Want to Know: The Daily Musk Company Update (Patreon)

4th of September, 2024

"The future is going to be wild. There will be so many robots..." - Elon

■ TESLA $TSLA ($219.41, +4.18%):

- Tesla Engineer Brandon Mok posted this pic of his team and the 4680 Dry Cathode Cybertruck. "I'm excited to share a significant milestone in my Tesla journey! Through hard work and collaboration with top engineering minds worldwide, we've achieved a major milestone: the first Cybertruck with Dry Cathode 4680 cells!"

- Cybertruck is eligible for the $10k CleanBC rebate for businesses and organizations. The $10k Federal Capital Cost Allowance program is pending Quebec Écocamionnage and the Incentives for Medium and Heavy-duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (iMHZEV) Program approval.

- Mall Solutions Mall posted this video of Cybertruck at UBBO’s Central Plaza in Amadora, Portugal. They also had a Model Y and 3 on site doing Demo Drives.

- According to Not-a-Tesla-App, instead of rounding down to the nearest kWh, Tesla is now charging customers by the partial kWh at Superchargers.

- Credence Singapore, a financial advisory organisation with Great Eastern, held a private showing today for EV enthusiasts that featured Cybertruck and a Model 3. Pic by Brent Tan Wen Hui.

- Tesla's Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) hinted at Cybertruck Autopark releasing this weekend. "We are glad that you (Cybertruck) finally learnt how to park yourself. Looking forward to you showing this off this weekend."

- The Texas Department of Public Safety in Central Texas received a message from Belgium. Chris Knop, a member of the Belgian Federal Police, shared photos of his Model Y decked out like DPS patrol car. "Chris has been serving as a police officer for 25 years and has a deep love for the USA, especially Texas." H/T Joe Tegtmeyer!

- In Australia, The Model Y was the top selling EV for August at 1,330 units. The Model 3 was No.2 at 1,063.

- Lyngby Boldklub, a sports company and professional football club based in Lyngby, Denmark, held a morning Drive'N'Talk event and Tesla provided 10 cars for everyone to Demo.

- Tesla's Autobidder lead, Rohan Ma, is leaving the company after 8 years. "Tesla Energy is thriving and I can confidently say it's in the best position it has ever been in to drive impact toward the original mission..." He has no plans for his next career move.

FLYOVERS:

• Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 4th of September, '24. All the Cybertrucks have shipped and the outbound lot is low. Big push over the holiday weekend. Subscribe to Joe!

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 3rd of September, '24.

■ SPACEX:

- Last night, ahead of schedule, Star-Hopper was moved further down Hwy 4 to a new resting place at a car park close to the SpaceX sign at the launch site. Many still think it will go to the new HQ near the Starfactory... I'm one of them. You never know with SpaceX. Screenshot from @NASASpaceflight's live stream.

- Last night the Chopstick landing rails were tested again.

- Reddit u/jdanony spotted a new Falcon 9 Booster in Burnet, Texas, heading towards the SpaceX Test Facility in Mcgregor.

Countdown to 144 (85 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

• Launch 89! Thursday, 5th of September, at 8:35 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 8-11 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SCL-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pic from today by @SpaceflightNow.

• Launch 90! Thursday, 5th of September, at 6:14 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 NORL-113 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is the third batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.

• Launch 91! Saturday, 7th of September, at 3:38 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Polaris Dawn will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This will be the first mission of the privately funded Polaris program. This mission is to last up to five days in orbit, fly higher than any previous Dragon missions, perform the first-ever commercial EVA with SpaceX-designed spacesuits, orbit through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, conduct medical research, and test laser-based Starlink communications. The booster will land on drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean.

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- We got Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere) Las Vegas Boring Company update! There is a large pit at the Las Vegas Convention Center's South Hall with tunnel wall sections staged along a temporary fence. Per Michel, "It’s close to the Renascence hotel on Paradise, but closer to South Hall. This looks more like a deep pit to make a station or junction. If the tunnel continues from Central to this South location then down and under Paradise Road, it will hit the Virgin hotel about a mile away."

 Michel also got this shot at Central Hall. You can see the Simem grout silos and other equipment that may have come from Giga Texas. Great work! Everyone please follow and support Michel's work.

- Speaking of Giga Texas, during today's flyover, Joe Tegtmeyer got us some great views of the inside the factory of the Cyber-Tunnel entrance. Subscribe to Joe and support his work!

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- Starlink is now available across the Solomon Islands.

- José Eduardo Venson, was asked Mr. Zeca if he will still have internet to see the weather forecast... Per José, "After years of technological abandonment and lack of access to the internet, family farmers in the interior of Brazil have the right to connect and explore the world."

- It is being reported that Alexandre de Moraes has ordered the freezing of Starlink's assets in Brazil, including cars and aircraft. Per Elon, "There is no legal basis for this whatsoever. Starlink is a different company with different shareholders. Moraes, the charlatan in judges robes, cannot even cite a law that Starlink has broken!"

- Casa Del Otorongo in the Amazon is a medicine retreat that just got Starlink.

- According to the Wall Street Journal, SpaceX is evacuating Starlink employees from Brazil while X battles the high court. Last week, President Gwynne Shotwell sent an email to employees stating not to travel to Brazil for work or pleasure and that steps to relocate non-Brazilian employees from the country are underway.

- Ruijie Networks latest install for a Rural client near Tooma of New South Wales.

■ X:

- According X's Chris Park (@chrisparkX), along with X TV, there is a new Video Tab. The Video tab will be similar to Reels and TikTok and it will focus on both short form and long form video content. "We’re just gearing up too!"

- X Corp has filed with US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit that California's law requiring large social media companies to submit reports to the Attorney General about their content-moderation policies and practices likely violates the First Amendment.

■ xAI: N/A...

■ ELON NEWS: N/A...

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SOURCES:

FLYOVERS:

• Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer... coming soon.

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43DFcRqtCI

Starlink:

• https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/spacex-brazil-elon-musk-supreme-court-2acb87e3

Elon News:

• Elon Quote https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1831170671948304604