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Want to Know what is happening with Elon Musk's companies today? Here you go! 10th of November, 2023 ■ TESLA $TSLA ($214.65, +2.22%): Ron Baron checking out the Cybertruck today outside of the Baron Funds Conference in New York. - The random drawings for the Cybertruck Delivery Event was completed last night according to Tesla IR Martin Viecha. Per Martin, “Good luck everyone! If you don't know who to bring as your +1, don't forget to invite a fellow community member. Invites will be out soon(ish).” - In China, SAIC-GM, the joint venture of SAIC Motor and General Motors, announced they will partner with Tesla for Supercharger Network access by the end of 2023. - The Australian Energy Market Operator gave the all clear for the Bouldercombe Megapack in Queensland to operate at full capacity. This is a 50 MW, two hour (100 MWh) Megapack site, the second to be switched on in the Queensland grid. - Tesla Ireland is putting on a Winter Roadshow Tour! They will bring Model 3s and Ys to various locations for everyone to check out and test drive. It starts November 10th through December 9th. Link is in the sources section. - Tesla introduced a new test drive program that enables users to access vehicles remotely using the Tesla App. It allows users to book a test drive, upload their drivers license, and unlock a Tesla Model 3 or Model Y demo for a one hour. There are 11 locations available across the US and now the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. - Tesla has an exhibit at the 13th China (Macau) International Automobile Expo from now until November 12. It is at the ABC Hall of the Venetian Cotai Expo. Go check it out if you are in the area. Pics in the thread. - The Japanese Uber service Hinomaru Kotsu is now using Tesla Model Ys as an Uber Premium EV and plan to increases their fleet to 100. They have 6 Superchargers available to the general public. Pics in the thread. - A 100,000 sqft Tesla Store and Service Center at 717 S. Desplaines St near the southwest corner of the Loop in Chicago. - A 50,000 sqft Tesla Store and Service Center in Londonderry, New Hampshire will open in late 2024. - There is a big update to the rewards available with the referral credits. Check out Drive Tesla Canada’s post in the thread. FLYOVERS: Giga Texas: @JoeTegtmeyer, 10th of November, ’23. 14 Cybertrucks! 10 were in the outbound lot. Joe also caught over 100 Cybertruck front castings. The other big news is the first vertical steel structure for the south end building extension is erected. Giga Berlin: Tobias Lindh, 9th of November, ’23. In this video Tobias walks us around, thorough, and up to the lounge of Giga Berlin’s new lobby. He sets the tone and ambiance here folks. The place is amazing and his selection of music is calm and chill. Watch this video! Giga Texas: Brad Sloan, 9th of November, ’23. Brad caught 10 Cybertrucks. Roof looks completed on the west side EOL. Megapack appears wired up. Model Ys are flowing out of the factory. Flyover Links in Source Section of Thread. ■ SPACEX: - Launch 81 of the Dragon Cargo NASA CRS-29 took place last night! Falcon 9 launched the 29th resupply run to the ISS from Launch Complex 39-A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster landed at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Tons of amazing pics in the thread. - Under Spotlights, Starship 25 was stacked atop Booster 9 last night for what should be the last time. It was quick and efficient. Literally nothing left but the FAA’s flight approval. Countdown to 100: - Launch 82! Saturday, November 9th at 10:47 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Transporter 9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Transporter-9 is SpaceX’s ninth dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. There will be 90 payloads on this flight including CubeSats, MicroSats, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying an additional 23 spacecraft to be deployed at a later time. The booster supporting this mission previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, and six Starlink missions. It will land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. - Launch 83! Sunday, November 12th at 4:08 p.m. ET, 2023Falcon 9 Mission O3b mPower 5 & 6 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. O3b mPower 5 & 6 are the fifth and sixth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES. This is the ninth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-26, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, and five Starlink missions. Booster will land on droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. ■ STARLINK: - The New Mexico Rail Runner Express is now utilizing Starlink to provide free high-speed internet to passengers. The train company is currently testing the service. “We are in testing mode right now, working out any bugs or issues, but we hope to officially launch the new system by the end of the year,” said Augusta Meyers, Rail Runner communications manager. ■ X: - The X Global Government Affairs team was is in Paris this week to support the Children Online Protection Lab and the Paris Peace Forum. They will be working towards a renewed agenda for 2024 with partners in government, industry, academia and civil society. - According to Elon, a major update to the recommendation algorithm is rolling out over the next few days. This will help surface smaller accounts and posts outside of your friend-follows network. - The New York Post is reporting X is making a 1/4th of its revenue from Premium subscriptions and API data licensing deals with entities like Google. ■ xAI: N/A… ■ NEURALINK: N/A… ■ THE BORING COMPANY: - Still waiting for Prufrock to surface at Westgate. Any day now! ■ ELON NEWS: - Darren Aronofsky has signed on to direct an Elon biopic with a screenplay based on Walter Isaacson’s biography. Per Elon, “Glad Darren is doing it. He is one of the best.” More Stories, Pics, and Videos in the Thread! Repost and Spread the News! __________ If you enjoy the updates, Subscribe to support. Every subscription really helps with the efforts of each article. Thanks for reading! Consider following the creators mentioned. I post my Want to Know updates every M-F at closing bell. This article is by S.E. Robinson, Jr., please credit accordingly. Have a great day!

