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■ TESLA $TSLA ($439.62, -1.26%):
– Tesla at the Nevo EV Show last weekend in the RDS Simmonscourt! Pics by Jessica Kimy, Sr Event Coordinator for Tesla Ireland.
– For September, the Model Y and 3 were officially the world’s Top 2 best-selling EVs. Model Y hit 141,000 units, while the Model 3 hit 67,000 units.
– Tesla’s Supercharging Director Max de Zegher (@MdeZegher) announced that Google Maps now shows live Supercharger availability for non-Tesla EVs. He is pushing for adding real-time wait times, forecasts, and dynamic re-routing—features in the Tesla Trip Planner since 2017.
– Here is Tesla’s SEC filing for the issuance of Elon’s 2025 CEO Performance Award, comprising 423.7 million restricted shares divided into 12 tranches, each requiring achievement of specific market capitalization milestones.
Starting at $2 trillion for the first tranche, followed by nine increments of $500 billion up to $7.5 trillion, and $1 trillion each for the final two to reach $8.5 trillion. This is paired with operational goals including 20 million annual vehicle deliveries, 10 million full self-driving subscriptions, 1 million humanoid robots, 1 million Robotaxis, and $400 billion in adjusted EBITDA over four consecutive quarters, with the last two tranches additionally contingent on developing a CEO succession plan.
The shares, held in Elon’s revocable trust and voted by proxy to prevent direct control, vest in 2033 if earned by September 3rd, 2030, or in 2035 if earned thereafter, subject to Elon’s continuous executive service and no guaranteed salary or cash bonus.
– Sneak peak at the Tesla Semi for Veterans Day at Giga Nevada. Pic by Zanegler (@HinrichsZane).
– For October, Tesla China sales totaled 26,006 vehicles, down -35.8% YoY and -63.6% MoM. Model Y sold 19,488 units and Model 3 at 6,518 units (+52% YoY). Exports from China surged to 35,491 units, the highest in two years, including 19,074 Model Y units (up 214% YoY).
– The Tesla CyBear Team! Per Samuel Higgwe, sculptor artist, architectural designer, and 3D visualizer at Tesla, “After 2.5 years of design leadership, I’m thrilled to see this symbolic monument come to life — a fusion of strength and spirit, the CyBear stands as a tribute to resilience and innovation. Inspired by the California Grizzly Bear, it reflects Tesla’s design language and drive for excellence. This milestone project was made possible by an incredible team of fabricators, architectural and construction experts here at Tesla. From early concept through fabrication and final installation, it’s been a journey of collaboration, precision, and pride.”
FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):
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Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane), 11th of October, ‘25. A cool glimpse at a Veterans tribute wrapped Tesla Semi at the end. Plus Pegasus!
■ SPACEX:
– Yesterday, launch 149 of Falcon 9 Starlink 6-87 took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. This was the third flight for first stage booster B1096. It previously launched KF-01 and IMAP. The booster landed on drone ship Just Read the Instructions in the Atlantic Ocean. 29 Starlinks were deployed. This was the record breaking 94th rocket launch from the Space Coast this year.
Per SpaceX VP of Launch, Kiko Dontchev (@TurkeyBeaver), “Worlds busiest spaceport! Only possible due to the hard work of Space Launch Delta 45 (@SLDelta45) of Cape Canveral Space Force Base and Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) and their excellent partnership with the commercial providers.”
– Last night image of Starship 39 inside Mega Bay 2. Pic by Carlos (@cnunezimages).
– SpaceX’s Sr. Commercial Launch Sales Manager, Elena Pysher (@elenapysher), announced she will be at the Space Tech Expo November 18th – 20th at the Messe in Bremen, Germany. “If you’ll be there and want to chat launches, partnerships, or what’s next in space, I’d love to connect.”
– Four more Raptor 3s leaving the McGregor Test Facility yesterday. Looks to be 63, 57, 58 and 47.
– Today, Super Heavy Booster 17 was on the moved towards Mega Bay 1, but was then returned to the Rocket Garden. SpaceX is most likely going to scrap the vehicle.
Starbase City Commission Meeting (Located at The Hub, 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521):
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City Commission Regular Meeting, November 19, 2025 7:00 PM
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City Commission Regular Meeting, December 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Countdown to 180 (144 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 5 – Starship):
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Launch 150! Thursday, 13th of November, at 10:01 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-89 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.
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Launch 151! Friday, 14th of November, at 10:01 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-85 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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Launch 152! Sunday, 16th of November, at 9:12 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Sentinel-6B will launch from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The booster will return-to-site (RTS) and land at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg. The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich (launched November 2020) and Sentinel-6B make up the Sentinel-6 mission, also known as Jason Continuity of Service (Jason-CS), which is a partnership between NASA, NOAA, ESA, and EUMETSAT. This mission continues the long-term global sea surface height data record begun by first Jason satellites in 1992.
