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Friday the 13th 😱... of September, 2024

"The Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) is the only path to extending life beyond Earth..." - Elon

■ TESLA $TSLA ($230.29, +0.21%):

- Peter Schultz snapped this moment of a horse-drawn carriage followed immediately by a Cybertruck in Old Quebec City, Canada.

- According to S&P Global Mobility, EV registrations in the US increased 18% YoY in July. Tesla was up 1.2% in registrations and Cybertruck had 5,175 deliveries.

- Tesla is selling their 7,000 household South Australian Virtual Power Plant (VPP). They sent sales flyer out to prospective Energy Companies and buyers for the 35 megawatt public housing state government program. The decision to sell the government program will not have any impact on Tesla’s plans to launch Tesla Electric. It obtained a licence for that commercial project from the country’s regulators in April and May. Like Tesla Electric Texas, it is the own VPP project.

- Steve Seoane Senior Vice President at Oracle posted this video of the Oracle Public Safety (OPS) Tesla Cybertruck. "We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve seamlessly integrated our OPS into a Cybertruck!" It includes a Starlink Mini mounted with a StellarMount. It is paired with 5G AT&T FirstNet for seamless data streaming from the vehicle to the Oracle Public Safety Solutions platform. It has AI-driven analytics and real-time data from connected devices. Outfitted with a Drone Deployment System that can be viewed and managed through Tesla's OEM infotainment system that is connected to Oracle's Dispatch Command Center.

- Tesla is at the Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, UK, for EV Live today. Per Tesla's Rebecca Lawton. "The team is doing an amazing job and it was great to see the displays. The Tesla team will be there all weekend, go say hi and take a test drive!"

- Yesterday evening, was the official opening of the Tesla Saint-Ouen store in Paris, France. Elected officials Florent Sevin and Xavier Duplouy were on hand.

- Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) posted a link to a better overview of upcoming Supercharger sites. It includes locations that are under construction or will be soon. "We plan on updating this monthly to give you transparency into our short-term growth plans."

- According to Joe Tegtmeyer, employees at Giga Texas are at the annual wheel & tire sale! "These are excess items that Tesla offers to employees at big discounts as a perk for working for the company! What a deal!"

- OrboTech of Sweden held a 10 year anniversary party at their local Tesla Showroom where they had their serving robots in the spotlight. "The evening offered many surprises, magical entertainment, super good food and a good dose of innovation and technology."

- In the US, Tesla has introduced a new Model Y and 3 promotional rate of 2.49% with $0 down for 36-72 month.

- In Canada, you can now get a new Model Y at 1.99% with a trade-in for up to 60 months. Or, 3.99% for up to 96 months when you take delivery by the 30th of September.

- James Saldana of One Power Solar & Electrical at a his local Tesla showroom for a Tesla Energy Powerwall 3 training event in Australia.

FLYOVERS:

• Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 13th of September, '24. The flagpoles are going up! They are roughly 160ft (~55m) tall with a gold spheres on top. Flags flown will be the US, Texas, and Tesla. Overdue! Foundation work for a 3rd transformer at the electrical switchyard is taking place. Joe says this 3rd transformer as part of the infrastructure for the Cortex supercomputer cluster. Watch the video and subscribe to Joe!

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 12th of September, '24.

■ SPACEX:

- Last night, SPaceX capped off an unbelievable day with launch 93 of Falcon 9 Starlink 9-6 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 18th flight for the booster. It previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, and 10 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 21 Starlinks were deployed.

- Polaris Dawn Day 3 Update: The crew suited up and initiated Dragon seat rotation, suit tare, and the heads-up display and helmet camera checkouts. Once suit leak checks were complete, the crew and ground teams gave the go for Dragon to initiate venting. Simultaneously, Dragon repositioned its trunk to face the sun ahead of the hatch opening. Mission Commander Jared Isaacman opened the hatch and the four astronauts were simultaneously exposed to the vacuum of space.

Jared and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis separately exited the spacecraft and individually performed a series of suit mobility demonstrations tests. Mission Pilot Kidd Poteet and Mission Specialist Anna Menon remained seated, managing suit umbilicals and monitoring vital support systems and telemetry on Dragon’s displays. Upon completion of the EVAs, the hatch was closed, Dragon re-pressurized.

Next, the crew rested and ate. They then began posting from space for the first time on X using Starlink. They ended the day by connecting with their families before their sleep period.

- Yesterday, the sooty Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 booster returned to Port Canaveral.

- At McGregor, the new Falcon 9 booster B1088 began testing yesterday. It has been vertical for nearly 41 days, but finally underwent a cryo-test. We should see a static fire any day now.

- Polaris Dawn Mission Specialist Sara Gillis (@Gillis_SarahE) and legendary composer John Williams provided all of Earth a musical moment from space to support St. Jude (@StJude) and El Sistema USA (@ElSistemaUSA). Sara, a renowned violinist, recorded Harmony of Resilience aboard Dragon and sent it via Starlink to John who composed and mixed them together. Pic by John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos).

- Japan's ispace (@ispace_inc) CEO Takeshi Hakamada announced that the 2nd Hakuto-R Mission, featuring the RESILIENCE lunar lander and TENACIOUS micro rover, is planned to launch via a Falcon 9 no earlier than this December. RESILIENCE has nearly completed all testing and will be prepared for shipping in the coming weeks to Cape Canaveral.

- Per Elon, "Starship will make life multiplanetary, preserving life as know from extinction events on Earth, so long as it is not smothered by bureaucracy. There is more government regulatory smothering every year. If this continues, all large projects in the United States will be illegal. For example, look at the farcically slow build of the high-speed rail line in California. After spending several billion dollars over many years, there is almost no progress. The Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE) is the only path to extending life beyond Earth."

Countdown to 144 (90 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

• Launch 94! Sunday, 15th of September, at 6:57 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems. The booster will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Launch 95! Wednesday, 18th of September, at 7:20 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-17 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- According to Kinsley Winn, the Boring Company has an active Cybertruck running the Las Vegas LOOP. "Riding to the EMS World Expo in style! Experiencing a Tesla Cybertruck and the LVCC Loop for the first time was a highlight!" Apparently this has been active since July... Why the hell am I just now finding out about this?

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- Jose Ignacio Pérez Áviles of Carga SAS snapped these pics as they started shipping Starlink Gateway ground station antennas to Colombia.

- The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) announced they will use SpaceX’s Starlink for the their 2025 midterm elections in areas where internet signal is an issue. They will HAT test 2,000 terminals out of 7,000 from company iONE. The first 80 out of the 2000 have been successful. The Philippines is expected to have at least 500,000 candidates running for over 18,000 national and local posts.

- Rumor confirmed! Today United Airlines (@United) announced they are in fact in a partnership with SpaceX to install Starlink on +1,000 planes. If will be free to all customers. United said they will begin the test phase early next year.

Per Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell), "We're excited to team up with United Airlines to transform the in-flight experience across their fleet of more than 1,000 planes! With Starlink onboard your United flight, you'll have access to the world's most advanced high-speed internet from gate to gate, and all the miles in between."

- The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a major railway project delivering faster, greener, more reliable train services between York, Leeds and Manchester, UK, just opened their TRU West Alliance HD1 Compound located next to Huddersfield Station. It will have over 250 workstations, each connected to 3 Starlink systems.

- Today, South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa said, "On internet availability and access, yes, Starlink has made an approach to us." He further praised Elon and expressed his desire for him to invest in the country. Starlink has been in discussions with South Africa for a while now. One of the requirements by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) for licence approval is that the Starlink must be 30% owned by historically disadvantaged groups. I have not seen where that has changed. The only thing of interest is when he says "we will also deal with some of their concerns..."

■ X:

- X's iconic San Francisco office is closing its doors today. Many employees are posting their farewells. Pic by X's Mahsa (@mahsadinyari), "Gonna miss SF HQ..." Employees are relocating to Palo Alto.

- X and vote.gov are helping people get to the polls this election year. US users should start seeing the above header in the For You feed, if you haven't already. The in-app prompts are to share nonpartisan civic resources with voters across the country. Additional reminders will come closer to Election Day.

- X Engineering (@XEng) is rolling out the new block option for DMs. It prevents an account from sending you messages while enabling you to continue to interact with the account in other ways. Per Elon, "In general, we are decoupling public posting from private messaging, so you can use 𝕏 for private messaging only if you want."

- X's Sofia Vega (@sofiiavegaz) announced that X has added Analytics to Communities.

- X Gaming (@XGaming) is teaming up with some of the world's best streamers, like @MrSavage and @Dream to help improve their live products. Participating streamers get an official XGaming badge. Per X, "Whatever feedback they have, we will build it. More coming soon!"

- Today, According to The Hill, Brazil’s Supreme Court has unfroze Starlink and X after 18.35 million reais, about $3.3 million, was transferred to the government. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the unblocking after 7.28 million reais, about $1.3 million, was transferred from X, and 11.07 million reais, about $1.99 million, was transferred from Starlink.

According to a statement from the judicial body, Brazil withdrew 18.35 million reais ($3.3 million) from the bank accounts via a court order to pay for the fines. I assume this was approved by both companies. If not, do they have the ability to just transfer it?

X remains banned in Brazil as it has yet to comply with orders from Moraes to block certain user accounts and to appoint a legal representative in the country.

Hopefully we get some clarity from Elon, X, or Starlink...

■ xAI: N/A...

■ ELON NEWS: N/A...

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SOURCES:

FLYOVERS:

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

• Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler

• Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSVpaOtXW0

Tesla:

• https://www.cbtnews.com/ev-registrations-surged-18-in-july-boosted-by-tesla-cybertruck-and-new-models/

• https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-seeks-buyer-for-australian-virtual-power-plant-as-long-as-it-can-supply-the-batteries-and-software/

• https://www.tesla.com/findus?v=2&bounds=53.70838876450332%2C-57.079102750000004%2C22.895621266599246%2C-141.45410275&zoom=5&filters=store%2Cservice%2Csupercharger%2Cdestination%20charger%2Cbodyshop%2Cparty%2Cself%20serve%20demo%20drive%2Cnacs%2Cdelivery%20centers

Starlink:

• https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125346

• https://www.teslarati.com/starlink-philippines-2025-elections-comelec/

X:

• https://help.x.com/en/using-x/dm-blocking

• https://apnews.com/article/starling-supreme-court-brazil-afb5262691e02736deda08b8db752718

Elon News:

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/musk-calls-australian-government-fascists-over-misinformation-law-2024-09-13/