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

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2025-02-05 22:01:33
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5th of February, 2025

"Buona sera, buona sera..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

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■ TESLA $TSLA ($378.17, -3.58%):

Cyber Bros...

- Yesterday, Washington's Senate Labor & Commerce Committee conducted its first public hearing on two bills affecting electric vehicle manufacturers like Tesla. The first bill, SB 5377, which seeks to end direct-to-consumer sales for Tesla, received 886 responses in favor and 324 against. Conversely, SB 5592, aimed at expanding direct sales beyond just Tesla, saw 175 responses in favor and a significant 1,431 against. The testimony from dealers suggested that these bills could potentially undermine the dealership model, despite the bills' intent to broaden consumer purchasing options.

- On the flipside, South Carolina is moving towards allowing direct-to-consumer sales of EV through the proposed South Carolina Consumer Freedom Act, which is supported by a bipartisan group and Governor Henry McMaster. This would enable manufacturers like Tesla to bypass traditional dealership models, potentially reducing costs and increasing EV accessibility in the state.

- This is a Tesla Solar Range-Extending Trailer prototype by Marks Engineers of San Jose, California. It includes a deployable solar array that generates up to 2.7 kW, extending EV range by 30–50 miles/day. It has active and passive cooling. Starlink IoT system enabling real-time monitoring, diagnostics, and remote optimization. I don't know how practical this is, but cool nonetheless.

- Per Elon, "The Tesla Optimus hand is so sophisticated that it makes a Fabergé seem simple. And it gives you a whole new appreciation for how incredible the human hand is."

- To celebrate the arrival of the Powerwall 3 in Portugal, Tesla held an event at the showroom in Leiria.

- Checkout John's (@teslaownersSV) new interview with Tesla Engineers breaking down the new Model Y inside and out..

- Mercedes EV owners can now use Tesla Supercharger across the U.S. Access in Canada coming later this year.

- According to the Shanghai Securities News, on the 11th of February, Tesla China will hold a morning production event at the Shanghai Megafactory. Production will ramp up in the first quarter of this year.

- The Universal Technical Institute in Long Beach expanded its Manufacturer Specific Advanced Training (MSAT) offerings with the inclusion of the Tesla START Collision Repair program. It is slated to begin in Spring of this year. The program is designed to equip graduates of UTI's Collision Repair and Refinish Technology program who meet Tesla's criteria and are selected as interns with specialized skills for careers at Tesla.

- Tesla China announced a grant of 8,000 yuan for the Model 3, which can be combined with a five-year interest-free promotion.

- Yes, the image of the legacy Model Y has been removed from many Tesla Asian webpages, but it is still available for purchase in the inventory.

- The Model 3 was Singapore’s best-selling sedan in 2024.

- Tesla Semi walk around by TikoTok u/juniorpharm (Junior Pharm).

- Tesla sales in France decreased by 63%. In the UK they are down 12%. Germany's KBA website shows the number of newly registered Teslas fell 60% to only 1,277 in January. The overall German market was only down 2.8%. Ouch!

- The Tesla Showroom in The Hague, Netherlands, has been vandalized with swastikas and anti-Nazi slogans. The vandals have not been identified.

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

  • Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 5th of February, '25.

  • Fremont Factory: MetGod, 5th of February, '25.

  • Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 4th of February, '25.

■ SPACEX:

- Yesterday evening in the fog, launch 17 of Falcon 9 WorldView Legion 5 & 6 took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was the fourth flight for the first stage booster. It previously launched GOES-U and two Starlink missions. The booster landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Pics by John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos), Bayliss (@Future_Camping), and SpaceX.

These are the next two WorldView Legion satellites manufactured by Maxar Space Systems, of Maxar Technologies. These satellites grant high-resolution images designed to help with precision mapping, site monitoring and geospatial analytics, among other things.

