S.E. Robinson, Jr.

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2024-08-16 20:50:24

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2026-06

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16th of August, 2024

"Kiss, kiss, 🔫, 🔫..." - Elon (@elonmusk), 16th of August, 2024.

■ TESLA $TSLA ($216.12, +0.92%):

- Archimedes Defense, a leader in high power solutions for government and defense applications, and UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE (@UnpluggedTesla) just announced Sting, the new package for UP's Invincible Cybertruck kit. It comes with bolt-on and off armor, Starlink, and a onboard 125kW genset mobile charger with a NACS connector. This allows you to mobile charge other EVs. Per Arsineh Hebert, President of Archimedes, "Archimedes is thrilled to partner with Unplugged Performance to install its genset package and bolt-on armor to the Cybertruck. Archimedes and Unplugged are the right team to bring this game-changing product to customers."

- The Powerwall 3 is now available in Australia and New Zealand! Tesla held a large event in Sydney for the official launch and invited venders and certified installers. Powerwall 3 can power most Australian and New Zealand homes with a single unit. This enables savings by storing excess solar energy generated during the day for use at night during peak pricing periods.

- There is a new Model 3 RWD exclusively for Mexico with many changes. It includes grey textile seats, no heated or ventilated seats in front or rear, the rear seat screen has been removed, white ambient interior lighting only, no heated steering wheel, and acoustic glass is only for the front windows. All appear to be reductions and not upgrades. Per Adrean (@AdreanCG), "The ~$2,700 USD in price difference is minimal. The only purpose of this version is to entice customers to buy the LR version."

- Tesla's engineering & recruiting teams are at the Formula Student Germany in Hockenheimring until August 18!

- The new Tesla Hwaseong Service Center, dubbed the Mars Service Center, is the largest Tesla Center in South Korea. It is three stories tall. The 1st floor is the Body Shop. The 2nd floor is the Service Center. And the 3rd floor is the customer waiting room. It features two paint booths and approximately 30 work bays, including 12 mobile lifts.

- A Cybertruck has been spotted in China with a Chinese license plate. According to Yan Chang (@cyfoxcat), the owner has imported the vehicle independently and completed all the necessary compliance inspections.

- James Hedland of Unplugged Performance, has the UP FIT Model Y Patrol car on display at Tesla Irvine. Go check it out.

- The Cybertruck Core Wheels are now available on the configurator in the US.

- Adem Spata of the Luxembourg Belgian Federal Police showed off their Model S.

- Mark Miller, CEO and Founder Mobula Ray EV was at the British Motor Show where Tesla showcased the S3XY line up and a Cybertruck!

FLYOVERS:

Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 16th of August, '24.

■ SPACEX:

- Today, launch 84 of Falcon 9 Transporter 11 took off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 12th flight for the booster. It previously launched SDA-0A, SARah-2, and nine Starlink missions. The booster landed on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

This was SpaceX’s 11th dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There were 116 payloads on the flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, and an orbital transfer vehicle carrying eight of the payloads, five of which will be be deployed at a later time.

- The chopsticks have been working over test booster B14.1 the past couple of days. Hopefully all the testing will have them ready to catch Booster 12 for IFT-5. Pic by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). Subscribe to Carlos!

- Starship 26 and 30 by Fabian Ramirez (@texas_lizard).

- The glass installation at the new Starbase Offices is looking more like the southend of Giga Texas everyday. This awesome pic was taken yesterday by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer. Subscribe to Carlos!

- The Polaris Dawn crew has officially completed training and is certified for spaceflight! They are headed to Florida this weekend in preparation for launch on the 26th of August. Per Jared Isaacman (@rookisaacman), "First time we put our sticker on the SpaceX Dragon simulator and signed it, there were 8 names on it.. now, there are over 50. One day, SpaceX aims for thousands. It’s an honor to be on this journey with so many incredible people striving to change the world."

- Per James Boguslawski, Chief Space Launch Support for Cape Canaveral, "The SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket.... undeniably one of the most reliable and versatile launch vehicles. Such a dedicated and passionate work force behind this company. Awesome."

Countdown to 144 (80 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- Joe Tegtmeyer's Giga Texas flyover shows Boring crews working both ends of the Cyber-Tunnel. At the End of Line exit three ring sections have been removed and some of the concrete blocks. Per joe, "I think prep for facing entrance structures are underway." I agree with Joe. I assume it will have the same ventilation system and fans like the recent Vegas LOOP tunnels.

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- Grupa ABS used Starlink for internet support and sales at the HIGH FESTIVAL - SILESIA 2024 event in Chorzów, Poland.

- AT&T and Verizon are yet again requesting that the FCC deny SpaceX's waiver to exceed standard radio frequency limits for their Direct-to-Cell plan. They argue it could interfere with their networks, potentially reducing AT&T's network throughput by 18%. SpaceX aims to improve service in challenging conditions without causing interference and argues that this waiver is crucial to avoid limiting the network's capacity and the number of users it can serve.

- Nik Roné Thullesen, Managing Director of Global Marine Technology Services, just installed 2x Starlink panels using our GMount, paired with a Peplink Balance 3105G which brings a total WAN count to 4 and a combined throughput over speedfusion to a little over 300mbps.

■ X:

- X will soon compete with Zoom and Google Meet with X Conferences where you will soon be able to host meetings. H/T Nima Owji (@nima_owji).

■ xAI:

- Per xAI's Juntang (@archanfel_anoth), "It took me a ton of efforts to do most of Grok2 mini training work, and super excited to see it serving many users, hope you like it! What features should I add next? Drop your thoughts below!" Go to the link in the sources section and let him know.

- Per xAI's Hieu Pham(@hyhieu226), "If you want to learn to manipulate tensors, just use PyTorch, Jax, or NumPy. Want efficiency? Learn CUDA with CUTLASS & CuTe. Want much more? All while working on cool projects with inspiring friends? Join xAI!"

■ ELON NEWS: N/A...

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