S.E. Robinson, Jr.

ELON CHRON: Your 24hr Musk Companies Update (Patreon)

Published:

2025-04-11 13:27:38

Imported:

2026-06

Content

10th of April, 2025

"Starship will hopefully depart for Mars at the end of next year with Optimus explorer robots!" - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA $TSLA ($252.40, -7.27%):

- Tesla announced that the Cybertruck has launched internationally in the Middle East! It is already on the website and there is a all new Long Range RWD Cybertruck variant available for order! It has 350 miles of range. New 18" wheel covers. A towing capacity of 3,402 kg (7,500 lbs). Weighs 2,775 kg (6,117 lbs). Top speed of 111 MPH.

- Two new features coming with Tesla software update 2025.8 have been discovered by green (@greentheonly); Tire Fill Assist and Lower Price Routing Option. Tire Fill Assist could be an option available in the vehicle’s Service panel that actively checks the Bluetooth TPMS while you’re filling them. This keeps you from stopping and looking at the screen to see the air pressure level. Lower Price Routing Option could consider toll roads, but it will for sure focus on is Supercharger pricing. You will be able to tap a "View Lower Cost Charging" option to see cheaper chargers around you.

- Model Y display in Japan. Pic by いけ (@_w4mY).

- On the 28th of March, Fereshteh Zeineddin, Tesla Director of Sales & Service in Canada, sent a letter to Transport Canada defending Tesla's $43 million iZEV rebate claims. The letter confirmed compliance with the program’s rules, clarifying that the rebates—up to $5,000 per electric vehicle—were lawful reimbursements for customer incentives at the point of sale, not grants. Four Tesla stores claimed 8,600 sales over January 10-12, that prompted calls for an investigation into the now-paused program.

- Yesterday, Tesla hosted a Ride & Drive event at Bicester Motion in the UK. Those invited got behind the wheel of latest models to experience the tech and performance first hand. They also got to ride with 3 race drivers in the Model 3 performance and the Model S Plaid! Pics by Mark Proudfoot, Ranjit Grewal, and ICR Leasing.

- Tesla Model 3 and Y at inside the Shangri-la Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Pic by AR D. Ticzon (@ardticzon).

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, th of April, '25.

■ SPACEX:

- Super Heavy Booster 17 continued it's cryo-testing at Massey's yesterday and through the night. This should conclude testing and B17 will most likely return to the production site tonight.

- Last night SpaceX started the demolition of Stargate. This is the office building between the High Bay and Hwy 4.

- Falcon 9 Booster B1093 after its first flight is at the Port of Long Beach following the Starlink 11-11 mission. Pics by Maddie (@rocketgobrrrrr).

Countdown to 180 (40 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

Launch 43! Friday, 11th of April, at 1:24 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 12-17 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 44! Saturday, 12th of April, at 5:17 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 NROL-192 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 a batch of Starshield 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 45! Sunday, 13th of April, at 9:59 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-73 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 46! Wednesday, 16th of April, at 10:24 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-73 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 47! Saturday, 19th of April, TBD, Falcon 9 NROL-145 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 a batch of Starshield satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

■ THE BORING COMPANY: N/A... boring.

■ NEURALINK: N/A...

■ STARLINK:

- Yesterday, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) of Jordan and Vice President of Business Operations at SpaceX Starlink, Lauren Dreyer (@laurendreyer06) held a press conference on the launch of Starlink in the country. Per TRC Chairman Bassam Sarhan, This is a significant milestone for the telecommunications sector... The introduction of satellite-based internet reflects our commitment to building inclusive, modern digital infrastructure across Jordan." Per Lauren, "This initiative is about opening new opportunities in sectors like education, healthcare and business across every square kilometre of the country."

- Japanese cellular provider au (@au_official), an affiliate of KDDI, started its Starlink Direct-to-Cell today. Per au, "No application required if you are an au customer! Available for free for the time being. A total of 50 compatible smartphone models and approximately 6 million devices! Update to the latest OS and link your smartphone to the universe."

Per SpaceX's Nick Galano (@nickgalano), "So proud of Matsuda San and KDDI. Made some amazing relationships along the way."

- T-Mobile is requesting an FCC rule change to enable Starlink Direct-to-Cell messaging on more smartphones. Current regulations limit service to devices with Part 25 certification, excluding many legacy phones. the issue centers on obscure FCC waivers and authorizations for SCS services as well as for standard smartphones. "Ensuring that all compatible legacy devices ... may similarly be used for SCS operations will allow the public to seamlessly receive services and emergency alerts in difficult-to-reach areas of the country and during and after emergencies – a result clearly in the public interest."

- Starlink demo for Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Dr Muhammad Yunus at the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025.

- Lesotho Prime Minister Samuel Matekane on Wednesday announced that his government is actively removing barriers for US companies, including Starlink, to operate in the country. The Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA), confirmed receipt of the Starlink Lesotho application for a Network Services Licence. This despite opposition from rights group Section Two, which cites the lack of local ownership in Starlink, contrasting it with telecoms like Econet Telecom Lesotho (70% foreign-owned, 30% government-owned) and Vodacom Lesotho (80% owned by South Africa’s Vodacom Group, 20% by local Basotho consortium Sekha-Metsi).

■ X:

- Today, X Global Government Affairs posted X's support of the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146); a bill to remove non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) and deepfakes. A letter was sent to U.S. House leaders Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Steve Scalise showing backing by over 180 organizations, and citing a 2023 NCMEC report of a 300% rise in online child exploitation since 2019 due to technology misuse.

■ xAI:

- U.S. Tennessee Rep. David Kustoff (@RepDavidKustoff) spoke on xAI and the "historic" West Tennessee investment at a GOP Ways and Means hearing. "Thanks to Elon Musk, the U.S. is turbocharging American innovation and cementing our dominance as the global A.I. superpower. America is back on top and winning big!"

- Elon stated that "Grok 4 will come later this year and Grok 3.5 is coming soonish with a lot of significant upgrades."

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $150 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $931.68

- DOGE has moved the IRS's website "log in" button to the top right on the navbar like it is on most websites. When asked, an IRS engineer explained that the soonest this change could get deployed was July 21st, 103 days. This engineer worked with the DOGE team to delete the red tape and accomplished the task in 71 minutes. Per DOGE, "There are great people at the IRS, who are simply being strangled by bureaucracy."

- An initial survey of Unemployment Insurance claims since 2020 revealed the following:

24.5k people over 115 years old claimed $59M in benefits.
28k people between 1 and 5 years old claimed $254M in benefits.
9.7k people with birth dates over 15 years in the future claimed $69M in benefits.

■ ELON NEWS:

- Elon at the Trump Cabinet Meeting today. "People ask me ‘How are you going to find waste and fraud in the government?’ — Actually you just go in any direction.. that’s how you find it.. as the military would say, target rich environment."

- Yesterday, OpenAI countersued Elon, accusing him of bad-faith tactics and spreading misinformation to slow their operations and seize control of AI innovations for personal gain. "Elon’s never been about the mission. He’s always had his own agenda. He tried to seize control of OpenAI and merge it with Tesla as a for-profit – his own emails prove it. When he didn’t get his way, he stormed off. Elon is undoubtedly one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time. But these antics are just history on repeat – Elon being all about Elon."

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■ SOURCES:

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