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Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)

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2024-11-22 22:08:14

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2026-06

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Elon Musk ElonMusk Neuralink Space SpaceX Starbase Starlink Starship TSLA Tesla X technology the Boring Company xAI

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22nd of November, 2024

"You are the media now. 𝕏 what you know. 𝕏 what you hear. 𝕏 what you see..." - Elon Musk

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■ TESLA $TSLA ($352.56, +3.80%):

- Tesla's Managing Director Central Europe, Simon Zwahlen, sitting in Cybercab at the Tesla Store in the Mall of Berlin. "The future is autonomous. On 10/10, we showcased our vision for the future of mobility, making it more efficient, affordable, and safe. I was very pleased to visit the team on site and take a first look at this amazing vehicle." Cybercab will be on display from now until the 8th of December.

- Tesla Greece has placed an Ultra Red Model 3 at the Costa Navarino’s signature 18-hole golf courses. This is the most important golf tournament in the destination’s golfing calendar, from November 20 to 24. Golfers and visitors will have the opportunity to explore the car up close while the amazing 54-hole event takes place.

- Eku Energy and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government have officially broken ground on the 250MW/500MWh Williamsdale Megapack site. This is part of the Big Canberra Battery project. The battery will store enough renewable energy to power one-third of Canberra for two hours during peak demand.

- The Powerwall 3 will officially launch in Italy on the 5th of December.

- The Cybercab is now on display inside Giga New York.

- At Giga Berlin police are clearing the camp of the anti-Tesla protesters. They have been in the forest for almost nine months. According to the police, it will be completely disbanded due to massive violations of public safety and order.

- Michael Wyatt of Wyatt Aerial Productions took these pics of the Tesla Lithium Refinery in Robstown, Texas. "Love the way the sky looked before the first cold front hits South Texas."- Tesla will soon open Israel's first flagship showroom at the Midtown Towers in Tel Aviv on Menachem Begin Road. The showroom is a collaboration with Israeli real estate developer Israel Canada. It is expected to open in the second quarter of 2025. H/T Drive Tesla (@DriveTeslaca).

- Tesla plans to open a showroom in CF Masonville Place in London, Ontario, on the first week of December.

- Per Tesla's Education Program Manager at Giga Nevada, Carlos Castro-Peralta, "That's a wrap! Our last 2024 Tesla Manufacturing Development Program (MDP) cohort completed 4 weeks of training (11 college credits) at Truckee Meadows Community College! These apprentices will receive additional guidance and support during the next 12 months as they complete their 2000 OJT hours."

Tesla's MDP Nevada results; May - 44 Apprentices, July - 18 Apprentices, August - 38 Apprentices, October - 24 Apprentices, and November - 17 Apprentices. Total is 141 MDP Apprentices.

- Cybercab and Optimus at Tesla Westfield in London, United Kingdom.

- Tesla Korea is doing a 339 km Supercharger Tour with Cybertruck from the 27th November to the 30th. This is to celebrate the arrival of a new Supercharger at the Gimhae-Jinyeong rest stop in Busan. In addition to the chance to see Cybertruck up close, there are a variety of events planned to enjoy on site. The supercharging schedule is Paju-Munstredam on the 27th, Mars-Seodongtan Cafe Astana on the 28th, Sangju on the 29th, and the Gimhae-Jinyeong rest stop on the 30th.

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 21st of November, '24.

Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh (@tobilindh), 21st of November, '24. Giga Berlin is getting ready for Christmas and the new outbound lot is getting the 2nd section paved.

■ SPACEX:

- SpaceX has pulled out of a land swap deal with Texas Parks and Wildlife. The agreement would have given SpaceX 43 acres of Boca Chica Beach in exchange for 477 acres near Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge. Reasons why are unknown.

- Yesterday on top of the Pad A Tower, scaffolding was erected ahead of its inspection. It was damaged recently during Flight 6 is expected to be the reason the catch of Booster 13 was aborted. As of this post, the antenna tower has been straightened.

- Private space company Lunar Outpost (@LunarOutpostInc) announced they entered into an agreement with SpaceX to send their Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to the Moon via Starship. Lunar Outpost is developing the LTV under NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract. Per Justin Cyrus, CEO of Lunar Outpost, "Lunar Outpost’s LTV is designed to be the backbone of lunar surface operations, enabling scientific exploration, building and maintaining interplanetary infrastructure, and facilitating the utilization of space resources. SpaceX is advancing the most capable launch system ever created and will successfully land our Eagle vehicles on the Moon’s surface."

- Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders (@KathyLueders) at the Texas A&M University Space Institute's groundbreaking last Friday. She is with Gwen Griffin, my Texas Space Commission chair. Other attendees were Texas Rep. Greg Bonnen, and JSC Director Vanessa Wyche.

- Space Force has stated they are considering Starship for future rocket cargo delivery missions. Per Lt. Gen. Philip Garrant, Commander of Space Systems Command, "We are thinking about how we might use it. We think the first, most logical, given the payload volume, … would be some type of rocket cargo delivery mechanism."

- SpaceX's Eddie Okeiga and Team at AFROTECH this week in Los Angeles, California. "Excited to network and meet top professionals!"

- Starbase coffee! Pic by Margo Martin (@margomartin).

