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Weeks after introducing a potentially game-changing “Uni-wheel” drive system for EVs, Hyundai and Kia are showing off another next-generation technology to keep EV drivers safer during inclement weather. Today, Kia and Hyundai introduced a new snow chain-integrated tire that utilizes shape memory alloy modules inside the wheel. See how this incredible new tech works in the video below.

As EVs continue to saturate the global automotive market, their respective technologies are evolving to benefit consumers. Now more than ever, these electric vehicles drive farther, charge faster, and come equipped with exciting new technologies like vehicle-to-load (V2L) capabilities and Plug & Charge.

Hyundai Motor Group has been one of the early proponents of such technologies, featuring them in EVs atop its E-GMP platform. In fact, Hyundai and Kia especially have rolled out some exciting technologies throughout the electric mobility segment and allocated considerable funds to R&D to explore new engineering breakthroughs.

Its potential uses range from ultra-durable smartphone screens to soft, luminous light fixtures.

In pursuit of this objective, researchers have devised innovative strategies for modifying wood in recent years, imbuing it with new capabilities.

These advancements open the door to potentially substituting conventional, non-renewable, petroleum-based materials in diverse applications, including automobiles, energy storage, construction, and environmental remediation. This shift signifies a departure from the traditional domains of construction and paper industries for wood.

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Legacy companies are working with suppliers, spanning from manufacturers of battery materials to chip producers, to reduce costs.

Expanding globally, Chinese EV makers gain an advantage, utilizing supply chain control to offer competitive pricing.

➤ Tesla teases a number of new features coming soon ➤ Bernstein calls TSLA short their best idea for 2024 ➤ Tesla China sales and production ➤ Model Y standard range sells out ➤ Tesla executives meet in Thailand ➤ Model Y becomes second best-selling car in US ➤ Tesla adds pre-qualifying finance option ➤ Cybertruck discussion from reviewers: https://youtu.be/8_aE58AMIw0 ➤ Calendar 0:00 TSLA 0:25 Bernstein recommends TSLA short 3:02 New features 7:25 China numbers 10:45 Model Y China 11:26 Thailand 12:26 Model Y US 13:11 Pre-qualification 13:38 Cybertruck reviewers 14:33 Calendar X:

Tesla’s Giga Texas factory is not only expanding production capacity for the Cybertruck, but also hinting at the development of a $25K compact car and showcasing innovative and advanced manufacturing processes.

Questions to inspire discussion.

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Tesla’s new Cybertruck launch and next generation vehicle will be game-changing, with innovations in materials, manufacturing processes, and affordability.

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Sandy talks Cybertruck with 5 Tesla Execs! Lars Moravy: Head of Vehicle Engineering Franz von Holzhausen: Head of Design Drew Baglino: Head of Powertrain (battery + motors) and Energy Pete Bannon: Head of Low Voltage David Lau: Head of Software Munro Live is a YouTube channel that features Sandy Munro and other engineers from Munro & Associates.

Cerebras introduces gigaGPT: GPT-3 sized models in 565 lines of code.

GigaGPT is Cerebras’ implementation of Andrei Karpathy’s nanoGPT – the simplest and most compact code base to train and fine-tune GPT models. Whereas nanoGPT can train models in the 100M parameter range, gigaGPT trains models well over 100B parameters. We do this without introducing additional code or relying on third party frameworks – the entire repo is just 565 lines of code. Instead gigaGPT utilizes the large memory and compute capacity of Cerebras hardware to enable large scale training on vanilla torch.nn code. With no modifications, gigaGPT supports long context lengths and works with a variety of optimizers.

Why gigaGPT

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Tesla’s Cybertruck is likely to succeed and has high demand, causing legacy automakers to struggle to keep up with Tesla in the electric vehicle market.

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