Hey everybody Rob Maurer here, happy Friday. Today we are talking about a pretty incredible dash cam video of what appears to be a life-saving maneuver from a Tesla vehicle. We're going to take a look at that. We do also have updates on Cybertruck, Project Thailand as we tend to do most days now and a few other stories as well.
Alright, looking at the stock today, another challenging day, Tesla down 1.7% closing at $215.14, sorry, $49.00 while the NASDAQ down to 10% so another underperformance looks like a bit of a recovery in the after hours, not sure exactly if anything is driving that, but probably not anything to read into too much relatively low volume, of course after hours and on a Friday afternoon. So let's get into this video.
This was shared by user FireMedic on the Tesla Motors Club forum. This person was a first responder on the scene of an accident, so there was an accident that occurred here, but this accident was much less significant than it could have been. It could have really been a disaster, but Tesla's automatic emergency braking was able to reduce it very dramatically from what could have happened. So as the poster here says, the driver of the car in this accident will take a look at it in a second, said that she never saw this kid, the car braked on its own, pretty sure the kid is going to be fine after this, after this minor collision, which we won't watch the collision itself, but we'll just take a look at some frames. And this person would almost certainly be facing a different outcome if the car had not been able to do that. So most importantly, again, the driver never saw the kid, the car stopping on its own. So let's just take a quick look at this.
And this video was shared with the permission of the mother and the driver of this vehicle. Again, this was a video captured from the first responder. So here we can see the beginning of the video car driving down the road like normal, got it maybe three, two or three car lengths here. I think the speed limit on this road was in the 30 mile per hour range. So not a lot of time to react. And then kind of in the next frame, we can see where the trouble starts to arise.
Here may be a car and a half out, not a lot of space here. And again, traveling relatively quickly, most likely on this road. And that's where we can see the problems start to occur as they're crossing the mother's tries to stop little girl tries to continue. And unfortunately, this did end up in a collision, but a much less significant collision than it would have been had the car again not braked because the woman again said that she never saw this occurring until this happened. So I'm not going to show that you guys get the point of what happens. You know, it's not something that's so significant. It was just a bump and then the child fell over.
But here we can see the kid getting up afterwards, obviously a little bit distressed, but all as well, the ends well in that scenario. So looks like the girl, the girl is fine. And again, the point here is that this could have been so much worse, if not for the automatic urgency breaking from Tesla, which I wanted to highlight because so oftentimes we hear about things that don't go right, right? We hear about scenarios where autopilot failed or, you know, it's suggested that autopilot failed even. And there's an accident, something like that. And of course, that does happen.
But what we don't hear reported is occasions like this where things function really well and actually avoid accidents. You know, there could be 10 accidents that never occur and one that does. We're only going to hear about the one that does versus the ones that are avoided. In this case, because there was actually a minor collision, we do get a report on it because, you know, obviously they had to call people to the scene and things like that. But if this had been just a few inches different, you know, there would not have been any report of us knowing that this was a situation that was avoided.
So I want to highlight that on that point, just because, you know, we don't get a lot of attention to these things a lot of time. And then I also want to just point out that even if this had been another vehicle with automatic emergency braking, we know from the Euro NCAP safety testing that Tesla scores extremely well in safety assist features exactly like the scenarios are intended to be used for or the safety features will be intended to be used for scenarios exactly like this.
So I just wanted to again, bring that up the model last this year, last year received a score of 98% in the safety assist category, which is, you know, using that sort of technology to avoid situations like this completely. And I believe that was the best score that has ever been given for those safety assist features. So again, even if other vehicles that had automatic emergency braking were in that scenario, not necessarily any guarantee that they would have performed quite as well.
So again, just want to highlight that because it's something that we don't often get a lot of attention on, thanks to Firematic for sharing that video. All right. Next, we've got a couple updates on Cybertruck. So of course, we've seen the 15 or so that have been in transit. Jeff Roberts, drone video at Giga Texas has now seen a couple more supercharging at Giga Texas, some nice shots here. And in addition to these, there were also some shots of maybe three or four under wraps again in the parking lot after those other 15 vehicles had been dispersed. So the production rate, you know, at least seems to be a couple of a day, maybe even more than that really hard to gauge right now. But we're starting to get into some significant numbers and fun to see these get a little bit replenished after some distribution already. So we should be well above 20 Cybertruck that have now been produced and will continue to keep an eye out on those.
And then just a quick update on Cybertruck here as well. We've kind of seen these, but I'll share this video quickly from Petrolong ironically named on Instagram. They had a quick shot of the Cybertruck interior. Gives a little bit of a sense of, you know, how the interior feel is a little bit more than maybe we've seen before and the field of the dash. Again, just a cell phone, cell phone video. So not something to read into too much, but a nice little look there at kind of how that looks with a little bit more extension up front.
And then the last thing on the Cybertruck kind of a funny post here. Internet connection was froze. Uh oh. Hopefully everything's going okay. Just checking these comments here. Hopefully it's working again. Sorry if there was any interruption there. But also on the Cybertruck. I'm not sure if this was a serious poster, sort of a, you know, sarcastic post, but a police force in California shared an update on Facebook that they said while they were on patrol this morning, they spotted a few car haulers with some strange trucks traveling northbound on Interstate 5. Wonder what they are, where are they going? And of course these are the Cybertruck haulers. So again, not sure if that's a tongue in cheek post or if this was a serious post, but of course as these vehicles start hitting the road, there are going to be a lot of occasions like this with people wondering, you know, what exactly these trucks are and should just drive more awareness of, of Tesla in general and curiosity that can lead to, you know, obviously other sales of other vehicles and just awareness of the brand in general. So kind of fun to see that and hopefully a serious post, but can't be, can't be sure on that.
