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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

I don’t watch a lot of baseball, but this game kept my attention. Congratulations Seattle. #RepDetroit

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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

NEW: Inside the factory building Waymo’s robotaxi future An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with Waymo’s custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar. Soon, tens of thousands of robotaxis will roll off the line annually. www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...

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Inside The Waymo Factory Building A Robotaxi Future

An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet’s custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Tesla Q1 net income of $409M < $595M in sales of emissions credits. So they’re back to losing money on vehicle sales excluding these credits. And as sales drop, the credits they will be earning to sell will also be reduced.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Also from the story: NHTSA has lost the ability to even try to regulate AV tech. "A small government team regulating the sort of autonomous cars that Elon Musk says represent the future of Tesla, his car company, is getting cut nearly in half." A win for Musk. A grave danger for the rest of us.

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DOGE employee cuts fall heavily on agency that regulates Musk’s Tesla

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will lose between 70 and 80 people, split roughly evenly between firings of probationary employees and buyouts, according to people briefed on the st...

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

DOGE has eliminated 10% of NHTSA staff. “If the question is, will this affect the federal government’s ability to understand the safety case behind Tesla’s vehicles, then yes, it will. [The # of fed workers] who are able to understand this adequately is very small. Now it’s almost nonexistent.”

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DOGE employee cuts fall heavily on agency that regulates Musk’s Tesla

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

While we await an official merger agreement of Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, I propose referring to the alliance as “H ‘n M”

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Finally found the one current Jaguar owner who likes the new brand campaign.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Interesting stuff I saw and learned today @laautoshow.bsky.social: 1/ The head of VW product marketing said that the Microbus relaunch study that led to the ID.BUZZ was done 23 years ago, in 2001. A crazy gestation period. They also showed the just-previewed Tiguan, and recently redone Taos.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

VinFast VF8. Does “VF” stand for Vietnamese Fisker?

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 20/02/2024

Post a random weird car pic that’s already on your phone.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Recite 80% of a movie and you get 500K. What movie are you picking? “No.” (That’s 100%)

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 12/02/2024

If the 49ers win there is going to be so much drinking and self-driving tonight.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Given Musk’s track record for hitting deadlines, we’re talking 2028 at the earliest.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

Saddened to hear the news that race car driver Gil de Ferran died today. He won the Indy 500 in a Toyota-engined car, and I had the pleasure of working with him at a meeting for Toyota dealers. Ran into him a few months later at a racetrack, and he couldn’t have been more gracious. #RIP

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Brendan @brendanmcaleer.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

Mitch Hedburg: "I drive rental cars. Sometimes I'll drive for ten miles with the emergency brake on. That doesn't say a lot for me, but it doesn't say a lot for the *emergency brake.* It's not really an emergency brake, it's an emergency make-the-car-smell-funny lever."

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

What are the odds? On the day that Cruise had its California self-driving permit suspended, I came across one of their cars in Santa Monica. First time ever spotting one of these in the LA area.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Took my first ride in a self-driving Waymo. All things considered, pretty normal. AFAIK, there’s a “drone pilot” that can take over remotely if the car needs help. They’ve been running around mapping Santa Monica for two years...I took this picture in 2021.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Oddity at the Orange County Auto Show. To me, this weird woody Nissan Ariya by Tommy Pike Customs is trying too hard. Do you like it?

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Would be cooler on the touchscreen of a Reatta.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 17/09/2023

The Isaacson book confirms that Elon's underlings improved Autopilot's performance on the boss's commute by paying to repaint lane lines on the 405. Absolute clown shit.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Musk must have given up on a Full Self-Driving car. He just wants the driver control to change from limbs to Bluetooth.

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Mark Simmons @marksimmonssays.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

Official song lyrics of Burning Man.

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