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EVs/space/tech. Bringing you the latest news in a single, easy-to-read feed. $TSLA & $SPCX investor, Model Y owner.

Joined January 2011
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Here’s Tesla’s new $350 Cybertruck RC racer. • Quick-release polycarbonate body • 11.1V 3S 3400mAh LiPo battery • Top speed: up to 37mph (60km/h) • Run time: up to 20 minutes
Tesla has just added 22 new items to its online shop: • Tesla Action Figure 2.5 Factory Edition: $45 • Cybercab pullback racer: $35 • Cybertruck RC Racer: $350 • Cybertruck pullback racer: $35 • 1:43 Scale Cybercab Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Cybertruck Diecast Holiday Edition: $85 • 1:43 Scale Model 3 Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Model Y Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Cybertruck Diecast: $65 • Tesla Cybercab Wooden Toy: $35 • Winter Holiday Dog Sweater: $35 • Winter Holiday Blanket: $95 • Tesla Ornament: $20 • Holiday Cat Mode Baby Box Set: $35 • Holiday Dog Mode Baby Box Set: $35 • Winter Holiday Mug: $30 • Winter Holiday Beanie: $40 • Winter Holiday Blanket: $95 • Winter Holiday Scarf: $40 • Winter Holiday Sweater: $85 • Winter Holiday Tee: $35 • Kids Winter Holiday Tee: $30 Photos of all the items are in the thread below. Shop: shop.tesla.com/category/spec…
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Tesla has just added 22 new items to its online shop: • Tesla Action Figure 2.5 Factory Edition: $45 • Cybercab pullback racer: $35 • Cybertruck RC Racer: $350 • Cybertruck pullback racer: $35 • 1:43 Scale Cybercab Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Cybertruck Diecast Holiday Edition: $85 • 1:43 Scale Model 3 Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Model Y Diecast: $65 • 1:43 Scale Cybertruck Diecast: $65 • Tesla Cybercab Wooden Toy: $35 • Winter Holiday Dog Sweater: $35 • Winter Holiday Blanket: $95 • Tesla Ornament: $20 • Holiday Cat Mode Baby Box Set: $35 • Holiday Dog Mode Baby Box Set: $35 • Winter Holiday Mug: $30 • Winter Holiday Beanie: $40 • Winter Holiday Blanket: $95 • Winter Holiday Scarf: $40 • Winter Holiday Sweater: $85 • Winter Holiday Tee: $35 • Kids Winter Holiday Tee: $30 Photos of all the items are in the thread below. Shop: shop.tesla.com/category/spec…
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Sawyer Merritt retweeted
Replying to @IterIntellectus
Actually, we’re aiming for 1TW/year from Earth, rising to over 1PW/year from the Moon. That’s why I say that if we achieve this outcome, SpaceX will obviously be worth more than Earth, because space is so staggeringly enormous!
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SpaceX has officially launched Grok Bot 1.0
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Elon on extending Cybertruck production until the end of summer 2027:
Replying to @elonmusk
This is not the smartest move from a profit-maximizing standpoint btw, but there must be some room in this world for sentimentality or what’s the point?
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Sawyer Merritt retweeted
Replying to @aaronburnett
We would be happy to take the compute back. No problem. But I think the opposite is going to happen.
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Good news for Cybertruck order holders, Tesla is extending Cybertruck production a few more months to the end of summer 2027 📐
In order to work through more of the Cybertruck order backlog, production will be extended through the end of summer 2027
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Sawyer Merritt retweeted
Hello Windy City Chicago’s first 50 Semis en route for delivery
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New Starlink Mini 2 ordered!
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Sawyer Merritt retweeted
JUST IN: Finland approves Tesla FSD system
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SpaceX's Starlink is getting significantly faster across the U.S., while also attracting more customers from traditional DSL, cable, and fixed wireless providers, according to a new Ookla report. Highlights: • Starlink urban users are also growing faster than rural users. • Median upload speeds surged 42% year-over-year, from 14.63 Mbps in 1H 2025 to 20.73 Mbps in 1H 2026, and improved in all 50 states and D.C., with gains ranging from 25% to 70%. • The number of Starlink Speedtest users testing in urban areas grew at more than twice the rate of rural users from 1H 2025 to 1H 2026. Urban users grew faster than rural users in every state but Alaska and Hawaii. • Starlink latency improved in nearly every state. Median multi-server latency improved year-over-year in 49 states and Washington, D.C. SpaceX's next-gen Starlink V3 sats will help improve speeds and latency significantly. Full report: ookla.com/articles/starlinks…
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Finland's transport authority, Traficom, said it ​approved Tesla's Assisted Driving (TAD) system after @Tesla renamed it from "Full Self-Driving" and tightened speed-control settings: "The decision to proceed more quickly is supported by the changes the manufacturer has now made to the system and the fact that recognizing the approval nationally at an earlier stage will give Finnish Tesla users an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the system before the most challenging winter conditions arrive. The name change helps users and the market understand the true nature of the system. The new name also takes future developments into account, as genuinely self-driving cars, where responsibility for driving shifts away from the driver, will become available alongside driver assistance systems. Changes have also been made to the system’s features, including its speed control settings. Drivers can no longer encourage the system to continuously maintain an unnecessarily high speed above the speed limit (50%). Furthermore, settings that allow speeding are now reset to default settings with no deviation from the speed limit whenever the vehicle is restarted, and the information provided to drivers about the speed settings selected by the system has been expanded and clarified. These changes ensure that drivers are aware of the decisions the car makes on their behalf and the settings that are currently active. Further changes to the system are expected before its EU-wide approval. These will not significantly affect how the system is used but will help drivers remain alert while driving." - Senior Specialist Jukka Juhola from Traficom.
Tesla FSD Supervised (now named Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe) has officially been approved in Finland, marking the 11th European country. Countries in Europe that have approved it so far: • Belgium • Netherlands • Denmark • Lithuania • Finland • Estonia • Slovenia • Czechia • Croatia • Slovakia • Latvia
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Tesla FSD Supervised (now named Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe) has officially been approved in Finland, marking the 11th European country. Countries in Europe that have approved it so far: • Belgium • Netherlands • Denmark • Lithuania • Finland • Estonia • Slovenia • Czechia • Croatia • Slovakia • Latvia
Now approved in Finland 🇫🇮 Rollout begins soon
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