texas / tesla / spacex

Elon Musk is moving forward with a two-pronged solar manufacturing strategy: Tesla and SpaceX will each build large-scale photovoltaic factories in Texas to help meet his goal of 100 GW annual solar cell production within three years. Tesla plans an integrated facility in Brookshire near Houston, co-located with a Megapack gigafactory, capable of ingot growth, wafering, cell fabrication and panel assembly. SpaceX will expand its Bastrop site near Austin with a two-story building for solar production, targeting 5 GW per floor annually. The moves signal vertical integration and U.S. onshoring of key PV supply chain steps, with implications for energy, storage, and industrial policy.

埃隆·马斯克的航天公司SpaceX计划在得克萨斯州建造一座巨大的太阳能电池工厂

Tesla’s supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) update 14.3.3 relaxes driver-monitoring prompts, reducing intrusive alerts when drivers briefly look away from the road. CEO Elon Musk confirmed the release’s primary change and community blogger BLKMDL3 highlighted the differences on X. The update also raises Smart Summon top speed to 8 mph (~12.9 km/h), stabilizes the “Hey, Grok” voice command, enriches visualizations, smooths out “insane” acceleration mode, and introduces a compliance-driven cumulative reward mechanism. Reviewers say driving behavior feels more human-like with fewer jerks and redundant maneuvers. The change aligns with Tesla’s longer-term push toward less supervised FSD and previous statements about allowing phone use in very low-risk conditions.