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CEO Elon Musk teased the paper as "more important than it may seem", reports Electrek. In the abstract, the automaker is describing a new standard to work with its computing platform. "This standard specifies Tesla arithmetic formats and methods for the new 8-bit and 16-bit binary floating-point arithmetic in computer programming environments for deep learning neural network training," according to the report.

According to TechCrunch, SpaceX will require approvals from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make the attempt, as it has done for all of its previous Starship test flights from its development location outside of Brownsville, Texas. The FAA requires SpaceX to demonstrate that it has taken all necessary security measures to ensure that there is minimal risk if something goes wrong during the launch attempts.

Speaking at the "Giga-Fest" county fair style event which included music, rides and food trucks, Musk said that the electric car-maker will start with manufacturing Model Y vehicles, in addition to millions of battery cells.

According to newly-appointed India head of Starlink satellite communications (Satcom) service Sanjay Bhargava, it is also looking to hold virtual conversations with Members of Parliament, ministers and top government officials

The electric vehicle company's plan for a "wider release" of its Full Self-Driving Beta, which was first supposed to come six months ago, has changed a lot in the last week, reports Electrek. It went from a simple "download button" that would have allowed people who bought the Full Self-Driving package to download the latest software to now a "request button" that starts a period of judging your driving.

According to a new study, based on MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology data, drivers tend to look at things non-related to driving more often and for longer periods of time when Autopilot is activated. "The model replicates the observed glance pattern across drivers. The model's components show that off-road glances were longer with Autopilot active than without and that their frequency characteristics changed," the study indicated.

According to The Verge, the news comes as an older version of the software leaked online. Musk said on Twitter that the company would begin rolling out FSD version 10 to customers in its early access programme at midnight on September 10. Then, the software "will need another few weeks after that for tuning (and) bug fixes," which Musk estimated would take four weeks.

This week, Ark Invest released a new note claiming a $3,000 base stock price target by 2025 for Tesla, reports Electric. In its valuation models, Ark Invest believes that Tesla is going to deliver between 5 and 10 million vehicles as soon as 2025. That's a significant ramp considering Tesla likely will deliver less than 1 million vehicles this year, the report said.

The Model S Plaid, Tesla's fastest production vehicle, was sharing the "Green Hell" with a 2022 Corvette Z06 prototype and a BMW M8 test-mule, according to Road and Track, who originally reported the crash. The Model S went out of control in the Klostertalkurve in kilometre 14, which comprises a series of sharp, paper clip-like turns before extending into a straightaway.

Although the core functionality of the app remains unchanged, the visuals have been overhauled, according to NotaTeslaApp. However, there are a few new features, including the ability to be able to send commands to a Tesla vehicle from an iPhone without needing to wake the car up first. Additionally, users can unlock multiple Tesla vehicles using their phone key.