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27th of November, 2024
"And next year, Falcon is aiming for >150 flights!" - Elon
FYI: This is the last update until December 2nd due to Thanksgiving break.
■ TESLA $TSLA ($332.89, -1.58%):
- Cybercab is at the Tesla Showroom in Paris-Madeleine until the 8th of December. Pics by Joris Bossard (@bossard_joris).
- Per Susann (@Su73669564), "Just a little update on the frunk of the Cybercab… I was visiting the Tesla store once more and simply asked the staff about the frunk. Answer: no frunk in the prototypes but probably in the real one."
- The Bargersville, Indiana Police Department has stated they save $2,700 a month charging their 13 Tesla. Prior, fuel cost for their ICE vehicles was $3,100 a month. Now it is only $400. These savings have giving the department the ability to hire two additional officers. H/T Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt).
- According @zhongwen2005, Tesla's Shanghai Megafactory will be completed ahead of schedule this December.
- Tesla's Imani Salazar-Nahle had the opportunity to lead an educational event on behalf of Women in Tesla. "We hosted the wonderful students of West Oakland Middle School for a Fremont Factory Tour and Women in STEM Careers Panel. Getting to connect with the girls was such an invaluable experience that both energized and inspired me."
- Tesla is adding a Charge Port Defrost option that you can manually turn on. This keeps you from having to choose the Rear Car Defrost option.
- The Tesla Cambridge Center in Bar Hill, Cambridge, England.
- The Kettleman City Supercharger lounge in California has completed its refresh and reopened for holiday travels, There is now more seating, vending and a Cyberquad.
- The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles started displaying Cybercab in their main lobby. It will be there until the 2nd of January. Go check it out. Pics by Brandon (@brandontsla).
- The Mobility App FREENOW has a branded Model Y rolling around Ireland towing a massive suitcase. They are promoting their Airport Prebook Promise. "We promise to pick you and your suitcase up on time. Now whether your luggage makes it onto the plane... well, that's another story." Pretty good advertising.
- Make Your Holiday Electric! Tesla Europe has posted all there Holiday events across region. There will be festive activities, warm beverages, and Lightshows. Activities vary by date and location, so check out your Tesla location near you. Link in sources section
- Tesla Energy at Solar Solutions Event in Düsseldorf, Germany starting today until tomorrow.
- Tesla Fleet Days event will be held in Gaziantep, Turkey from the 28th - 30th of November. Model Y demo drives will be available as the Tesla team conveys the total cost advantages of the Model Y as a company vehicle, and provide detailed information on important issues such as after-sales services and on-site mobile service. Event is at SankoPark AVM.
- Tesla is at the China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo in the Shunyi Pavilion International Exhibition Center. Optimus, Model 3, and Y are on display. Along the back is an electric drive motor, battery display, and heat pump. Check them out at booth E4-B07 from now until the 30th of November.
- Cosmo Torres of OC Solar posted these pics of their latest Tesla Solar Roof install.
- More evpoint branded V4 Superchargers in the UK.
FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 27th of November, '24. Cybercab testing this morning! The switchyard expansion continues as the 3rd transformer is installed to support Cortex Supercomputer. Subscribe to Joe!
■ SPACEX:
- Last night launch 124 of Falcon 9 Starlink 6-76 took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This is the 15th flight for the first stage booster. It previously launched mPOWER-B, BlueBird-1, USSF-124, Crew-6, and 10 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. 24 Starlinks were deployed.
- Interstellar Gateway (@interstellargw) got some great pics of Starship S31's debris as it came to Australia. "All sorts of items, ranging from tiles, COPV tanks, and other components from the Starship upper stage have been brought back to shore for further analysis." Thread Link in the sources section.
-The ispace Mission 2 RESILIENCE lunar lander, carrying the TENACIOUS micro rover and commercial payloads for lunar exploration, has arrived in Florida. Final preparations have begun in advance of the Falcon 9 launch in January 2025.
- Starship 32 by Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). Subscribe to Carlos!
Countdown to 144 (118- Falcon 9, 2 - Falcon Heavy, and 4 - Starship):
Launch 125! Saturday, 30th of November, at 12:00 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-65 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 126! Saturday, 30th of November, at 12:08 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 NROL-126 will launch 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. This is the fifth 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.
Launch 127! Tuesday, 3rd of December, at 4:29 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 9-14 will launch 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 128! Wednesday, 4th of December, at 3:29 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-70 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 129! Thursday, 5th of December, at 11:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Sirius SXM-9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The booster will land on an unknown landing pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 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.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Boring crews have set footings for the Cyber-Tunnel's westside exit. Most likely to cover the exposed section of the tunnel. According to Joe Tegtmeyer, "The road surface throughout the tunnel also has had concrete poured!"
■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- Just in time for the Holidays! In the U.S., Starlink Mini is now $449, down from $599. Sale ends on the 12th of December. Get while you can. Link in the sources section.
- Per SpaceX's Ben Longmier (@longmier), "Any telco that signs up with Starlink Direct to Cell can completely eliminate cellular dead zones for their entire country for text and data services. This includes coastal waterways and the ocean areas in between land for island nations."
- Telefónica del Sur was in Valdivia, Chile, to live stream the IRONMAN 70.3 Cycling and Marathon event. They installed Starlinks on corporate trucks to captured and broadcast the event live from key points along the course. "Starlink made it possible to broadcast the event on television, social networks, and streaming to the whole world."
■ X:
- You can now see your verified follower count in X Analytics!
- X Safety announced the launch of Integral Ad Science's (@integralads) Post-Bid in Japan. They will expand X's offering alongside the English-speaking markets in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This launch reinforces X’s strong commitment to Brand Safety and Suitability, showcasing their industry-leading capabilities in ensuring a secure and trustworthy environment for advertisers.
■ xAI:
- xAI's Brent Mayo (@brent ) gave DELL's CIO Douglas Schmitt and his team a tour of Colossus in Memphis. Per Douglas, "Proud to see Dell Technologies compute innovation in action, and inspired by the role our Services team played to deliver fully integrated racks with incredible speed."
Per Brent, "Having Danny Fabrizius executing at the highest level has been nothing short of astonishing! Especially while unloading first rack using their ramp technology. 😉😂"
- Per Elon, "Too many game studios that are owned by massive corporations. xAI is going to start an AI game studio to make games great again!" This could be huge!
- Financial Times has reported that 2022 Twitter acquisition investors have been given 25% of xAI shares. xAI's current funding round values the company around $50 billion. This will help make up the fallen value of X.
- Per xAI's Toby Pohlen (@TobyPhln), "The past couple of weeks have been the most challenging and intense since starting xAI. Building something truly useful that users love and is commercially successful is hard. I'm glad we have a lot of people here rooting for us. Some really cool tech is on the way. Stay tuned."
- More chatter about Grok's standalone app coming. Be ready once it drops.
■ 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=ZVtI4fmONEg
Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baASu75XJ-o
Tesla:
https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/2395/tesla-is-adding-a-charge-port-heating-option
Tesla Europe Holiday Events https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/events/make-your-holiday-electric
SpaceX:
Starlink:
xAI:
Elon Quote https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1861825141581152440