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(FREE) Want to Know: Your Daily Musk Companies Update (Patreon)
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8th of January, 2025
"Still a few final touches to perfect Raptor..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
■ TESLA $TSLA ($394.94, +0.15%):
- John of Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) posted these pics of the Solar Panel wrapped Cybertruck at CES in Las Vegas. The wrap is by Sunflare (@FlexibleFuture).
- On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) designated CATL and other Chinese companies linked to China's military. As of now, this designation does not involve any restrictions on CATL's business in the U.S, but it does serves as a warning to U.S. entities, like Tesla, about the risks of doing business with them. It can also add pressure on the U.S. Treasury Department to sanction the company. Tesla and CATL have been working on an agreement to license CATL's battery tech production at Giga Nevada and a deal is expected to launch in 2025. CATL is also set to supply battery cells and packs to the new Shanghai Megafactory.
- New video of the Model Y Juniper has been posted by Yann Masoch (@yannmasoch). Per Yann, "I think it is the Performance version because the rims look the same 20" rims we saw on the model 3 performance before. There is a vent on the side of the front bumper. My car is also a Y performance with the same color, and side-by-side the two cars were almost similar in height and ground clearance."
- Non-Foundation Series AWD Cybertruck and Cyberbeast are now in Tesla's new online inventory for the U.S.
- The Tesla Madeleine Store in Paris, France.
- For 2024, the Model Y was Sweden's most popular vehicle for the second year in a row. 18,293 Model Ys were registered (16,461 in 2023). The Model 3 hit 3,477 registrations (3,016 in 2023).
- Yesterday during his X Live Stream, Elon stated that FSD Unsupervised is already being used internally at Tesla and could launch later this year.
- Cybercab is adding additional stops on its European tour.
The Tesla Center in Milan, Vittuone, Italy. the 25 of January to the 5th of February.
The Brussels Motor Show in Belgium. 11th to 19th of January.
The Tesla Center in Madrid, Fuenlabrada, Spain. 14th to the 24th of February.
Currently you can view it at Tesla Centers in Paris, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Oslo, and Amsterdam.
- According to a study from Compare the Market, Tesla was the No.1 searched car brand in 34 countries, including the U.S., Canada, the UK, France, Germany, and South Korea in 2024. Overall Toyota was the most searched worldwide with 64 countries.
- Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick read her ruling today that Tesla board members including Chair Robyn Denholm and James Murdoch are to return roughly $277 million in cash, $459 million in stock options and to forgo stock options for 2021-23 worth $184 million ($919 million) back to Tesla. The is a settlement to resolve allegations they overpaid themselves.
- Alexandra Merz (@TeslaBoomerMama) made us aware that directly registered TSLA shareholders can now request share certificates. You have to directly register your shares, then request the certificates from the transfer agent. These certificates show Tesla is incorporated in Texas.
FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):
Tesla Lithium Refinery: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 8th of January, '25. Testing of the Rotating Kiln appears to be ongoing. Per Joe, superstructure, tanks, and foundations are going in for the Hydrometallurgical portion of the plant. One of the large ponds on the north end is empty. Be on the lookout for Joe's video later today.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 7th of January, '25. Progress on the water tank construction next to the highway, glass is near completion on the south east side, and looks like a spill of some kind near the main entrance.
■ SPACEX:
- SpaceX has confirmed the 13th of January is the new launch date for Flight 7. But... a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) for the Indian Ocean has been released for Starship Flight 7 starting on the 14th. SpaceX posted the above pic with the confirmation. I believe we are looking inside Mega Bay 2.
- This morning, launch 3 of Falcon 9 Starlink 12-11 took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This is the third flight for the first stage booster. It previously launched GOES-U and a Starlink mission. The booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. 21 Starlinks were deployed. First pic by Scott Schilke (@SchilkeScott). Launch video in the sources section.
- A new navigational (NAV) warning for the Indian Ocean shows Starship Flight 7 on Monday, the 13th of January.
- The hot stage ring has been reinstalled atop Booster 14.
- SpaceX is adding a their 4th Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) to the fleet. It is expected to be in operation early this year. Wonder if there will be a vote on X to name it...
- SpaceX has sent two salvage vessels, the Outer Limit and the Offshore Supplier, to the Starship Indian Ocean Landing Zone. H/T The Space Engineer (@mcrs987).
- Right place, right time. D Wise (@dwisecinema) of NSF (@NASASpaceflight) was hanging at the press site and SpaceX just so happen to roll by with extended Falcon Heavy Fairings. Huge!