All right, everything's working fine. Great. Oh, sorry for the interruption on that, but here's the update on Highland. We were on Twitter saying that according to sources, the Tesla Shanghai plant has been producing the new Model 3 every day in phase one since August 14th and a new Model 3 production stress test will be conducted at the end of August. So again, we talked yesterday about how these rumors can be a little bit different. You're a little bit difficult to piece together because there are different stages of what this production process will look like if this upgrade is in fact happening. So it sounds like this would be relatively well aligned with what we'd previously heard. If they're only doing a stress test at the end of August, obviously that would suggest something in September or maybe even a little bit later than that for really getting those vehicles out to customers. And that kind of seems to be the case to you from another update on from we said that he was told by the marketing and sales staff that the new Model 3 is currently starting to be agreed upon and that it will be available in September or October at the right time, whatever that means. Maybe at the right time would be the start of Q4 kind of as we talked about yesterday. So we'll continue to keep an eye on those rumors, but kind of in line with what we'd heard previously.
All right, next up, we've got a quick update from Tesla Japan on Twitter X. They say that Tesla Japan is looking for test drivers to collect vehicle data. They're looking forward to applications from those who are interested in the latest technology and who like driving. So no word or no conclusive evidence here that this would be specifically for FSD, but you would have to kind of guess that that would be at least a part of the role that Tesla is looking for here with these test drivers. So it doesn't mean anything imminent. Obviously we know they've been testing in other countries for a long time, but still interesting to see that update from Tesla Japan nonetheless.
Then we do have an update on a topic we had previously talked about. This was the Tesla settlement for the class action lawsuit against Tesla for the solar roof price changes that happened. I think last year, I can't remember the exact timing on that, but we talked maybe a few weeks ago about the settlement that was reached for $6 million with these plaintiffs. This has been reviewed by a higher courts judge and this judge is now asking for more information from the plaintiffs before this settlement is approved. So even though it's a settlement agreement, still needs to be approved and apparently has not been. So the rest of the article here is paywall, but the headline gives us the gist that this has been rejected. So well, I guess continue to keep an eye out for any more updates on that. Obviously not a huge dollar amount for Tesla, but still an interesting topic nonetheless.
And then we do have a few other topics today, not necessarily Tesla specific, but this one sort of borderline the Remach Navara. And I know that's pronounced differently if you're not in the US, but the Navara has just eclipsed the Tesla Model S plaid record for the fastest all EV lap time at the Nurburgring. So previously the Model S plaid had a time of seven minutes and 25 seconds. That was an electric record surpassing the Porsche Taycan. The Numera has blown that out of the water seven minutes and five seconds. Obviously this is a completely different class of car than the Model S plaid at more than 10 times the price. So it should obviously have a lot of room to perform better. So still an impressive time from Tesla with the plaid, but also a very impressive time there from Remach.
今天我们有几个其他话题,不一定与特斯拉有关,但其中一个有点类似于雷马奇纳瓦拉。我知道在美国之外的地方发音会有所不同,但纳瓦拉刚刚在纽博格林的全电动车圈速中超过了特斯拉Model S plaid的记录。之前,Model S plaid创下了七分二十五秒的时间,刷新了保时捷Taycan的电动记录。雷马奇纳瓦拉以七分五秒的成绩击败了这个纪录。显然,这是完全不同级别的车型,价格超过了Model S plaid的十倍以上。因此,在表现上它当然应该有更多的发挥空间。所以,特斯拉的plaid还是以一个令人印象深刻的成绩获得了好评,但雷马奇也取得了非常令人印象深刻的成绩。
All right, last couple of things just also relating to very expensive vehicles. Lamborghini has unveiled their first concept vehicle for, I guess the concept for their first electric vehicle, which will be the Lanza door. This doesn't actually start production until 2028. So plenty of time for this change, but looks like a pretty interesting and exciting vehicle from Lamborghini. This is going to have over a megawatt of peak power capacity or over 1340 horsepower. So pretty significant amount of power here with this vehicle. I think it looks pretty cool. I mean, if Tesla designed this, I think people would be pretty much all about it. It's got a little bit of a cyberpunk feel, I think, which we know Elon definitely likes a lot. So kind of interesting to see that. And I think it should be a vehicle that people get really excited about, you know, if they're at least in that Lamborghini segment, which is obviously quite niche, but interesting to see nonetheless and exciting to see an EV from them. And it does even have a front trunk. So probably a little bit more space than a typical Lamborghini would offer, probably not quite an SUV. Maybe they'll market it that as that not really sure, but quite a bit of space here relative to a normal Lamborghini.
And then that Ford update that we talked about didn't end up being a Mach-E Mustang Mach-E update, just a Mustang update in general. That was the announcement of the Ford Mustang GTD. So this is a street legal version of the GT3, I want to say. This is going to cost $300,000. So not really much for us to talk about here. It's an ice vehicle. Nothing again relating to EVs for that announcement. So move on from that one.
And then just a quick look at the calendar for next week. We do have Fed Chair Powell speaking on Friday. I believe, yeah, that's in the morning, a little bit after market open, of course. So we'll keep an eye on that. Otherwise we do have a number of economic reports next week, nothing like CPI or PPI, but that'll be interesting on Friday.
All right, that'll wrap it up for today. So as always, thank you for listening. Make sure you're subscribed and signed up for notifications. You can also find me on X at Tesla podcast. And we'll see you on Monday for the August 21st episode of Tesla Daily. Thank you.