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

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2025-06-17 20:17:39
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17th of June, 2025

"I think we need to move on from this ancient space station..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA $TSLA ($316.28, -3.90%):

- According to cars.com Tesla has ranked the most American-made cars for the 4th year in a row. They grabbed the top four spots; 3, Y, S, X!

- New shots of the Tesla Lithium Refinery in Robstown, Texas, by Michael Wyatt of Wyatt Aerial Productions.

- In the U.S., Tesla extended the 1.99% APR promotion for the Model Y Long Range AWD until the 30th of June. Requires a minimum 15% down payment plus applicable taxes and fees. You can apply the $7,500 federal tax credit towards the down payment.

- Tesla Recruiter and Scholarship Program Volunteer, Alexis Jayme Brunner, posted that the following schools and Tesla teams have collaborated onsite visits, field trips, and career fairs in Q2. Over 460 automotive students have been engaged across the U.S. Schools include Boston Public Schools, Quinsigamond Community College, TCAT Knoxville, Bates Technical College, Dallas College - Dallas Eastfield, Lincoln Tech - Grand Prairie & Indianapolis, WyoTech, Universal Technical Institute - Lisle & Austin, and Suncoast Technical College. Tesla is driving their START Service, Collision, and Pathway certification programs.

- Last Friday, Waldron Engineering and Construction broke ground on a California microgrid project, consisting of a Megapack, Mainspring Energy Generators, and Solar Combustion Turbines.

- Tesla China insured 15,500 last week, placing them at 95,680 vehicles insured for Q2 with only two weeks to go.

■ SPACEX:

- Last night, we had beautiful launch 77 of Falcon 9 Starlink 15-9 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the third flight for first stage booster B1093. It previously launched two other Starlink missions. The booster landed on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 26 Starlinks were deployed. Video from Dodger Stadium by tiktok u/la_sports_unfiltered. Skyline pics by Mark J. Rebilas (@rebilasphoto) and Maddie Urquhart (@rocketgobrrrrr).

Countdown to 180 (74 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 3 - Starship):

  • Launch 78! Wednesday, 18th of June, at 1:38 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-18 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 79! Thursday, 19th of June, at 4:53 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Axiom Space Mission 4 (Ax4) will launch from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This will be the maiden flight of Crew Dragon C213, the fifth and final Crew Dragon spacecraft built by SpaceX. The booster B1094 will return to site, and land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Crew consists of Commander Peggy Whitson (United States of America), Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla (India), Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański (Poland), and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu (Hungary).

  • Launch 80! Friday, 20th of June, at 2:19 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Transporter 14 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will return to Vandenberg and land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4). This will be SpaceX's 14th dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

  • Launch 81! Sunday, 22nd of June, at 1:47 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-23 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 82! Wednesday, 25th of June, at 1:32 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-34 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.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- New images out of Las Vegas of the LOOP. Pics are from TBC's Jordan Hanna. I'm not sure exactly where this is, but it is obviously near the airport. Maybe UNLV.

■ NEURALINK:

- Ryan Tanaka (@RyanTanaka3) has released a new Neura Pod (@NeuraPod); How These 5 Innovations Make Elon Musk's Neuralink Technology Possible. This episode stars James Douma (@jamesdouma) and as the title suggest they dig into the BCI and the tech involved. Video link is in the sources section.

- FYI, we are still waiting on the Neuralink update!

■ STARLINK:

- Today, SpaceX's President and COO Gwynne Shotwell (@ , VP of Starlink Business Lauren Dreyer (@laurendreyer06), and Director of Global Licensing Ryan Goodnight (@ryangoodnight) met with India's Communication Minister, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia).

Per Jyotiraditya, "Had a productive meeting with Ms. Shotwell on India’s next frontier in connectivity. We delved into opportunities for collaboration in satellite communications to power Digital India’s soaring ambitions and empower every citizen across the country... Ms. Shotwell appreciated the license granted to Starlink."