Want to Know what is happening with Elon Musk's companies today? Here you go! 7th of November, 2023 ■ TESLA $TSLA ($222.18, +1.33%): Giga Berlin Main Entrance... - On Thursday this week the Tesla Store in Cambridge, UK, will host a behind-closed-doors private event at 6pm. If you are in the area you may want to look into this and try to attend. This does not happen very often and should be exciting. Model 3! Pic in the thread - Lucid Motors announced they are adopting Tesla’s NACS yesterday. Lucid will integrate NACS in 2025, and current vehicles with CCS will also be able to access the Tesla Supercharger network via an adapter in 2025. Per Elon, “That must have been a bitter pill to swallow.” - India is expediting approvals for Tesla's investment by January 2024. Talks have been ongoing between Tesla executives, including Rohan Patel (@RohanSPatel), and the Indian government regarding the build of a possible Factory and/or Battery Facility. - Tesla’s Powerwall fleet in Europe just surpassed 1GWh. According to Tesla Europe this is enough stored energy to power an average of 41k homes for 12h. - Las Vegas Locally posted that the Venetian will give away a Tesla Model 3 or $25K in cash to a lucky employee who works during Formula 1. Pamphlet in the thread. - Tesla is expected to increase the price of the Model Y in China. Pricing has not been released yet. FLYOVERS: N/A... ■ SPACEX: The Wall... by Starbase Surfer (@cnunezimages) Subscribe to support his work. - Starfactory expansion continues. Wall panels are nearly complete and SpaceX started the footings for the next section! Pic in the thread. - Launch 80 is tonight at 11:00 p.m. ET! Falcon 9 Starlink 6-27 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is the 11th flight for the first stage booster. It previously launched SES-22, ispace’s HAKUTO-R Mission 1, Hispasat Amazonas Nexus mission, CRS-27, and six Starlink missions. The booster will land on droneship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. - Road Closure posted to Boca Chica Beach & State Hwy 4 from November 13th to 15th from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT each day. This is for anticipated SpaceX testing activities. This does say for non-spaceflight activities. But, maybe that is because the approval for flight has not come. - A NOTAM is posted for Mexican airspace for the next launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket. The notice is valid from November 13th to 18th at 7 a.m. to 9:39 a.m. CT each day. This notice does say to watch for Falling Debris from SpaceX Starship. - Weather Forecast may be an issue next week. 50% rain Monday all the way to 30% Wednesday. Dissipates by Wednesday evening. - Starship 25 is getting missing heat tiles installed and we saw some activity with the Chopsticks. - The ISS astronauts will be given some mental relief after the SpaceX Dragon Cargo NASA CRS-29 launch this week. On board will be a HTC Vive Focus 3 VR headset. The headset will "treat astronauts for mental health conditions" associated with living in space for long periods of time. Countdown to 100: - Launch 81! Thursday, November 9th at 8:28 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Dragon Cargo NASA CRS-29 will launch from Launch Complex 39-A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The booster will land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. - Launch 82! Saturday, November 9th at 10:47 a.m. PT, Falcon 9 Transporter 9 will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Booster will land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4). - Launch 83! Sunday, November 12th at 4:08 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Mission O3b mPower 5 & 6 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. O3b mPower 5 & 6 are the fifth and sixth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES. Booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. ■ STARLINK: Photographer Maggie Martin in Colorado caught a Starlink Train during a lucky couple’s photo shoot! - Starlink won a contract from Mexico's Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the state’s energy firm, to provide services through December 2026. The contract is valued between 887.5 million pesos ($51 million) and 1.8 billion pesos ($101 million). - According to Bloomberg, SpaceX is on track to book revenues of about $9 billion this year across its launch and Starlink businesses with sales projected to rise to around $15 billion in 2024. Starlink sales are expected to overcome the launch side next year. ■ X: - X Business posted that we are only 10 days into X Year 2 and the following has already occurred; AI-powered personalization, Similar Posts feature, Audio/Video calling, Premium+ and Tier subscriptions, and more granular controls to make X yours (coming soon). 355 days of Year 2 left! - Sony announced that on the 13th of November all X integration on their PlayStation consoles will end, including ability to share photos and videos. Though no reason was given as to why, it is likely due to an API dispute and/or Sony unwilling to pay the now higher X API fees. Elon seemingly unaware posted, “I will look into this.” X integration by Xbox and Blizzard ended earlier this year. ■ xAI: - Per Elon, "Please that we are prioritizing access to Grok according to the length of time someone has had an X Premium+ account." - Not really news, but if you are not following my xAI List you are missing out on a bunch of AI geeks playing around with their newly created Grok and having a blast. ■ NEURALINK: - Space Enthusiast and You Tuber Marcus House posted recently about his young son who is going through the loss of his vision (you can support Marcus through subscriptions). Elon replied back to him what he is planning to do with Neuralink. “This is not much consolation, but Neuralink is working on a vision chip, which will be ready in a few years. That is the next area after enabling phone/computer telepathy for those who have lost their mind-body connection. We waiting for regulatory approval for our first human.” - A new article by Bloomberg on the patient registry, what Neuralink is looking for in first patients, and the surgery was posted yesterday. The verbiage is slightly dramatic, but if is accurate on what is taking place. Article in the sources section. - Tech Tuesday coming soon… ■ THE BORING COMPANY: N/A… boring. ■ ELON NEWS: N/A… More Stories, Pics, and Videos in the Thread! Repost and Spread the News! __________ If you enjoy the updates, Subscribe to support. Every subscription really helps with the efforts of each article. Thanks for reading! Consider following the creators mentioned. I post my Want to Know updates every M-F at closing bell. This article is by S.E. Robinson, Jr., please credit accordingly. Have a great day!