Countdown to 144 (115- Falcon 9, 2 - Falcon Heavy, and 4 - Starship):

Launch 122! Saturday, 23rd of November, 7:26 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-13will launch from from Space Launch Complex 4 East (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 123! Monday, 25th of November, at 4:32 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-1 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 124! Monday, 25th of November, at 10:31 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-76 will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Launch 125! Monday, 2nd of December, at 11:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Sirius SXM-9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. SXM-9 is the 10th high-powered, digital, audio radio satellite built by Maxar (SSL) for SiriusXM. The SXM-9 satellite will be based on Maxar’s 1300-class platform and built at the company’s manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. SXM-9 has a large, mesh, unfurlable reflector almost 10 meters in diameter that allows SiriusXM programming to reach its radios, including those in moving vehicles. The booster will land on an unknown landing pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- The Cyber-Tunnel westside exit as of yesterday. Pic from Brad Sloan's flyover.

- Per Elon, "The new tunnel boring machine designed by The Boring Company engineers can immediately start digging a tunnel anywhere with no prior site preparation (this is a really big deal)."

■ NEURALINK:

- University Health Network (@UHN) has been selected as the first Canadian hospital for Neuralink's CAN-PRIME study, a clinical trial evaluating implants for patients with cervical spinal cord injury and ALS. Per Dr. Andres Lozano, the Alan and Susan Hudson Cornerstone Chair in Neurosurgery at UHN and lead of the CAN-PRIME, "This landmark surgery has the potential to transform and improve outcomes for patients who previously had limited options." Canadian neurosurgeons have regulatory approval to recruit six patients.

- Per Neuralink's Romina Nejad (@RominaNejad), "I’m currently personally reviewing every single Patient Registry application that we’ve received under the “quadriplegia” indication. If you’re interested in speaking to me about your potential eligibility for our current studies, let me know and I’ll schedule a call with you."

■ STARLINK:

- Hermeus Aviation out of Atlanta, Georgia, recently integrated Starlink onto their Quarterhorse Mk 1 aircraft for beyond visual line-of-site command and control. In just 17 days, they went from need, to concept, to integration, validation, and taxiing an uncrewed fighter-class aircraft with Starlink! All of this was done during an active taxi test campaign without any delays to core test objectives.

- Icomera (@icomera), worldwide provider of integrated connectivity solutions for trains, trams, buses, and coaches, has signed a Starlink authorised reseller agreement with SpaceX to provide internet connectivity specifically to trains. Combining Starlink with Icomera’s SureWAN link aggregation will enable public transport vehicles to fully utilise multiple communication technologies (satellite, cellular, or other trackside networks) in parallel. Icomera expects the first installations of its rail certified Starlink connectivity to begin in Q1 2025.

- SpaceX has activated support lines for the U.S. and Canada. If you're unable to get online or are suddenly offline, you can call 1-866-606-5103 in the U.S. or 1-888-864-1321 in Canada for support. This service is currently in a trial phase and is only for those dealing with connection issues.

- Today, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a virtual conversation with Elon. They discussed Starlink services for Nepal. In Nepal, Mobile Data is expensive and existing ISP penetration is still less than 50%.

- Starlink has won a contract for a pilot project to provide internet in Lombardy, Italy. This test is part of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's 1 Giga program to connect the rural gaps in the Italy. The 1 Giga program is using 3.65 billion euros from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) to connect remote areas of the country with fiber optics by June of 2026. The program is expected to miss that target. If the Starlink pilot project is a success it may be used as a substitute.

- Air France will begin rolling out Starlink in 2025. The service will be available free of charge across all cabin classes, with passengers accessing it through their Flying Blue loyalty program accounts.

- Incoming FCC chair, Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) has stated he does not expect the agency to restore the $888.5 million subsidies to Starlink.

■ 𝕏:

- X Australia's Head of Head of Global Brands, Angus Keene (@anguskeene), and the X APAC Team held an Executive Dinner in Singapore this past Wednesday night.

Per X's Alan Lan (@bluealan), "The enthusiasm for our vision and the strategic roadmap at X is incredible. We are poised for a promising year ahead, confident that Asia will serve as the growth engine for all in the forthcoming decades."

- The 6 new limited edition Fall/Thanksgiving app icons are active on iOS.

- On iOS you can now hide engagement buttons and stat numbers below each post. You can also interact with posts through custom right/left swipe gestures.

- iOS can also show how much of the video has been buffered. X is experimenting with different buffering amounts based on the network state and other signals.

- X and the NFL's new portal that includes posts from official accounts around the league plus scores, stats and standings. Visa is an official sponsor of the new Portal.

- Elon posted the above pic of Joe Rogan's profile because of the hilarious Dragon Believer bio. But users noticed the $ icon. When asked if it was for future X Payments, he replied "True." So it looks like we will be able to send and receive money directly through our X profiles.

■ xAI:

- xAI/SpaceX's Brent Mayo (@BrentM_SpaceX) with Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) and Tennessee Senator Brent Taylor (@SenBrentTaylor) at the Memphis Gigafactory of Compute touring Colossus.3

- Per xAI's Yaroslav (@512x512), "Our frontend team for Grok in X just doubled. It's now 2 people. Watch out."

- xAI's Greg Yang (@TheGregYang) stated they are slowly rolling out improved understanding of sports and finance for Grok. "Just early days and we'll rapidly improve from here. Let us know your favorite sports or finance queries so we can make Grok provide the most truthful answer for yall." The thread to submit queries is in the sources section.

- Grok will soon let you upload PDFs.

■ ELON NEWS:

- "So many life lessons to be learned from speedrunning video games on max difficulty. Teaches you to see the matrix, rather than simply exist in the matrix. Diablo Tier 150 finished in under 2 mins. (That's what she said)"

Elon posted a sub 2:00 run showing him completing Diablo Pit 150. The countdown clock showed there was still 13:04 seconds left. This puts his completion at 1:56. That's three seconds faster than the reigning number-one record holder, Resistance, who clocked 1:59. This means Elon is ranked the No.1 player on Diablo 4 in the world!

- Elon's net worth hit $347.8 billion today!

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