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Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)
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4th of October, 2024
"Read Asimov’s Foundation books..." - Elon
■ TESLA $TSLA ($250.08, +3.91%):
- Tesla is emailing invites to order the non-Foundation Cybertrucks. It starts at $79,990 and the Cyberbeast starts at $99,990. Tesla has started assigning Vin numbers and deliveries are expected to start this month. As of now. the only Tax Credit available is the $7,500 Commercial Federal Tax Credit. The Consumer individual point of sale credits not active. Pic by Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) of the first Non-Foundation Cybertrucks at Giga Texas today.
- In Q3, Tesla opened 2.8k Supercharger stalls, +23% YoY. Delivered 1.4 TWh, +27% YoY. Saved 150+ million gallons of gasoline and offset 3+ billion lbs of CO2.
- Tesla's Amélie Perrochaud and Team with Loan Gonzalez of financing firm Yooliz are at the Metz, France, International Fair until the 7th. "We will be delighted to answer all your questions about charging, financing, Autopilot and much more!"
- Elon posted that FSD will soon exceed 10,000 miles between critical interventions. That is a year of driving for most people.
- Today Carlos Abad of Volt Home held a presentation for Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce with the main goal of to educate and advise on what are today's best technologies so all Key Biscayne neighbors can achieve energy independence. He presented Tesla Solar Roof, Powerwall 3, EV Chargers, and Power Share.
- In the UK, the Model Y was the 4th best-selling car and Quicksilver will soon be on the menu.
- Tesla Pop-Up Store at the Akropolis Shopping Mall, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Tesla has discontinued the Model Y RWD in the UK and replaced it with the Model Y RWD Long Range.
- Starting today until the 6th, Tesla Energy's Taiwan Team is at the Energy Taiwan & Net Zero convention. It is being held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center and they are at stand R1126 on the 4th floor.
- Tesla has discounted new existing inventory by up to $2,500 in the U.S. for Model 3 and Y RWD and AWD.
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 4th of October, '24.
Fremont Factory: MetGod, 3rd of October, '24.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 3rd of October, '24.
■ SPACEX:
- Super Heavy Booster 14 rolling to and at Massey's Outpost by Carlos (@cnunezimages) and @StarshipGazer. Wonderful shots!
- Starfactory took delivery of another new 4 point lifting jig. This is the second delivery and will be used for lifting ships inside the Bays. Pic from @LabPadre's live feed.
- Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders (@KathyLueders) was invited to speak at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) College of Business for their "Vistas from Texas: An Economic Outlook" event. "It is always great to update the community on how Starbase is maturing to be the RGV Spaceport to Mars." If you have a video of her speech, let us know.
- SpaceX moved the Load Spreader and Ballast Bags to Tower 1 to begin the process of stress testing the Chopsticks. Load testing will begin soon.
- In Bangkok, THAICOM announced their subsidiary, Space Tech Innovation Limited (STI), has signed an agreement with SpaceX for the launch of THAICOM-10. THAICOM-10 is a satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space SAS of France. It will provide over 120 Gbps per second of capacity and will provide extended connectivity over the region for Thaicom’s customers and partners across the Asia Pacific.
- Mark Russell of Iron Pixel Studios posted the following with the above pictures on LinkedIn. "Pretty excited to share that Iron Pixel has a new client and we are pretty excited about it. Looking forward to creating some amazing content for the Starlink guys!" Not a lot of details, but I'm pretty sure the Seattle Mariners just made some kind of deal with SpaceX Starlink. Tridents Up! Btw, the Mariners play at T-Mobile Park.
Countdown to 144 (93 - Falcon 9, 1 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):
Launch 97! Monday, 7th of October, at 10:52 a.m. Falcon 9 Hera Block 5 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Hera is a mission in development at the European Space Agency's (ESA) Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid with a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid. This will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact. As of now, the booster will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launch 98! Wednesday, 9th of October, at 11:03 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 OneWeb 20 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is a batch of 20 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit. The booster will land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg.
Launch 99! Thursday, 10th of October, at 1:52 a.m. Falcon 9 Starlink 10-10 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Launch 100! Thursday, 10th of October, at 12:31 p.m. Falcon Heavy Europa Clipper will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Europa Clipper is the first dedicated NASA mission to study Jupiter’s moon Europa. It comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Its payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa’s surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon’s magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior. As of now, all three boosters will be expended in the Atlantic Ocean.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Michel's (@Mic_VegasSphere) Vegas LOOP update:
Embassy Suites/Paradise Rd: Michel showed up as Boring crews were digging. "Last time I covered this there were no workers, so there is progress at this site."
Virgin Station: The site is full of materials and gear. There are a lot tunnel sections and plenty of the Boring team on site.
- At Giga Texas, the Boring crews are moving road sections into the Cyber-Tunnel. According to Joe there is still some minor grade work ongoing and more road sections from the Bastrop facility are needed to complete the tunnel.
■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- Team INEOS of Brittan has won the Louis Vuitton Cup. They spent the last few weeks competing against four boats from Italy, the United States, Switzerland, and France. The races began on the 29th in Barcelona, Spain and raced all over the Mediterranean Sea. Next, they will take on the Emirates Team New Zealand for the Auld Mug. All of this is under the America's Cup yachting competition. Almost all of the vessels in this competition have Starlink Maritime to ensure they are connected to their teams on land.
- Financial Adviser Sam Shakhramanov was on a Hawaiian Airlines flight and posted the following. "I’m pleasantly surprised with Elon Musk’s Starlink complimentary Internet WOW what a difference, it’s fast and reliable! Way better than any other inflight internet experience I’ve ever had! I am even able to do some work via remote access which was mission impossible using other inflight internet providers before." That is his family next to him enjoying the free internet.
- South African Communications minister Solly Malatsi announced a plan that would Starlink in South Africa. "After consultation with Icasa, the proposed policy direction will be published for comment as per the Electronic Communications Act. This will provide the certainty necessary to attract increased investment in ICT and accelerate universal Internet access."
- Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran says they are working with SpaceX, Starlink, and Boeing to get Starlink Aviation across their entire fleet in 2025. The service will be free to customers.
- Elon has posted that a highly trusted SpaceX engineer helping hurricane victims in North Carolina said "FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own... We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in..."
Soon after Secretary of State Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) replied, "No one is shutting down the airspace and FAA doesn’t block legitimate rescue and recovery flights. If you’re encountering a problem give me a call."
Elon followed with, "There are hundreds of reports of FEMA/FAA blocking flights. This literally just happened. I will follow you. Please DM me the number to call."
■ X:
- X's HR Business Partner for Japan and Korea, Lisa Sizemore, visiting the X Korea office. She met with Sales and Cross-Functional Collab (XFN) teams. "Thank you for a wonderful week of collaboration and delicious bibimbaps!"
- X's Chris Park (@chrisparkX) in New York City. He spotty Cybey, not Spidey. 😃... 🤦♂️
■ xAI:
- Members of the xAI team with Elon at he Memphis facility. Pic posted by xAI/SpaceX's Brent Mayo (@BrentM_SpaceX).
- Per Elon, "Worth noting that xAI has been and will open source its models, including weights and everything. As we create the next version, we open source the prior version, as we did with Grok 1 when Grok 2 was released."
■ ELON NEWS:
- This Saturday, Elon will join Donald Trump at his rally on in Butler, Pennsylvania, the city where the of Trump's assassination attempt. Elon replied, "I will be there to support." On one of Trump's post about the rally.
- Today Walter Isaacson said the following on Elon integrating his companies. "Let me tell you one thing about Elon Musk. He tries to integrate everything. He blurs those lines. So if you are wondering if he is going to bring all these things together, my answer is yes."
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SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyYppoQ7DTA
Fremont Factory: MetGod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yWWhU8jiMM
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQchtRA6KUs
SpaceX:
Elon News:
