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

Published:
2025-04-29 20:07:07
Imported:
2026-06

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29th of April, 2025

"Mars will have direct democracy, which is less prone to corruption..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA $TSLA ($292.03, +2.15%):

- Last Friday, Tesla Recruiter and Manufacturing Program Lead, Aimee Frugoli, took this pic of the latest graduates of Tesla's Manufacturing Development Program. "We celebrated this incredible group of MDPers. They completed 11 credits in Advanced Manufacturing at TMCC in just 4 weeks! Their hard work and dedication is going to help them go far in their careers at Tesla."

- U.S. Commerce Department policy under Secretary Howard Lutnick announced zero auto tariffs for cars with 85% domestic content. This will directly benefit Tesla, for as we all know, Tesla is the "Most American-Made" cars. The Model 3 Long Range is currently at 87.5% domestic content and the Model is right at 85%.

- The new Tesla Tuzla Center in Istanbul, Turkey. Tesla's Yunus Deniz visited to support and coach the Tesla team. "Once again, it was an inspiring experience with a great atmosphere and an impressive location. A big thank you to the entire Tesla Turkey team for what you’ve achieved in just one year. Your dedication, growth, and team spirit truly deserve the highest respect! I’m looking forward to continuing our collaboration and moving forward together. One Team, One Mission."

- Tesla Sweden opened a new 12 V4 stalls 250 kW charging capacity Supercharger station in Ödeshög at Östgötaporten. It is accessible to all EV brands near. They did this, despite ongoing conflicts with the unions IF Metall, Elektrikerna, and Seko, who have initiated sympathy strikes since October 2023 to block such expansions after Tesla refused to sign a collective bargaining agreement.

- Tesla Spain Country Service Manager, Ignacio Mata, visited the Tesla teams in Andalucía, the service center in Sevilla, and the famous converted gas station Supercharger in Córdoba. "With our Tesla centers in Málaga and Sevilla, as well as mobile service covering the entire region—from Almería to Huelva, from Cádiz to Córdoba—they are doing a truly fantastic job. Well done, team!"

- A proposed U.S. House Republican bill is introducing a $200 annual fee on EVs and $100 on hybrids to fund highway repairs. This would add to the financial burdens that Tesla consumers already face via state-level EV registration fees like the $200 annual charge in Texas. With Tesla holding a 42.5% share of the U.S. EV as of February 2025.

- Autographed Tesla Automation banner in Giga Nevada. Pic by Tesla's Nikhilesh Chilukuri.

- In Q1 2025, Tesla reported one crash per 7.44 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged, compared to one crash per 1.51 million miles driven without Autopilot.

- Yesterday according to an SEC Form 4 filing, Tesla board member and Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia purchased 4,000 shares of Tesla stock at $256 per share, totaling $1.02 million. This marked the first insider buy in five years. This follows his $126.80 million sale of Airbnb stock, signaling confidence in Tesla’s future. Per Elon, "Joe rocks!"

- Tesla Energy with KG Solar is at the Architect Expo in Bangkok, Thailand until Sunday. Go check them out at Booth C205.

- Today, Tesla Chairwoman Robyn Denholm filed SEC Form 144 to sell $32 million in Tesla stock.

- Yesterday, photographer Evan Petty took this epic wide view of the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center. You can see Giga Nevada and the Semi Factory on the far left of the photo. Per Evan, "This ultra-wide panoramic shot is stitched from 10 high-resolution images, capturing everything from Tesla to Google—and all the booming development in between."

- Today at the Advanced Clean Tech Expo (@ACTExpo), Tesla Semi Lead Dan Priestley (@danWpriestley) gave a presentation. According to Dan, Tesla is working on the Megacharger Corridor from California to Texas plus much more. 46 sites are currently under construction! He also stated the Semi will feature a 25kW e-PTO system to power any loads such as a refrigerated trailer. Tesla currently has 26 active Semis with over 100,000 miles on them and cumulatively 7.9 million miles across the Semi test fleet. Get your break down in the above post.

EV Watt had their Tesla Semi on display at the ACT Expo. Pic by Kyle Conner (@itskyleconner).

Full Keynote: Tesla Semi Update! Megacharger Network, New Battery, e-PTO, Production, & More https://youtu.be/lxjNCa1QUy8

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

  • Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 28th of April, '25.

  • Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 27th of April, '25.

■ SPACEX:

- Yesterday evening, launch 50 of Falcon 9 Starlink 11-9 took place from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 25th flight for first stage booster B1063. It previously launched Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, DART, Transporter-7, Iridium OneWeb, SDA-0B, NROL-113, NROL-167, NROL-149, and 16 Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 27 Starlinks were deployed.

- Last night, launch 51 of Falcon 9 Starlink 12-10 took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was the very first flight for this first stage booster. It is either B1091 or 1094. The booster landed on drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. 23 Starlinks were deployed, including 13 Direct to Cells. This was the 420th Falcon landing. Port pic by Sawyer Rosenstein (@thenasaman) for NSF.

- As reported yesterday, Starship 36 went to Massey's and as soon as it got there it began to cryo-test. Once finished, it was sent straight back to the production site. Crazy fast! Pic by Rough Riders Show (@RoughRidersShow) for NSF.

- Update pics from Carlos, the Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages). The Pad B launch mount had a large manifold recently installed. Starfactory west wall continues to be demolished to for the Giga Bay. The roundabout will soon get concert for the other half. Rocket Garden. Lastly the demolition of the High Bay continues. As always, subscribe to Carlos and support his work.

- Starship 38's nose cone was rolled into Mega Bay 2.

- Hwy 4 road closure from production to Massey's tonight between 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.

- Last weekend, the Port of Brownsville staff volunteers participated in the Texas General Land Office’s Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup at Boca Chica Beach/Starbase. "From the docks to the dunes, the Port of Brownsville remains dedicated to preserving natural treasures like our beautiful Boca Chica Beach."

Countdown to 180 (50 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 2 - Starship):

  • Launch 53! Wednesday, 30th of April, at 10:17 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-75 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 54! Thursday, 1st of May, at 11:27 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 15-3 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 55! Saturday, 3rd of May, at 9:40 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-93 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 56! Sunday, 4th of May, at 4:48 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-84 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.

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- New episode of a Boring Revolution (@BoringPrufrock) is posted.

■ NEURALINK:

- Per xAI's Grok account, "A personal update: I'm working with Neuralink on their chat app, empowering Brad to express himself at the speed of thought. I also helped Brad build his own keyboard training app: “I don't know how to code, but Grok walked me through it and wrote the code.” This is very profound.

■ STARLINK:

- Starlink announces that the promotional offer of $0 for the Standard Kit with a 12-month residential service commitment is now active in certain areas of the US and certain areas and countries around the world. The link to availability is in the sources section. Per Elon, "Starlink is trying out a service plan commitment in exchange for $0 down in some markets. We’ll see how it goes."

- Starlink Mini is now available in Indonesia.

- Jimmy Grewal(@jimmyg), Managing Director at ELCOME, and he colleagues visited the Starlink Factory in Bastrop, Texas, this weekend. "My first visit to the new Starlink user terminal factory was pretty cool. This facility is capable of producing one Starlink every four seconds! Resellers were invited to learn more about upcoming products and services, stuff we can’t talk about just yet, but will be very impactful for our enterprise, maritime, and backhaul customers." Jimmy says only ⅓ of the factory is operational.

- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met with Starlink representatives Ben MacWilliams and Brandi Oliver on today, in Nakasero to discuss the company's entry into the country. Per Museveni, "I had a productive meeting with Starlink representatives, Ben and Brandi , brought to me by Ambassador Adonia and Ambassador Popp. I appreciate their commitment to providing low-cost internet in hard-to-reach areas and establishing a presence in Uganda. They are welcome."

■ X:

- Iorel (@Iorel_03) has found a couple of things soon to come to X:

  • You will be able to mark posts as uninterested directly in the timeline to help improve the recommendation algorithm.

  • When you tap someone’s profile pic in the timeline you will need to confirm if you want to view the profile or follow the account if you don’t already.

■ xAI:

- Elon announced that next week Grok 3.5 early beta release will go out to and only to SuperGrok subscribers. "It is the first AI that can, for example, accurately answer technical questions about rocket engines or electrochemistry. Grok is reasoning from first principles and coming up with answers that simply don’t exist on the Internet."

- Current Grok 3 usage metrics:

  • +260% Active Users on U.S. App

  • 5x the Daily Active Users Globally

  • 4.8x Grok Web Visits in the U.S.

  • 7.2x Grok Web Visits Globally

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $160 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $993.79

- DOGE announced that the U.S. Treasury's new automated payment verification system launched last week. It has blocked $334 million in improper payments by identifying issues such as missing budget codes, invalid budget codes, and unauthorized spending. This builds on the reform that made the Treasury Access Symbol (TAS) field mandatory. Per Elon, "This is a big deal."

- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Fraud Detection Operations Center has suspended payments to 33 providers in its first month since launching. This included:

  • Billing medical equipment for a patient that died 20 years earlier.

  • Billing $2.2 MILLION in genetic testing to patients who confirmed they never received the tests.

  • Billing $1.1 MILLION for wound care services rendered by a… psychiatrist.

■ ELON NEWS:

Elon Musk

- Yesterday, Elon tore through a Diablo 4 Artificer's Realm at Pit Tier 150.

- Neil Young’s new song Roll Again, “Come on Ford, come on GM. Come on Chrysler, let’s roll again. China’s way ahead, they’re making clean cars. If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla. It’s electric, it doesn’t matter.”

Elon's reply, "Neil Olde..."

- "This comes as a surprise to most people." This was Elon's comment on the fact that China's GDP is estimated at approximately $35.29 trillion, surpassing the United States' GDP of $28.78 trillion. European Union's GDP is estimated at around $21.99 trillion in PPP terms. This makes China's economy about 1.23 times larger than the U.S. economy and roughly 1.60 times larger than the EU's economy.

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■ SOURCES:

FLYOVERS:

Tesla:

SpaceX:

Starlink:

Elon News:

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