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Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)
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28th of October, 2024
"Will get 69.420%, as foretold in the prophecy..." - Elon
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■ TESLA $TSLA ($262.51, -2.48%):
- This weekend Giga Texas held a Frunk or Treat event for employees. Among the games and decorations, Tesla put the all new Robotaxi on display! Per Tesla's Mark Lupkey (@MarkLupkey), "The Workplace team did an absolutely fantastic job planning this one. Such a fun time at Frunk or Treat with friends and family! Robotaxi is much like Cybertruck was initially, CGI in real life. My son didn’t want to leave! 🤣Happy Halloween, all!"
- Cybertruck is now eligible for the referral discount. Get $500 off Model 3 and Y, and $1,000 off S, X, and Cybertruck.
- Tesla's Nicholas Elston and Team were at the eCarExpo in the Denmark Bella Center. Cybertruck was there, along with Denmark's premiere of the Model Y 7 seater.
- Tesla Energy will be at the IFEMA convention center in MAdrid, Spain, for Matelec from the 5th - 8th of November. Check them out at booth 8C05A.
- Tesla has extended its 5-year 0% APR loan in China until the 30th of November.
- Tesla is inviting the Auto industry to join in a new standardization to reduce the cost and complexity of electronics. Tesla is implementing the Low-Voltage Connector Standard (LVCS). This reduces the connector types required to only 6. These 6 device connectors are designed to meet the power and signal requirements for over 90% of typical electrical device applications. This standardization unlocks further operational efficiencies, cost reductions and manufacturing automation. LVCS expands upon the same 48V electronic architecture used for Cybertruck.
- Tesla was at the 2024 World City Day in Weihai, of east China's Shandong Province. They displayed Optimus, Cybertruck, Model 3 and Y. H/T Tsla Chan (@Tslachan).
- Per Tesla Semi Lead Dan Priestley (@danWpriestley), "We work closely with our customers to ensure they have the appropriate charging solution for their operations. By leveraging the in house built hardware common with Tesla Charging and experience from deploying >60k DC posts, we can often deploy fast charging for Semi at ~$500/kW (fully landed cost to customer). Not uncommon for competing installations be >2x that. Tesla’s vertical integration, economies of scale, and developed construction techniques enable this savings and help make Semi even more compelling."
- Last Friday, Tesla's Fremont Factory built their 1 millionth Model Y at the GA4 tent. Today marks 14 years since Tesla opened their Fremont Factory to produce Model S.
- Per Tesla's Lars Moravy (@larsmoravy), "Tesla Semi is coming in mass shortly and we made it so compelling, anyone who does not use it will be left behind! Tesla's goal - make products people love - or in this case, heavy goods transportation companies."
- Cybertruck at the 2024 Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500 in Surfers Paradise, Australia. Pic by Tesla's Scarlett Hannagan.
- Per India's General Secretary and Minister of Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, Lokesh Nara (@naralokesh), "I visited the Tesla headquarters in Austin. I explained to Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja the possibilities and advantages of investing in Andhra Pradesh in the field of manufacturing electric vehicles internationally. Under the leadership of visionary leader Chandrababu, we have aimed to achieve 72 gigawatts of renewable energy production in AP by 2029, and we have sought the help and support of top global companies like Tesla to achieve our goal..."
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 28th of October, '24. Robotaxi is now on display at the West Main Entrance of Giga Texas. What a shot, Joe! Subscribe to Joe and support his work!
Giga Nevada: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 26th of October, '24. The Northeast corner perimeter steel columns and Beams are being installed. Subscribe to Zanegler!
■ SPACEX:
- This past Saturday, launch 106 of Falcon 9 Starlink 10-8 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was the the 19th flight for the first stage booster. It previously launched OneWeb 1, SES 18+19, Eutelsat HOTBIRD-F1, CRS-24, and 14 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. 22 Starlinks were deployed.
- Last night, Super Heavy Booster 12 was moved to the Rocket Garden.
- Saturday night, Super Heavy Booster 13 left Pad A and rolled back into Mega Bay 1
- Starship 33, Version 2, rolled out of Mega Bay 2 to begin testing at Massey's. Awesome pic by Jack Beyer (@thejackbeyer) of NSF.
- Starship 33 at Massey's by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). Subscribe to Carlos!
- Recovery Vessel Bob completed its first mission after 6 weeks away at the shipyard. Here he is delivering both fairing halves from Starlink 10-8.
- NASA gave good news this past Saturday. The last Crew-8 astronaut was released from the hospital that day and returned to Johnson Space Center in Houston. Per NASA, "The crew member is in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members."
Countdown to 144 (101 - Falcon 9, 2 - Falcon Heavy, and 3 - Starship):
Launch 107! Tuesday, 29th of October, at 4:30 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-9 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.
Launch 108! Wednesday, 30th of October, at 5:10 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-8 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 109! Friday, 1st of November, at 11:40 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Cargo Dragon CRS-2 SpX-31 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. The booster will land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Boring crews road sections for the Cyber-Tunnel. PEr Joe, "Panels continue being installed inside the tunnel. Near the W entrance, more pier, slab & conduit work underway. Progress is being made towards the first use of the tunnel later this year."
■ NEURALINK:
- Neuralink's Romina Nejad (@RominaNejad), "Work life balance..."
- Karen Ma, Senior Technical Recruiter at Neuralink, has posted that Neuralink will host their first ever Hiring Event on-site in Fremont, California, with the goal of ramping production. They specifically want Microfabrication Technicians. The position will build thin-film neural probes that are inserted into the brain to record and relay neural signals to the implant. There will be on-site interviews and the event runs from the 4th to the 13th of November. No experience is needed. They will train you.
■ STARLINK:
- Gulfstream Aerospace received FAA approval for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for installation of a Starlink satcom system on the G650/650ER. Retail price for the system is $150,000 which includes the antenna, power supply unit, two wireless access points, and wiring harness. Service prices range from $2,000 per month for 20 GB ($100 per additional GB) to $10,000 per month for unlimited. Pic by Gulfstream Aerospace.
- Health New Zealand of Hawke's Bay are fitting Starlink to their vehicles to provide mobile and internet coverage to previously unconnected areas. It’s been a game changer for Nerys Williams, Wairoa Rural Nurse Specialist and Prescriber. "I now have access to key patient data while I’m out and about. It means I can double check a child’s immunisation record, download a patient’s latest blood test results or x-ray and change appointments in the system."
- Textron Aviation announced they will be using AeroMech’s Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for Starlink connectivity in their Beechcraft King Air B200 and B300 series and Cessna Citation 560XL series planes.
■ X:
- X celebrated its 2 year anniversary this past Sunday!
- X continues to send merch out to users. This time it was Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) and greg (@greg16676935420).
Per Brian, "I have such deep gratitude for the folks that make X run. This place is a vibrant community for free thinkers and free speakers. When this surprise gift showed up, just to thank me for being a part of this community, I was really honored. I shall wear this with joy. Thank you."
Per greg, "Thank you X for sending me this nice shirt and note I can’t wait to wear it everyday for the rest of my life."
- X updated the pricing and features of its API tiers. The Basic tier is now $200, up from $100, discounted for yearly subscription. The Free tier now has a small amount of Read and Write access.
■ xAI:
- Supermicro (SMCI) posted a video as they walk through the xAI Colossus supercomputer cluster in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Per xAI's Yaroslav (@512x512). "We've got a shortcut for grok! Now grok.x.com will open grok tab straight away. Thnx the X team!"
- On Sunday, xAI released image understanding for Grok. Per Elon, "Grok now understands images, even explaining the meaning of a joke. This is an early version. It will rapidly improve."
- NVIDIA announced that xAI's Colossus supercomputer achieved its scale using NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform. Per Gilad Shainer, Sr. VP of Networking at NVIDIA, "AI is becoming mission-critical and requires increased performance, security, scalability and cost-efficiency. The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform is designed to provide innovators such as xAI with faster processing, analysis and execution of AI workloads, and in turn accelerates the development, deployment and time to market of AI solutions.”
■ ELON NEWS:
- The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has thrown out the National Labor Relations Board's order from 2021 that wanted Elon to delete a 2018 tweet stating employees of Tesla would lose stock options if they unionized. The court's 9-8 vote concluded the tweet amounted to free speech protected by the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
- Elon, Maye (@mayemusk), and lil X at the Madison Square Garden Trump Rally on Sunday.
-Winners of the America PAC's $1 million from Friday to Monday; Jordan Timmerman, Marie Hedeman, Judey Kamora, and Nancy Lizarraga.
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■ SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-QQBgOzOKA
Giga Nevada: Zanegler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqDXWv6ctlM
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUItkRHmMvo
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