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The Super Car Tesla Roadster and The Super Truck Tesla Semi

Last week , Tesla unveiled a new Sports car that according to the automaker, can go from Zero to 60 miles an hour in 1.9 Seconds. making it the quickest accelerating production car ever made . Beyond that it has a top Speed near the all-out fastest road Cars in the World.

Here is, everything you need to know about Tesla Roadster 2 and Tesla Semi

               Tesla Roadster 2




Elon Musk surprised everyone at the Tesla Semi unveiling with his "one more thing" being a prototype of the next generation Roadster.

We are talking about 200 kWh battery pack in a vehicle than a Model 3, The energy capacity is enough to travel over 620 miles on a single charge, according to Tesla.

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The battery pack powers three electric motors unleashing enough power to achieve a 0 to 60 mph time of 1.9 Seconds - the quickest of any production car ever.

It also translates to a 0 to 100 mph time of 4.2 Seconds, and record-breaking  250+ mph Top Speed.

Musk said the vehicle will hit the market only in 2020, so there's definitely time for those specs to evolve.

After the event the Founders Series version of the car costs $250,000 and Tesla will make 1,000 units. Buyers have to put the full amount to reserve the vehicles and it's not clear how the referral program plays into it at this point , People can also reserve a regular production Roadster with a $50,000 deposite. 

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                          Acceleration 0-60 mph                                    1.9 sec                            
                          Acceleration 0-100 mph                                  4.2 sec                            
                          Acceleration 1/4 mile                                       8.8 sec                            
                          Top Speed                                                         over 250 mph                
                          Wheel Torque                                                   10,000 Nm                      
                          Mile Range                                                        620 miles                       
                          Seating                                                              4                                     
                          Drive                                                                  All-Wheel Drive            
                          Base Price                                                         $200,000                        
                          Base Reservation                                             $50,000                          
                          Founders Series Reservation                         $250,000                        
                          Founders Series Reservation                         $250,000                        
                          (1,000 reservation available)


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   It showcased the two different , Tesla Semi configurations with the previously spied Class 8 aerodynamics prototype and a new never seen lower roof version.

Musk then went into the Truck's performance which he described as "BAMF" which stands for "bad ass mother f**ker". the truck achieved a drag coefficient of 0.36, which is unprecedented for a truck and even beats several modern passenger cars.

He confirmed that it is equipped with 4 independent electric motors on real axles-enabling insane torque for a 0 to 60 mph acceleration with a full load in 20 Seconds.

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The powertrain also enables another interesting performance spec: a speed of 65 mph going up a 5% grade. That's about 50% faster than your average truck, which is good for both for reduce the travel time and traffic.

Musk announced two different battery pack configurations for 300 and 500 miles of range on a single charge. while a 300-mile range was within our expectations, a 500-mile range is definitely something else and should easily enable long-distance routes with full load.

Musk also briefly mentions some Semi-Autonomous driving capacity - through he made sure not to mention anything about the possibility of fully self-driving capacity, which would be sure to upset a lot of truck drivers.The Semi truck will come standard with "Enhanced Autopilot Features" and that will be able to create Semi-automated convoys.

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Unfortunately, Tesla didn't announce the price tag of the truck and instead, the company appears to have included the price into the cost of operation.







                        Acceleration 0-60 mph                                      20 sec                                   
                        Speed up a 5% Grade                                        65 mph                                 
                        Mile Range                                                300 to 500 miles                            
                        Powertrain                                     4 Independent Motors on Rear Axles    
                        Energy Consumption                                  Less than 2 kWh / mile             
                        Fuel Savings                                               $200,000+                                    


                                        

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Uber Working With NASA to Develop Flying Taxis Now You Can Book Flying Taxi by 2020

Uber Deals With NASA to Develop Flying Taxi By 2020   -:

                    The vehicles will takeoff , land and  recharge upon a network of " vertiports " installed on top of parking garages, on existing helipads or on unused land around road interchanges, Deloitte's Pascal Pincemin said at the Paris Air Show flying taxis will not be common place until 2050, as their reliability will need to be established first.

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            Uber unveiled a partnership with NASA on Wednesday, they develop
flying taxis the priced competitively with standard Uber journeys, It also announced Los Angeles will join two pilot schemes in Dallas Fort-Worth, Texas, and Dubai.
                           California and Texas are the US states have highest number of cars. " Uber's participating in NASA's UTM ( Unmanned Traffic Management ) project, this project will help the company to achieve the goal of starting demonstration flights of UberAIR in select US cities by 2020. " the ride-sharing company said in a statement. Uber wants to " explore other collaboration opportunities with NASA " with a view to open a new market of urban air mobility it added. the first demonstration flights are expected in 2020, moving into commercial operations by 2023 - plenty of time for the 2023 Olympic games in Los Angeles. An Uber Air journeny between Los Angeles. airport and the Staples Center Arena , would take 23 minutes-three times less than the same journey by car.

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The Promotion video illustrated the app would work in a similar way to the current set-up for ordering a car ride. But the planned electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles ( VTOL ) "differ from helicopters in that they are orders of magnitude quieter, safer, more affordable, and more environmentally-friendly, " the company said, adding that journeys will be priced competitively with a standard Uber trip.   

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A fanciful concept for so long. there are now some big names pumping serious money into the development of flying cars look like Boeing. Airbus and Uber are getting very serious about putting these things into the Sky. the lattermost of which has just formed an agreement with NASA to work out how to manage all that incoming air traffic.
                 1st revealed plans for its flying taxi service, which it calls Uber Elevate in a 97-page white paper.

The VTOL   -:


                       Uber first revealed plans for a flying taxi service, which it calls Uber Elevate, in a 97-page white paper last year, It hopes to use vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) aircraft to fundamentally change how people move around cities, as are a growing contingent of forward-thinking aviation companies working on similar projects.


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You Can Pay With Your Face By Using The Face Detection Online Payment System in China


                                                  
              Don't have case or forgot cash at home No Problem - You can Pay with your Face.

                       So you have paid via an App , maybe even with your fingerprint, But have you ever paid with your Face ?    Yes Face.....

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                      We live in a time where financial system have been overtaken by technology. face-detecting systems in China now authorize payments, provide access to facilities and track down criminals other countries follow.

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                    Chinese internet or AI based Startup Megvii , short of  Mega Visition, is a knowledge-intensive enterprise focusing on independent research and development of AI,  provide the face-detecting system in China, the founder of Megvii , Wenbin Tang CEO of Magvii and Qi Yin President of Megvii, develope there face-detecting app called Face++ , the system is based on Ant financials digital payment platform , Alipay which has more than half a billion users worldwide and already allows people to Sign in into there chinese app using their Face.
                      " Ant says the KFC restaurant is the World's first physical store in the World to use facial recognition Software to take Payments. "

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Face++ developed by Megvii Inc.

Face++ ( 99 % accurate ) -:
                  The Face++ Software can identify faces with 99% accuracy , This app ( face++ ) developed by Megvii Inc. , Beijing, China , launched nearly Five Years age, Since than number of improvements added to it , One of the most important of them is moving head to completely new platform with computer vision algorithms at it's core.

What else Face++ can do -:
                                 
                      The Face++ can verify ID , Face++ can do other things analysis of Age, Race , Face Comparison , Gender detection and Identification of Emotional Expressions , All of that just based on a single photo.    

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How They Earn -: 
                The Face++ startup has a partnership with several commercial banks : Ant financial and a Subsidiary of Alibaba , many people already use Alipay to make their online Payments.

Here is How it Works -:
                        When the user upload their Photos to the System, it Integrate Biometric Data and tracks up to 83 different key points on the face from various angles at the same time identity verification happens immediately with an extremely high accuracy , This technology is used in Alipay's " Smile to Pay " application .

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What about other's in China -: 
                          One such company is Baidu . which operates China's most popular Search Engine , along with other services Baidu researchers have published papers showing that their Software Rivals most humans in it's ability to recognize a face ,
                  Now Baidu is developing a system that let's people Pick up Rail Ticket by showing their face , The company is already working with the government of Wuzhen, a historic tourist destination , to provide access to many of it's attractions without a Ticket , This involves Scanning Tens of thousands of faces in a Database to find a match, which Baidu says : it can do with  99%  accuracy. 

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            " The face recognition market is huge , my heads lab not far from the office of Face++ , when I arrived my students were working away furiously in a dozen or so cubicles , In China security is very important and we also have lot's of people and lot's of companies are working on it    
                            Shiliang Zhang , Assistant Professor                                                                                   at Peking University  
                                    
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* Face++
* Alipay
* Baidu

   
         
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