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Farzad: Robotaxi Margins Are Going to Surprise People

Farzad posted Night Ride in Tesla's Cybercab With No Driver and Cybercab Is Literally a Living Room on Wheels (native X videos + Full video YouTube replies); argued Robotaxi margins will surprise people at a 10:1 teleops ratio (~$0.60–$1.00/mi cost, ~$3–5/mi charge, ≥$2/mi gross on Austin non-deadhead; printing money above ~30% utilization); sketched 2027 talk-to-device agents (Meta Muse+Glasses+WA/FB/IG; SpaceXAI Grok Bot+Tesla+Optimus+X) and a Starlink-powered SpaceX phone with native Grok Bot across Tesla cars and Optimus; started a long-term $META position on data centers + Muse + Glasses + FB/IG/WhatsApp; QTd paulg on ~28% news-site traffic drop with Why visit the source when an AI agent can tell you what's going on?; RTd ArtificialAnlys / SpaceXAI on Grok 4.7; RTd SawyerMerritt on Tesla Megapacks qualified for Nvidia DSX Ready.

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