Countdown to 180 (3 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 0 - Starship):
Launch 4! Thursday, 9th of January, at 7:19 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 NROL-153 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. This is the 7th 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 5! Friday, 10th of January, at 10:27 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-12 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 6! Monday, 13th of January, at 9:59 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-4 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 7! Friday, 13th of January, at 4:00 p.m. CT, Starship 33 Super Heavy Booster 14 (Flight 7) will launch from Orbital Launch Mount A (OLM-A) at Starbase, Texas. The SH Booster 15 will return to launch site for the 2nd Tower catch attempt. Starship 33 will do a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
Launch 8! Tuesday, 14th of January, at 10:49 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Transporter 12 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster landing area is unknown. This is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Launch 9! Wednesday, 15th of January, at 1:11 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster landing area is unknown. Blue Ghost is a commercial lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace for NASA’s CLPS program. Blue Ghost is designed to bring up to 155kg of payload to the lunar surface. It will land at Mare Crisium in the Crisium Basin and is designed to last 14 days before freezing in the lunar night. Resilience is the second mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. The lander will carry a small rover developed by ispace to perform studies on the moon’s surface. The rover is also expected to collect lunar regolith as part of a contract with NASA signed in 2020, in which companies will collect materials on the moon and then transfer ownership “in situ” to the agency.
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■ THE BORING COMPANY:
- Yesterday view of the Vegas Loop at Westgate by Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere). The Station was not open, even with CES going on. According to TomNTex (@TomNTex1), the Boring Company is waiting for a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy... building inspector signature.
■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- As reported yesterday, airBaltic conducted a Starlink Aviation test aboard an Airbus A220-300. The pic show one of the pilots loving the 183 Mbps at 41,000 feet. "Straight from the skies! Yesterday, we received the very first message sent from 41,000 feet - a live Wi-Fi speed test during our first SpaceX's Starlink test flight. Seamless, free and high-speed connectivity is on the way - launching soon!"
- SpaceX has been working with the Vera Rubin Observatory and the US National Science Foundation to study the effects of lowering Starlinks to 350km (217 miles) versus 550km. Per SpaceX, "Analysis shows nearly a 60% reduction in Vera Rubin Observatory images containing an illuminated satellite when operating equivalent constellations at 350 km (217 miles) vs. 550 km."
- Sean Carroll Co-Founder of Vixen Digital just had a video call from from his office with Steven in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean via Starlink. Steven,a teacher from Plymouth University, and is his four pals are in a race that started in San Sebastian in La Gomera, Canary Islands, across the Atlantic, and ending at Nelson's Dockyards in Antigua. They are racing to raise money for Cancer Research UK, Diabetes UK, and the Final Straw Foundation. Per Steven, "The Starlink mini has been a game changer for us, we were just able to deliver one of our Lessons From A Boat to a class at Chichester College, England, from the middle of the ocean... Incredible." Learn more about Steven and his team from the Lessons From a Boat link in the sources section.
■ X:
- X has setup an event page to track the Los Angeles Palisades Fire. Just click the here or type in the Search bar to find it.
- X CEO Linda Yaccarino and Emmy winning investigative journalist Catherine Herridge were onstage at CES yesterday talking about X, free speech, innovation, creators, content, and what’s next on X.
- Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta plans to implement a Community Notes-style fact-checking model, directly inspired by X’s efforts to champion freedom of expression. They also committed to simplify their policies and adopt a new enforcement approach, aligning closely with the groundbreaking work X has already established.
- X Japan CEO Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama) took this shot as he heads to CES. "3rd day has just kicked off!!! Very exciting day!!!"
- X's Zach Warunek (@ZachWarunek) has added the device your audience is using.
- X Middle East and North Africa (@XMENA) is collaborating with the 1 Billion Followers Summit (@1billionsummit) this weekend. All major social media platform will contribute with 5,000 content creators and gain insights from 250+ speakers sharing their success stories and strategies. There will be workshops covering trends and engagement opportunities. Plus technology, economy, and content to enhance your content skills. The event starts on the 11th and ends on the 13th in Dubai inside the Museum of the Future & DIFC at the Emirates Towers.
■ xAI:
- Some of the expansion work at the xAI Gigafactory of Compute in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Grok will soon be able to base its answers on your location. Shopping locations, service. entertainment, ect.
- Per Elon, "Grok will be better at understanding complex group speech in a noisy environment than people are."
■ ELON NEWS:
- Tonight at 10:30 p.m. ET, Elon and Mark Penn (@Mark_Penn), Chairman and CEO at Stagwell (@stagwell), will have a X Live Streamed conversation on innovation, AI, technology, and more. There will be a "freewheeling live Q&A... Nothing is off limits."
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Everybody have a great day!
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■ SOURCES:
FLYOVERS:
Tesla Lithium Refinery: Joe Tegtmeyer... coming soon.
Giga Texas: Brad Sloan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hWX2JO4U7Q
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Elon News:
