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ELON CHRON: Your 24hr Musk Companies Update (Patreon)
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18th of March, 2025
"Cool video AI coming soon!" - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
■ TESLA $TSLA ($225.31, -5.34%):
- Today, at approximately 2:45 a.m., the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to reports of an individual setting several vehicles on fire at the Tesla Collision Center in the 6000 block of West Badura Avenue, Las Vegas. An investigation with assistance from the FBI has been initiated. Per Elon, "This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong. Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks." Video by Las Vegas Review-Journal (@reviewjournal).
- The Australian Energy Council announced that Tesla Australia has joined as its newest member, providing an opportunity to collaborate on solutions for Australia’s energy transition and decarbonization.
- The Tesla Showroom in Tarragona, Spain. Pics by Tesla's North East Spain Area Manager Ferran Guiu i Verdaguer.
- According to a T-Online reader poll, 70% of the Germans that participated said they would buy a Tesla. 444,175 people participated.
- Tesla's 2025.8.3 software update introduces a new Battery Health Test feature accessible via Controls > Service > Battery Health. It allows owners to measure their battery’s energy retention compared to when it was new. The test displays the battery’s current capacity as a percentage of its original capacity and requires the vehicle to remain connected to an AC charger for up to 16 hours. Once completed, the results update the vehicle’s range percentage displayed on the dashboard, providing a more accurate reflection of the battery’s condition.
- The Megapack project at Zenobe Energy’s Eccles site in the UK has begun construction on 20 acres in Scotland. It will provide 400MW/800MWh of capacity and is expected to be operational by June 2026. It will utilize grid-forming controls.
- Tesla China increased the price of the new Model Y Long Range AWD by approximately ¥10,000 ($1,400) or 3.3%. Entry-level RWD Model Y price is unchanged. China also introduced 0% APR for 3 years and a 5-year low-interest option for new Model Y orders placed by the 30th of April.
- Tesla China insured 13,800 vehicles in the first week of March, and 15,300 in the second week.
NO FLYOVERS...
■ SPACEX:
- Last night, Crew Dragon Freedom undocked from the ISS and is currently bringing Crew-9 back to Earth. Crew members include; Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov and Starliner members Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams. Reentry and splashdown coverage will begin on X at 4:45 p.m. ET this evening.
- SpaceX's launch of Fram2 is less than 14 days away. The crew has spent 6 hours in the Dragon simulator and each received their boarding pass. Pics by Mission Commander Chun Wang (@satofishi). Per SpaceX's Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver), "Fram2 will be the first spaceflight in which humans will fly over and explore the polar regions. The team is so excited for the mission, Chun!" Other crew members include; Vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, Pilot Rabea Rogge, and Mission specialist Medical officer Eric Philips. This will be the first spaceflight for all four.
- Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages) has some great shots posted. The A-Frame for the Flame Trench at Pad B, The High Bay and Stargate, the Hwy 4 Roundabout construction, and finally Starship 38 inside the Starfactory. Subscribe to Carlos!
- Road closure of Hwy 4 will be in effect from Massey's to the production site on the 19th and 20th of March, from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. CT, for transportation operations.
- Per Ted Malaska, Sr Director of Application Software at SpaceX, "I love how none technical media is questioning my work at the FAA. I challenge anyone to question the honesty and my technical integrity on this matter. I am working without biases for the safety of people that fly."
Countdown to 180 (31 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):
Launch 34! Tuesday, 18th of March, at 3:57 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-25 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 35! Wednesday, 19th of March, at 11:02 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 NROL-57 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This is the eighth batch of Starshield satellites for a reconnaissance constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office. The booster will return to Vandenberg and land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4).
Launch 35! Monday, 24th of March, at 3:00 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-7 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.
■ THE BORING COMPANY: N/A... boring.
■ NEURALINK: N/A...
■ STARLINK:
- Starlink is now active in the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands; a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
- Yesterday, SpaceX donated Starlink and made accessible across the White House campus and vetted by the White House Counsel’s Office ethics lawyer. The service is routed through a data center miles from the complex rather than using on-site terminals. Per Elon, "It was literally impossible to communicate in some parts of the White House!"
- Yesterday, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen spoke at SATELLITE 2025 and emphasized that Starlink’s enterprise-quality and uptime. He highlighted the service’s 134 successful launches, over 5 million customers across 125 countries, and nearly 7,000 satellites in orbit, while noting no near-term IPO plans as the company focuses on operations and Starship. "Our offering right now is really compelling and the uptime has been amazing. Personally harassing my sales team about not just publishing that, but making some guarantees to that." Pic from left to right: Moderator Paul Dykewicz; SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen; Intelsat CFO Toby O’Brien; Iridium CFO Vincent O’Neill; and Speedcast CFO Clint Stewart.
- Metrojet Engineering Clark (MEC), a Philippines-based maintenance, repair, and overhaul station at Clark International Airport, announced that it has become the first authorized Starlink dealer in the Asia-Pacific region. They can now sell and install Starlink for business aviation users. Metrojet Engineering holds aircraft maintenance approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, FAA, Cayman Islands CAA, Qatar QCAA, Isle of Man CAA, San Marino CAA, Korea MOLIT, and Indonesia DGCA. Asian countries that are on the approved list include Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, and the Philippines.