- Today, Germany's Atmos Space Cargo announced that their first Phoenix reentry capsule will fly on SpaceX's Bandwagon 3 rideshare mission in April. Per Sebastian Klaus, Atmos CEO and Co-founder, "Our first test flight is what the team at Atmos has been working towards relentlessly. I am proud to lead this mission at such a crucial moment for Europe. Our space industry needs disruptive innovation to compete on a global scale." Phoenix is engineered to transport materials back to Earth, offering a secure return journey for various high-value products manufactured in orbit. Atmos identifies a significant demand for this service, especially within the biomedical industry.

- Yesterday in the High Bay, SpaceX loaded the new Starlink PEZ dispenser into the Starship Starlink loader. Today they were both seen moving back into the Starfactory. Maybe for some rework.. Pic by @StarshipGazer.

- Test Tank 16 (TT16) at Massey's Outpost last night. Pic by Shaun Gisler (@lifeatstagezero).

Countdown to 180 (16 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 1 - Starship):

  • Launch 18! Friday, 7th of February, at 1:50 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch 19! Saturday, 8th of February, at 4:25 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-10 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 20! Tuesday, 11th of February, at 12:00 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-18 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch 21! Friday, 14th of February, at 12:26 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-8 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Launch 22! Wednesday, 26th of February, at 7:00 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Nova-C IM-2 & Lunar Trailblazer will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- Jackie Siegel (@JackieSiegelusa), wife of David Alan Siegel, founder of Westgate Resorts, ventures into the new Vegas LOOP Westgate Station.

- TomNTex (@TomNTex1) and Tom Gielen (@TomGielen) shared a new schematic on the Boring Company's second Vegas Loop tunnel near the Encore, highlighting its location adjacent to the Silver Lot south shaft, which eliminates the need to uncover the shaft's roof. The tunnel in the Bronze Lot will initially be non-operational, featuring a connector shaft at the end where the TBM is located, rather than a station. This setup likely facilitates a future connection to the University Drive tunnel linking LVCC South station to the UNLV station.

- With the Cybertunnel completed at Giga Texas we are gonna be hard pressed to find Boring news. We take what we can get, so if you find anything send it my way.

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- Martine coms company Charity & Taylor doing a Friday evening callout for Starlink in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

- Pascal Zigashane, Kakuma Site Coordinator in Kenya, visiting six schools in host communities and three in the Kakuma refugee camp where he equipped them with Starlinks plus 12-month subscriptions.

■ X:

- Banks led by Morgan Stanley have sold $5.5 billion in loans connected to X. The loans were sold at 97 cents on the dollar. This reflects a turnaround from the difficulties banks faced in offloading this debt after Elon's acquisition. Factors such as Elon's political moves and the return of major advertisers like Amazon have boosted investor confidence.

■ xAI: N/A...

■ DOGE:

- Yesterday, DOGE terminated 12 consulting contracts in the GSA and Department of Education for a total savings of ~$30 million. One work order was for a $23 million “digital modernization Program Management Office support”. They also canceled 12 underutilized lease for an annual savings of ~$3 million.

■ ELON NEWS:

- Yesterday in Washington DC, Elon met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Son, Yair Netanyahu.

- Elon is scheduled to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in approximately one week. The agenda for their meeting includes discussions on Tesla's and Starlink's potential expansion into India and collaboration opportunities with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), possibly looking into technological partnerships or joint ventures that could benefit both entities in their respective fields.

- Attorneys for Elon have filed in the U.S. District Court Central District of California, Western Division, to dismiss claims from the lawsuit accusing him of copyright-infringement by using the AI generated images at the We Robot event. These are the images Alcon Entertainment say are "Blade Runner"-inspired. The motion was submitted to dismiss "all claims" against both Elon and Tesla with prejudice, meaning the case would be permanently dismissed and could not be refiled. Alcon plans to oppose this motion.

- U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said yesterday "Something is going to trial in this case. It’s a battle of billionaires versus billionaires." This is in reference to Elon's lawsuit against OpenAI to halt its conversion to a for-profit entity might go to trial, adding that Elon will have to appear in court and testify. No date has been set.

- Elon posted that he plans to test Starlink streaming again late tonight. Keep an eye out.

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