 

Tesla shared these sentiments in a quote post on its official account on X. Tesla’s official account was responding to a post from Shaddy Mazzini, who posted a photo of his father’s Tesla. Mazzini noted that his father, who does not have the use of his legs, typically uses a specific driving setup to operate his vehicle. But with FSD, his dad reportedly had a much easier time driving around. “For people like my dad, it’s almost heaven sent,” the EV advocate wrote. 

Tesla then highlighted one of FSD’s most noble and most underrated goals in a quote post. “So many people face mobility challenges & find ways to adapt to their environment so they can get where they need to go. FSD Supervised & autonomy are about making transportation accessible for all,” Tesla wrote. 

A look at the conversations about FSD today would show that there is a lot of focus being given to the convenience that the advanced driver-assist system is able to provide. And in a lot of ways, this is true. With FSD engaged, driving becomes a lot easier, and even long trips become far less tiring. That’s a great enough goal, of course, but Tesla’s recent post suggests that FSD could have advantages that many people might not even think about. 

Interestingly enough, such a scenario was presented by a Tesla fan in October 2018. At the time, Troy Edward Nikolic, a Tesla enthusiast and filmmaker, created a fanmade video ad demonstrating just how life-changing a system like FSD could become. The ad itself is over five years old and it was created long before FSD Beta was even a thing, but its message was clear as day. FSD will be life-changing — possibly in more ways than we can ever imagine. 

Watch Nikolic’s fanmade FSD ad from 2018 in the video below. 

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