The fully reusable SpaceX Starship includes huge combinations of new technologies. The innovations combine into a massive increase in capability. We will be able to launch 1000 times as much payload to orbit.
A similar multi-year effort is being achieved with the Tesla Cybercab and its breakthrough manufacturing processes.
A Starship uses the Mechazilla launch tower and catching both the Starship and the booster stage. There are innovations with the Raptor engine which is more powerful and 400 times lower cost than the Space Shuttle engine that is still used for SLS rocket.
The Cybercab construction will be seven times faster (5 seconds per car) than the Tesla Shanghai factory. The Tesla Shanghai factory is nearly twice as fast as the next fastest non-Tesla car factory (35 seconds per car instead of 60 seconds.
The amazing advances of the Tesla Cybercab unboxed manufacturing process and its innovations are detailed in the video.
The manufacturing advances combine with the full self driving robotaxi itself.
The FSD driving technology has been a nine year effort.
FSD Project: Development likely began around 2016, with hardware introduced in vehicles starting April 2019.
4680 Battery Program: Internal work started around 2018, officially announced on September 22, 2020.
Unboxed Factory Process: Foundational efforts began around 2018, with key implementations like the structural battery pack starting in 2022.
Tesla, Elon and SpaceX go for huge advances that combine many challenging projects that enable huge leaps in capability.
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