- In a letter to the US Trade Representatives of President Donald Trump last week, SpaceX warned that the trade barriers could slow and suppress Starlink's global expansion, potentially handing China a strategic advantage. "This is a critical moment in the global race to provide satellite internet service, with increasing pressure from China’s state-backed operators trying to overtake US companies in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology. The company must pay foreign governments for access to spectrum, import duties on Starlink equipment, and other regulatory fees that substantially increase the cost of operating in these countries—artificially. These anti-competitive policies have been used by foreign operators to block or slow SpaceX from providing a better quality and lower cost service to customers in those countries. Often, these fees, tariffs, and non-tariff trade barriers represent a significant percentage of the total cost of the Starlink equipment."
- Onwave hosted a Starlink Lunch & Learn webinar today with SpaceX Starlink Enterprise Sales Manager Roger Beld. They spoke on updates, commercial changes, and insights into the future of Starlink. I am currently looking for a video of the conversation.
- B.C. Ferries, which has been piloting Starlink for crew members on its northern routes since last year, announced that it will soon launch a public procurement process to select a provider for reliable operational communications. They will open the field to Canadian satellite internet firms beyond just Starlink. This decision follows Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cancellation of a $100-million Starlink contract due to U.S. tariffs, prompting B.C. Ferries to support a “Team Canada” approach while continuing to assess Starlink for addressing connectivity gaps.
■ X:
- The X Middle East and North Africa Team were spoke at the Creators HQ in the Jumeirah Emirates Towers of the UAE. X will soon launch a new video platform as a part of X Originals. X MENA's Managing Director Antoine Caironi (@antoinecaironi), Global Content Partnerships and Sales Joelle Yazbeck (@YazbeckJoelle), and Senior Regional Marketing Manager Madeleine Skillen were on hand.
Per Joelle, "We are currently observing four key trends that are shaping the future of content creation. First, there is a growing focus on video, which is why we recently launched the Video Tab. Second, artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly significant role, so we introduced the Grok bot by xAI. And the third — something particularly important to me — is X Originals, an exclusive platform for producing unique content that can’t be found anywhere else. Sky is the limit! Lastly, monetization — we will reward those who continue to create amazing content. We are here to support you! The time and effort you invest in your creativity will be recognized and valued."
- If a Note has a promising score, and is being scored by a TopicModel, but that TopicModel does not yet have enough ratings to produce a confident score, the note will show to Community Notes contributors as a proposed note preview for longer.
- X UK's Community Notes now has over 71,000 contributors and is one of the top five most active countries globally.
- xurl 0.4.3, a curl-like tool for X APIs, introduced media upload, streaming endpoints, and twurl migration support to enhance X platform interactions. This is of note due to X’s potential plan to revive Vine and compete with TikTok.
■ xAI:
- xAI has updated their website and it is beautiful. Click the link x.ai
- Hotshot CEO Aakash Sastry (@aakashsastry) announced that xAI has acquired the company. Hotshot is a startup that developed video foundation models Hotshot-XL and Hotshot Act One, to enhance global education, entertainment, communication, and productivity. The integration will utilize Colossus to scale Hotshot's text-to-video technology, with key support from investors like Alexis Ohanian and co-founder John Mullan. Per Elon, "Cool video AI coming soon!"
■ DOGE:
Estimated Savings: $115B
Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $714.29
- Yesterday, Fannie Mae appointed Christopher Stanley, DOGE team member and Cybersecurity Engineer at SpaceX and X, to its board of directors.
- Yesterday, agencies terminated 44 contracts with a ceiling value of ~$5.2B and savings of ~$640M, including:
$465K DoD contract for “non-personal services, to serve as the Maxwell Air Force Base installations horticulturalist, landscape designer, and greenhouse plant nursery manager to improve and maintain beautification of the installations
~$2.85M HHS contract for “digital communications and social media support services”
- DOGE highlighted U.S. Customs and Border Protection's closure of temporary southwest border processing facilities. They saved $5–30 million monthly due to reduced illegal crossings.
- The U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced a $30 million savings for taxpayers by cutting foreign labor programs in Indonesia, Colombia, Guatemala, Chile, & Brazil.
- The National Institutes of Health canceled the following:
$100K for Vanderbilt University to study “social networks” among “sexual and gender minorities”
$37K for the University of Houston to study “fear of deportation” in “Latinx young adults”
$681K for the University of Pennsylvania to study “social media anti-vaping messages” among “sexual and gender minority teens”
$225K for the University of Colorado to study the “effects of hormones on headaches in transmasculine adolescents”
■ ELON NEWS:
- On St. Patrick's Day, President Donald Trump and Elon meet with Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) and Conor's family; Conor Jack Jr., Croía Mairéad, Rían, and Mack. Plus Mark Burnett.
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■ SOURCES:
Tesla:
SpaceX:
Crew-9 Hatch Close: NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Hatch Close
Crew-9 Dragon Freedom Undocking: NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 Undocking
Starlink:
Elon News:
