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ELON CHRON: The Daily Chronicle of Elon Musk's Companies (Patreon)

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2025-07-07 21:02:14
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2026-06
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7th of July, 2025

"AI video generation is advancing at the speed of light..." - Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA $TSLA ($293.94, -6.79%):

- Yesterday, I checked the progress at the Brookshire Megafactory build site. Concrete is poured on the Empire Blvd side of the new distribution facility. You could see that the roofing waterproof membrane is being installed. And behind a temporary fence on the west side of the main factory, two large covered items have been stagged. Very possible that these are the first pieces of equipment for the main factory. The interior is now completely empty other than a few man-lifts. I have posted 24 photos and a video for subscribers.

- The July 4th weekend celebration at the Tesla Cypress Center in Houston had a great turnout. Clinton (@vanquishfoes) was a machine serving burgers, Micah (@mjm012) was dropping knowledge on potential customers, Mae (@maerob420) was chasing kids, and the Tesla team was busy selling and delivering. Great event!

- Elon replied to Randy Kirk's (@RandyWKirk1) plea to build a Solar Gigafactory and more Megafactories. "Thinking about it..."

- For June:

  • In the UK sales increased by +14% YoY, with 7,719 vehicles sold. The Model Y sold 4,181 units and the 3 sold 3,538 units.

  • In Türkiye, the Model Y was the best-selling car with 7,235 units sold.

  • In Taiwan, the Model Y was the No. 1 imported luxury SUV and the best selling EV. The Model 3 was the No. 1 imported luxury sedan and the 2nd best EV behind the Y.

  • In South Korea, the Model Y was not only the best-selling car of any kind for June, but the entire first half of 2025.

- Mattia Granzotto, VRI Operations Supervisor for Tesla, led a collaborative meeting at the Longbridge Delivery Center in the UK, where colleagues from the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Norway, UK, and France. They aligned on processes to accelerate Tesla's used car business by leveraging their collective expertise, passion, and teamwork across markets.

- The Tesla Charging team is rolling out site arrival improvements to your Tesla. There will be icons indicating Valet Only or Pay to Park, notifications for Pay to Park, Parking Floor and Access Code, and all details will be easily accessible in the site card on your Tesla menu.

- Last Friday, Tesla held the grand opening of the Rockford Store in Illinois. Per General Manager, Sylia Yi, "I’m excited to lead the project and bring our mission to a new market. Extremely proud to support this team and looking forward to being part of this community." Pics by Sylia.

- Tesla Australia is now offering and extra $2,000 off a new vehicle when you trade in a used vehicle.

- Per German State Premier, Dietmar Woidke, on Tesla's Gigafactory. "Grünheide now supplies 38 countries, including many in the Arab world and also Taiwan. This makes the Tesla factory more resilient to fluctuations in the European and German markets."

- On Saturday, Tesla opened the new Nagoya Noritake Store in Japan. This is the third store to open in the Aichi prefecture. It is located at the AEON Mall in the Nagoya Noritake Garden. They have also installed Superchargers. Pics by Tesla Sr. Recruiter Yu Sasaki.

- Those with the Robotaxi App have already received an update. It includes an option to change the pickup location. H/T @JoeTegtmeyer.

- Marta Gentili, Sales Advisor at Tesla Brescia, Lombardy, Italy, participated in the Tesla Energy Experience at the Poiano Resort sul Garda. Organized with GreenSun and PMService, the event focused on technical and commercial training for sustainable energy, offered insights into Tesla's energy solutions, and a vision for a fossil-fuel-free future. Attendees test drove Model 3s and Ys. Pics by Marta.

- AGL Energy has acquired 100% of South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP) from Tesla for tens of millions, including 25 MW of solar and 7,000 Tesla Powerwall batteries (37 MW) in social housing. AGL plans to install 400 more batteries in 2025 and integrate the SAVPP with its east coast VPP network in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland, supporting its 1.6 GW decentralized assets target by 2027.

- The new Tesla Pop-up Store at the Zahia City Center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Pics by Mohamed Zaky, Tesla Customer Experience Specialist.

- Tesla Sweden refuted Teknikens Värld’s claims of deficient Model 3 brakes by citing 2021 tests showing braking distances of 36.5 meters for Model 3 RWD and 36.7 meters for Model 3 Long Range, outperforming nearly all competitors. They also highlighted the 3’s five-star safety ratings from Euro NCAP, NHTSA, and ANCAP, and its 2025 Euro NCAP safest car designation. Tesla criticized the magazine’s test methodology, noting real-world data and owner feedback contradicts the claims.

- The $514 million Tarong Megapack site at Stanwell’s Tarong Power Station in Queensland’s South Burnett has energized its two 275kV power transformers, moving it closer towards mid-2025 commissioning. The 300MW/600MWh battery features 164 Tesla Megapack 2XL units installed by Yurika. It can power 101,000 homes for two hours and supports grid stability and lower electricity prices by storing renewable energy.

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

  • Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 7th of July, '25. With all the rain and flooding, Giga Tex is pretty muddy today. Production and construction is slow. Glad everything turned out ok for Joe this weekend. Subscribe to him and support his work.

  • Giga Nevada: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 4th of July, '25. Beautiful flyover. Stamping extension is slowly closing in. Zane says the action is moving inside as Tesla is focuses on building out the production lines. Subscribe to Zane and support his work.

■ SPACEX:

- Starbase held their first 4th of July celebration! Here are some of the amazing photos at by Carlos over the weekend. If you haven't already, subscribe to Carlos (@cnunezimages) and support this work.

- Thanks to Niall-Ian Anderson (@INiallAnderson) and an image from RGV Aerial Photography (@RGVaerialphotos), we have a very accurate depiction of how SpaceX plans to setup the new Air Separation Unit (ASU) and where. As stated before, it is directly across the Hwy 4 from the launch complex, but this shows slightly closer to beach past the roundabout. Great job!

- Over the weekend, more cladding was added to the Tower at Pad-2. The Ship Transport Stand and Pad 1 continue to be retrofitted for Ship static fire testing. A Ship Quick Disconnect interface was spotted leaving Mega Bay 2; possibly for the retrofit at Pad-1.

- B1067 returns to Port Canaveral aboard drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas after its record setting 29th launch and landing. Awesome pic by @NASASpaceflight's Max Evans (mgde).

- Huge! Today, the first ever V3 Super Heavy Booster landing tank/transfer tube was spotted leaving the Starfactory and entering Mega Bay 1. Booster 18 awaits inside. Screenshots from @LabPadre's live feed.

- At the McGregor test facility, something went flying on Saturday. Big puff of smoke and a projectile took off skyward.

Starbase City Commission Meeting:

  • Wednesday, 16th of July, at 7:00 p.m. CT, at 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 02, Brownsville, TX 78521.

Countdown to 180 (83 - Falcon 9, 0 - Falcon Heavy, and 3 - Starship):

  • Launch 87! Tuesday, 8th of July, at 1:48 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-28 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 88! July, TBD. Falcon 9 Project Kuiper #1. First of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation.

  • Launch 89! July, TBD. NASA SpaceX Falcon 9 Crew-11 will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Booster B1094 will return to site and land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

- A Boring Revolution's (@BoringPrufrock) latest video is a brief update on the Airport Loop and the new Airport Station at 5032 Palo Verde Road, opposite Harry Reid International Airport.

■ NEURALINK:

- Elon on the human brain being an LLM. "It’s just a "large model" at this point, not a large language model, as the new models are all multimodal. Video (with sound) will be a supermajority of the byte count. Also, we should think of models in terms of Gigabytes, not parameters, given heavy use of int4 & fp4."

- On the 4th of July, Brad Smith (@ALScyborg), was able to enjoy fireworks with his family this year. The first time in a long while. Per Brad, "While watching fireworks on the 4th of July, I realized that ALS had taken this experience from my family! Neuralink gave me that back!" Love this!

■ STARLINK:

- Starlink is aiding Texas flood victims by providing Mini kits for search and rescue connectivity in dead zones, offering one month of free service to thousands of customers in Kerr, Kendall, Llano, Travis, and Comal Counties. This includes those with paused service. T-Mobile has enabled basic SMS texting for customers via Starlink Direct to Cell to ensure anyone with a compatible smartphone in these areas can receive emergency alerts from public safety authorities.

- Starlink is now available in Qatar.

- British Army initiative, Project CENTAUR, has collaborated with industry to modernize the Bowman tactical communications system, integrating Starlink for comms and to extend geographical range and beyond line-of-sight capabilities. This allows CENTAUR's tactical radio systems to connect and deployed networks from peacetime locations for force dispersal and reducing asset exposure. Pic by the 1st Signal Regiment.

- Jamie Beard, owner of Live U, successfully deployed Starlink for Channel 5 News coverage of the Oasis reunion tour in Cardiff. Beard faced challenges as 1,645 fans saturated cell networks with social media posts, causing low signal on the Live U. Starlink enabled a successful shoot, edit, and send of the operation.

- Ookla's Q1 2025 data shows Starlink, used by Hawaiian Airlines and Qatar Airways, delivers in-flight Wi-Fi with median download speeds of 152.37 Mbps, upload speeds of 24.16 Mbps, and latency of 44 ms, far outperforming competitors like Hughes (84.55 Mbps download), Intelsat (61.61 Mbps), Viasat (50.38 Mbps), and Deutsche Telekom's LTE (4.14 Mbps).

- Daniele Tassara, Principal Network Engineer at Carnival Corporation, ""In the context of life, Connectivity is power." From the the most remote places on the ocean, having connectivity is always one of the greatest tools." Pic by Daniele.

- One New Zealand announced they have transmitted over 2 million text messages, with more than 40 smartphone types via Starlink Direct-to-Cell. They stated nearly all messages were sent or received within 30 seconds.

■ X:

- Last Thursday, X held a Commerce & Brands Connect event at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center in China. It showcased Shenzhen's evolution into a $400 billion GDP tech hub, hosting over 24 major trade shows yearly. The event featured X Amplify, a product leveraging AI-driven advertising with a 30% ROI boost. Per X Australia Market Director and Head of APAC Global Brands, Angus Keene (@anguskeene), "Well done XAPAC team on an incredible client event this week in Shenzhen, China! Special shout to Ian Wheeler (@iwheeler) and Sabrina Wang (@SabrinaWangGeng) bringing X Amplify from the UK to China."

- On Saturday, X Japan hosted a debate among nine Japanese party leaders, including representatives from the Liberal Democratic Party and opposition parties. This is ahead of the July 20th House of Councilors election. The event was streamed live on X and garnered 1.2 million views within the first hour. Per X Japan CEO Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama), "Thank you to all the party leaders for attending the leaders' debate at our X office. I hope this will lead to more exciting policy conversations and encourage more citizens to get out and vote."

- Grok Translate is now available to all English-speaking users on X.

■ xAI:

- Per Elon, "Grok understands memes. Think about that."

- xAI will build a NatGas Power Plant in Southaven and a Solar Plant in Boxtown. Here is your update on the current plans:

  • Block 1 is Colossus 2, and the open area next to it will be the Megapack site and Chiller Plant.

  • Block 2 is a former Duke Energy natural gas plant and where xAI will build a Compressed NatGas power plant. Workers have already been spotted on-site, and there are staging yards in the surrounding areas. Elon has confirmed the supplier is from overseas, but I do not know who it is, where it is coming from, or the type of CNG plant.

  • Block 3 is Colossus 1. It already has 216 Megapacks on site; maybe more now. Directly north of the data center, xAI will build the Gray Water Plant.

  • Block 4 is the 522 acres of the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park that EDGE Memphis leased to xAI in October of 2024. This area will hold a Solar Plant. xAI has put the project on hold so the farmer who was leasing the area can get one final corn crop before he retires.

- A leaked benchmark revealed xAI’s Grok 4 scored 45% on the Humanities Last Exam (HLE), a rigorous test with 2,500 expert-crafted questions across 100+ disciplines, including 14% multimodal content and anti-memorization traps. This score surpasses most top-tier AI models, marking a significant achievement if verified. The source of the leak remains unknown.

- Per Elon, "We have improved Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions."

- xAI has released the Python SDK.

- xAI will soon give Grok cloud storage for your conversations and file uploads. H/T X Freeze (@amXFreeze).

- xAI's Attila Blenessy (@ablenessy) posted that the Grok Android app startup time is now ~20% faster just by using Startup & Baseline Profiles. "Data is still early but good signs; the app is still tiny but we already have three dex files."

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $190 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $1,180.12

- On the 4th of July, DOGE announced agencies terminated 54 contracts with a ceiling value of $1.8 billion and savings of $804 million. This includes:

  • $842k USAID professional services contract for a “director of the Armenia innovation hub within the USAID/Armenia Economic Growth Office”.

  • $33k USAGM contract for “24/7 FM broadcast services to the Togolese Republic”.

- Yesterday, DOGE announced the U.S. Office of Personnel Management cut its annual spend on federal contracts by 50%, from $484 million to $242 million. They have cut 191 contracts. This includes:

  • $12 million saved by internalizing retirement-related projects.

  • $5.9 million saved via restructuring the IT helpdesk and implementing efficiency measures. Dropping the average ticket backlog by 30%.

  • $39M saved by restructuring two underutilized IT contracts.

■ ELON NEWS:

- On July 4th, Independence Day, Elon held a vote to see if we wanted a 3rd political party; the America Party. The results were 65.4% Yes and 34.6% No.

Per Elon after the vote. "By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.

One way to execute on this would be to laser-focus on just 2 or 3 Senate seats and 8 to 10 House districts. Given the razor-thin legislative margins, that would be enough to serve as the deciding vote on contentious laws, ensuring that they serve the true will of the people.

When & where should we hold the inaugural American Party congress? This will be super fun!"

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