Earlier this month SpaceX received a commercial operations license from the telecom department, and signed agreements with Ambani's Reliance Jio and Mittal's Bharti Airtel, which together control more than 70% of India's telecom market.

- VP of Starlink Business Operations, Lauren Dreyer (, announced that SpaceX is negotiating commercial agreements with various South African organizations to provide high-speed internet to schools, businesses, and individuals across the country upon receiving a license. She noted that equity equivalence is permitted in most South African sectors, including the ICT Sector Code and that it requires no legal changes. SpaceX has proposed connecting 5,000 rural schools to free high-speed internet, benefiting 2.4 million students, as part of its Equity Equivalence program, pending updates to telecom policies and regulations.

- Per Elon, "Starlink Internet enables education and prosperity to the least served."

- SpaceX's has expanded Starlink's rooftop dish installation service to 35 US states. It was previously limited to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. The $199 add-on service is provided by DSI Systems and customers will also need to buy a separate mount costing $38-$74.

■ X:

- At Cannes Lions 2025 today, CEO Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) joined Managing Director of MediaLink, Christopher Vollmer (@chrisvollmer) to discuss how X is reshaping real-time connection and what it means for advertisers.

- Today, X filed a First Amendment lawsuit against New York's NY S895B, a social media regulation mirroring California's CA AB 587. X successfully challenged CA AB 587 last year in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling its key provisions unconstitutional. Despite this, New York passed NY S895B to pressure platforms into suppressing speech the government disapproves of. X, the sole platform defending user rights, is confident of victory and committed to protecting free expression.

- Community Notes introduced a limit on the number of notes a contributor can write on a single account in a short period. It is based on the helpfulness of their past notes. This is to maintain high-quality notes and reduce unnecessary ones.

■ xAI:

- Oracle has announced a partnership with xAI to deliver Grok 3 models through the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service for content creation, research, and business process automation.

Per xAI co-founder Jimmy Ba (@jimmybajimmyba), "Grok 3 represents a leap forward in AI capabilities and Oracle’s advanced data platform will accelerate its impact on enterprises. This collaboration between xAI and Oracle is set to redefine enterprise-grade AI."

- Tasks is available to all SuperGrok users via the Web.

- According to Bloomberg, xAI is negotiating a $4.3 billion equity investment alongside the $5 billion debt funding plan managed by Morgan Stanley. Commitments for the debt sale are due today, Tuesday, the 17th of June. The report also mentions that xAI may receive a $650 million rebate from a manufacturer to reduce costs. No mention of who that manufacture might be. xAI is planning to spend over half—approximately $4.65 billion—within three months based on deal terms shared with investors. The company anticipates using $13 billion in 2025, equating to over $1 billion/mo.

- Today, the NAACP stated they intend to sue xAI over emissions from its Memphis data center, which operates with 15 natural gas generators. . Per xAI, "We take our commitment to the community and environment seriously. The temporary power generation units are operating in compliance with all applicable laws."

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $180 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $1,118.01

- U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer (@SecretaryLCD) announced the return of $4.4 billion in unspent COVID-era unemployment insurance funding to the Treasury’s General Fund. This completes a reconciliation process started in March 2025 with $1.4 billion returned. Originating from the 2020 CARES Act for temporary state unemployment programs, the funds were deemed unusable following a 2023 audit by the Department’s Office of Inspector General.

■ ELON NEWS:

- Elon spoke to Garry Tan (@garrytan) and over 2,000 technical college students at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School. Per Garry, "With less than 4 months planning the YC team pulled off a 2500 person event with some of the most brilliant minds in AI and tech... It’s the biggest event we’ve ever done and the energy has been unlike anything I’ve experienced before. Everyone feels that we’re living through a unique moment in time right now."

I could not find a full video of the conversation. So if you have one, let us know.

- As the Wall Street Journal (@wsj), the Guardian, and other MSM continue to use the "Elon does drugs" narrative, Elon decided to throw out his latest test. The results from the 11th of June are... ... ... negative. Elon does not have amphetamines, cocaine, or any other substances in his system.

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