EVamped: Tesla Aftermarket Products

06/19/2026

06/18/2026

At age 11, Elon saw his first real computer in a Johannesburg mall and just stood there staring. He had only read about them in magazines before.

His dad hated computers (“just for games”), so Elon saved up from odd jobs and bought a Commodore VIC-20.

He finished the 60-hour BASIC programming course in 3 days, barely sleeping.

At 13, he created his own video game called Blastar (destroy an alien space freighter with hydrogen bombs) and sold it to a magazine for $500.

He then sold two more games: one similar to Donkey Kong, and another simulating roulette and blackjack.

This kid was built different from the start. 🚀

06/18/2026

A Tesla Robotaxi Model Y has been spotted wearing an official "SFO Authorized Limousine Permit" sticker, a small but telling detail that hints Tesla may be preparing to bring its ride service to San Francisco International Airport. The permit fits Tesla's current setup in California, where the company operates under a charter party carrier authorization, the same type of permit a limousine company holds, rather than a driverless autonomous vehicle permit. That distinction matters, because while the service is branded Robotaxi, California regulators have confirmed Tesla's rides in the state legally require a human driver behind the wheel, so any airport pickups would launch with a driver rather than fully driverless. SFO has been on Tesla's radar for a while, with the company in ongoing talks with Bay Area airports, though rival Waymo already secured its own SFO testing permit back in 2025. If the sticker signals what many suspect, airport runs could be one of the more practical and lucrative expansions yet for the service, given how much demand flows through SFO.

06/17/2026

Future generations will look back at one thing we did every single day and be genuinely confused:

We drove cars ourselves.

We sat behind a wheel, controlled a 2-ton machine at high speeds, and shared the road with thousands of other humans who were tired, distracted, emotional, or just having a bad day.

We accepted that this was normal. We even called the crashes “accidents” instead of “predictable outcomes of human-operated heavy machinery.”

They’ll have transportation that never gets distracted, never gets tired, and never makes a mistake because it’s having a bad day.

To them, the idea that regular people used to manually pilot vehicles through cities will sound as reckless as letting civilians fly commercial planes sounds to us.

06/17/2026

While farmers sleep, robots are driving through fields and fighting crop disease with light.

The company is called TRIC Robotics.

Its autonomous machines move through farms at night, using UV-C light to target pests and plant diseases without relying only on chemical pesticides.

No spray cloud.

No tractor driver.

No overnight crew.

Just a robot rolling through the rows while the farm is dark.

The technology is being used especially in crops like strawberries, where diseases such as mildew and mold can damage huge amounts of produce.

Instead of soaking plants in chemicals, the robot shines controlled ultraviolet light onto the crops.

That UV-C light can help remove or disrupt harmful pathogens on the plants.

Some versions can also use tools like bug vacuums to help deal with pests.

The reason it runs at night is important.

UV treatments can work better in darkness, and farms can be treated while normal work is not happening.

It is farming, but it looks almost futuristic.

A quiet robot.

Rows of crops.

No pesticides.

Just light moving through the field while everyone sleeps.

This is where agriculture is heading:

Smarter machines.

Fewer chemicals.

Healthier crops.

And farms that keep working even after the humans go home.

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

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06/16/2026