The Star of the Viral 'Oops' Moment of a Tesla at a Gas Station Responds [Video]

Danielle Wright tries to fuel up her Tesla

Danielle Wright, the social media influencer who became famous for the wrong reason, is not just laughing off her mistake but also wants to advise the mastermind behind her electric car, Elon Musk himself. “Elon, I’d love to meet you and share some ideas on the next Tesla. Hit me up!” she said, brushing off the recent incident where she tried to fill her Tesla Model Y with gas.

Danielle, 22, from Sheffield, UK, found herself in the spotlight when a video was shared on Instagram showing her confusedly trying to find a gas tank on her Tesla - an electric car that not only does not need gas, it's the most efficient SUV ever built! The video quickly became a viral hit, collecting nearly 40 million views and causing quite a stir.

To her surprise, the incident even caught the attention of Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, who light-heartedly tweeted about it, saying, "Old habits die hard."

Was it Staged? Danielle Defends Herself

Despite accusations that she staged the incident for publicity, Danielle defended herself firmly. She had just been tired after a long day and made an honest mistake. "People online can say what they want, but it was an embarrassing mistake," Danielle confessed.

Happens from time to time. Habits die hard.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 7, 2023

The Daily Star chatted with Danielle about the incident and her newfound fame. She admits she had no idea what she was doing at the gas station but laughed it off saying, "Haha, I mean Elon Musk even said it himself, habits die hard."

Though some people laughed at her mistake and trolled her on social media, Danielle does not seem to mind. She's used to people judging her, she said, for everything from her appearance to her lifestyle.

Danielle's Invitation to Elon Musk

The most interesting part of this saga? Even as people laughed at her mistake, Danielle had a supportive voice in Elon Musk, who she mentioned has "the biggest brain in the world."

Danielle used this experience to remind others not to be quick to judge. "I've earned every penny to buy this [Tesla], and I love cars. It's a dream come true to own a Tesla," she said. Despite the incident, Danielle's popularity only increased, and she is now making over $500,000 a year as an adult content creator.

"People are just so jealous when you've worked hard and achieved something, and they turn nasty because of it," she noted, proving that she won't let the incident or people's opinions bring her down.

Whether it was a genuine mistake or a brilliantly planned publicity stunt, Danielle's viral gas station trip made the world laugh, brought her attention, and even got a comment from Elon Musk himself.

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Musk Teases New Model for Early 2025 That Will Use a Mix of Next-Gen and Current Platforms

“We have updated our future vehicle line-up to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of our previously communicated start of production in the second half of 2025”. This was one of the key sentences that were part of Tesla’s deck shared on Tuesday directly before its financial results.

Since Reuters’ report a few weeks ago saying Tesla had “scrapped” the highly expected cheaper model— which Elon quickly denied on X —retail and institutional shareholders started asking for more details on Tesla’s product roadmap for 2024 and beyond.

In the earnings conference call, Elon Musk reiterated that Tesla expects to launch the next model in “early 2025, if not late this year”.

“We've updated our future vehicle lineup to accelerate the launch of new models ahead of previously mentioned start of production in the second half of 2025. So, we expect it to be more like the early 2025, if not late this year. “

Over concerns of temporary production halts to update the factories for these new models, Musk said that Tesla will produce new models with certain aspects from their next-generation platform and current models. This will reduce the number of changes needed on production lines and allow Tesla not only to ramp up production faster but also to get the vehicles to market quicker.

Model Y Redesign

Tesla appears to hit that their next-gen vehicle will be less “next-gen” than they were initially aiming for, but to get a new vehicle out the door by late 2024, the process would already have to be in motion. Tesla may likely be referring to the redesigned Model Y, which is expected to reuse many parts from the new Model 3. Earlier this year, Tesla said that the redesigned Model Y will not be released this year, so it makes sense that they’re looking to speed up that production.

Tesla CEO concluded by saying that these measures will allow Tesla to reach a capacity of over 3 million units. Tesla produced 1.84 million vehicles in 2023. However, this year they’re ramping up Cybertruck production and introduced the new Model 3 into new markets.

And we think this should allow us to get to over 3 million vehicles of capacity when realized to the full extent.

Tesla reported on Tuesday its earnings results followed by a conference call where it teased its upcoming Robotaxi and its next-generation platform saying its “purpose-built Robotaxi product will continue to pursue a revolutionary ‘unboxed’ manufacturing strategy”.

Earlier in the day, Tesla announced the new Performance variant of its sedan Model 3 with deliveries in the United States starting already next month. The new version starts at $45,490 (after applying the $7,500 Federal EV tax credit) and goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.9 seconds.

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Tesla on FSD: Close to License Deal With Major Automaker, Announces Miles Driven on FSD v12

On Tuesday Tesla reported its earnings results followed by a conference call that brought several updates on the company’s roadmap for future vehicles, autonomous driving, Optimus and much more.

While answering a question from Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney about updates on the licensing of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, Elon Musk said they’re talking to one major auto manufacturer and there’s “a good chance” the company signs the first deal before year-end. However, he went on to say that it would probably be three years before the necessary changes are integrated into the car.

I think we have a good chance we do sign a deal this year

Brings Benefits to Tesla

The technology would require other automakers to start using the same cameras and hardware as Tesla, meaning that Tesla may not only generate money from licensing FSD but also from selling the hardware itself. However, there would be other benefits as well. When licensing FSD, Tesla would likely own the data gathered with the system well, further helping them with data and edge cases that need to be solved to reach full autonomy.

people don't understand all cars will need to be smart cars… Once that becomes obvious, I think licensing becomes not optional.

Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja commented pointing out that future partners “take a lot of time in their product life cycle” resulting in a gap between the deal signing and the arrival in the market of Tesla’s FSD software.

Miles Driven With FSD

On the conference call, Musk added that Tesla now has over 300 million miles that have been driven with FSD v12 since it was launched just last month. He added that it's becoming “very clear that the vision-based approach with end-to-end neural networks is the right solution for scalable autonomy”.

Tesla said it will continue to increase its “core AI infrastructure capacity in the coming months” adding that in the first quarter, it completed the transition to hardware 4.0 with China now receiving the upgraded FSD computer and cameras.

Over the weekend, Tesla reduced the price of FSD dropping it from $12,000 to $8,000 for customers in the United States and from CA$16,000 to CA$11,000 in Canada.

Earlier this month, Tesla implemented a 50% price reduction for FSD subscriptions in the U.S. and introduced the subscription model in Canada at a great value of CA$99 per month.

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