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Launch 153! Tuesday, 18th of November, at 6:29 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 6-94 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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Launch 154! Wednesday, 19th of November, at 6:00 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-30 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.
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Launch 155! ???, Falcon 9 Transporter 15 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. SpaceX’s 15th dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
■ THE BORING COMPANY:
– TBC received fines totaling over $493,000 from the Clark County Water Reclamation District for dumping “toxic” drilling fluids and spoils from its Las Vegas tunneling operations into sewer system manholes. The violations damaged county infrastructure, necessitating remediation of 12 cubic yards of drilling mud and waste at a sewage treatment facility, with over $130,000 of the penalties covering those costs and the balance addressing emergency responses and infractions. Yikes!
■ NEURALINK: N/A…
■ STARLINK:
– SpaceX’s Sr. Director, Market Access & Development, Ryan Goodnight (@ryangoodnight) and Elijah Junior Qwabe of eMedia at the Africa Tech Festival 2025 discussing how Starlink can bridge South Africa’s digital divide, emphasizing the existing demand for high-speed internet in rural and underserved areas. They highlighted two critical requirements: achieving regulatory certainty for international operators through eased Black Economic Empowerment compliance via equity equivalent investment programs, and eliminating entry barriers such as hardware import bans and licensing delays, as evident by ICASA’s ongoing policy reviews. SpaceX has pledged $146 million investment to support broadband expansion while adhering to local transformation goals.
– Yesterday, Best Buy dropped their Starlink Mini price to $230. Today, SpaceX dropped the price to $229 for the Mini and $279 for the Standard. Looks like all major retailers have suit. For those who already have a Residential Plan, remember to keep an eye out for an email offering you a FREE Mini for being a loyal customer. If you are purchasing, I suggest you do it via the Starlink website and use a referral for a free month of service.
– SpaceX has also introduced Residential 100Mbps, a $40/mo. Starlink plan available in select U.S. regions including Nebraska, Minnesota, and Nevada. It offers capped download speeds of 100 Mbps with unlimited data and unrestricted upload speeds. The company describes it as a simpler alternative for smaller households of 2–3 people requiring only basic activities like web browsing, video calls, and HD streaming.
■ 𝕏:
– X’s Bangers has started handing out badges! This program seeks to drive original, engaging posts from personal accounts that drive authentic interactions like verified impressions, likes, bookmarks, reposts, and replies. If your post is featured, you will get a Certified Banger badge on your profile for an entire month. If you are looking to compete, here are the rules:
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Excludes business, political, or government-affiliated profiles and those with repeated rule violations or system-gaming attempts.
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Eligible posts must be original content created or uniquely transformed by the user.
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Written in English initially with plans for other languages.
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Cannot include sexually explicit material, advertisements, sponsored content, misleading or harassing elements, graphic or disturbing messages, or violence.
– If you are interested in discovering and testing upcoming and experimental features on X, check out the new Chrome Extension @blankspeaker made. It works on desktop and ms-edge on android. Click HERE for access.
– Community Notes announced an experimental algorithm update testing an enhancement to surface significantly more helpful notes on X posts. Visibility is limited to a random test group for feedback collection. The update, the “Gaussian Model”, aims to refine note ranking through probabilistic modeling to improve accuracy and relevance. Basically aggregating note helpfulness via geometric mean across 50 spectrum points (25 per side) with Gaussian smoothing, a dot-product prior (exp(λ · point · note_factor)), and overweighted Not Helpful votes.
■ xAI:
– X Japan CEO Ayumu Matsuyama (@ayumu_matsuyama) met Mika (@m) at the xAI Palo Alto HQ.
– Today, xAI’s Legal Head, Lily Lim (@LiLiDuc22), announced she is leaving the company. “I thank Elon and each and every member of xAI for the opportunity to work with you in tackling pressing frontier AI issues with thoughtfulness, intelligent discourse, and heartfelt humanity. I may take a day or two, now that I’m not working 100+/hrs a week, to shop for a new Ducati Panigale, put on a swimsuit to catch a few waves, or catch the next SpaceX launch.”
– Elon wants your feedback. “What are the most important improvements to make to Grok 4 Fast? Critical feedback is much appreciated.” Click HERE and leave your thoughts.
– The xAI API now supports the following files with a maximum 48 MB per file (H/T Tech Dev Notes (@techdevnotes):
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Plain text files (.txt)
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Word (.docx)
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Markdown files (.md)
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Code files (.py, .js, .java, etc.)
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CSV files (.csv)
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JSON files (.json)
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PDF documents (.pdf)
■ ELON NEWS: N/A…
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SpaceX:
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Starlink Mission 6-87
The Boring Company:
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