ELON CHRON: 1st of April, 2026 - S.E. Robinson, Jr.

“If you want to know what’s really safe or what’s not, just try buying insurance for it…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA ($381.26, +2.56%):

– “Cybear-taxi…” by xAI Technical Staff Member, Alex Bustin (@abustin).

– Tesla has officially ended custom orders of the Model S and X. Existing inventory is all that remains. According to Elon, Tesla will hold an official ceremony to mark their ending. No date or location has been given yet.

– Tesla has discontinued FSD transfers in North America.

– Tesla should release their Q1 production and delivery results tomorrow, April 2nd, around 9:00 a.m. ET.

– Tesla Europe new vehicle registrations for March and Q1 2026:

France registered 9,569 in March, +203% YoY. Q1 2026 +108% YoY.
Norway registered 6,150 in March, +178% YoY. Q1 2026 +95% YoY.
Sweden registered 1,447 in March, +144% YoY. Q1 2026 +48% YoY.
Denmark registered 1,784 in March, +96% YoY. Q1 2026 +50% YoY.
Netherlands registered 1,819 in March, +72% YoY. Q1 2026 -23% YoY.
Spain registered 2,477 in March, +25% YoY! Q1 2026 +43% YoY.

– The Tesla Colombia Team.

Per Daniel Rivera, Delivery Specialist at Tesla Fremont, is on the ground supporting Tesla’s expansion into Colombia. “Grateful for the opportunity to be on the ground supporting Tesla’s expansion into a new market… You’re constantly stepping into new challenges, new environments, and figuring it out in real time.”

Per Tony S., Tesla Mexico Sr. Delivery Advisor, “Continuing this effort in Medellín, supporting Q1 deliveries, reinforced the importance of alignment, ownership, and adaptability when scaling in a new market.”

– Tesla has launched the Model YL in Malaysia and Hong Kong.

– Starting today, Tesla Japan is offering free Supercharging for 3 years with new Model 3 or Y orders. delivery must be made by June 30th.

Per Elon, “FSD 14.3 is in Tesla employee beta now and will probably go to wide release end of week…”

– Tesla Australia will extend their Next Million Powerwall Rebate by 3 months. This offers $750 – $1,500 AUD per Powerwall 3 or Powerwall 3 Expansion unit per address. It is applied by ordering from a Tesla Certified Installer by June 30th, registering in the Tesla rebate portal, completing installation and connection from now to September 30th, then submitting proof via the portal.

– Commercial Carrier Journal Chief Editor Jason Cannon examined the Tesla Semi. He reviewed the house-like ingress, cockpit center-seat, 1.2 megawatt charging capabilities, 1,000 HP (800 kW) tri-motor setup, 325- or 500-mile range options, and much more.

– Tesla Supercharging Q1:

2.5k Supercharger Stalls Opened, +19% YoY.
1.8 TWh Delivered, +22% YoY.
53 M Quarterly Charging Sessions, +26% YoY.
9.8k Tesla Milkshakes (+100% Brain Charge).
823 ML Gasoline Saved, 3.4 B kg CO2e Avoided.

– Nick Roberts, Tesla Managing Counsel for Amsterdam, North Holland, & the Netherlands, announced construction officially began on Harmony Energy’s (@Harmony_Energy_) 100 MW / 200 MWh Foriaux Megapack project in the Eure region of France. The site will store wind and solar power and support a significant portion of regional demand for up to two hours.

FLYOVERS:

Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 1st of April, ‘26. “The 1st GeoPier equipment has been delivered to the North Campus construction site to begin adding deep piers into the ground to support the future Optimus factory. more work to extend River Rd is underway along most of the E side, the SW test track is continuing to take shape, & we see a few Cybercabs in the outbound lot & crash testing along with w refresh Semi! Finally, it seems that Cybertruck production is ramping up again with many newly manufactured trucks in the outbound lot today!”

■ SPACEX:

– “To the Moon! Godspeed, Artemis II!” by Carlos (@cnunezimages).

– SpaceX has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. SpaceX will most likely seek to raise more than $50 billion with a valuation of more than $1.75 trillion; the largest IPO on record. The filing puts it on track for a June listing. SpaceX nor Elon have confirmed this. Here are the current knows and expectations:

Confidential filing allows regulator feedback and changes before public disclosure.
Offering details (number of shares and price range) expected in later filing.
Testing-the-waters investor meetings with executives scheduled this month.
Banks for senior roles: Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley.
Barclays Plc handles UK orders; Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG handle European orders.
Royal Bank of Canada manages Canada orders; Mizuho Financial Group Inc. handles Asia; Macquarie Group Ltd. handles Australia.
SpaceX is considering dual-class share structure giving insiders (such as Musk) extra voting power.
Up to 30% of offering potentially allocated to retail/small investors.
2026 revenue approaching $20 billion (mainly Falcon 9 launches and Starlink); xAI under $1 billion.
Proforma EBITDA expected to exceed $7.5 billion.

– Starbase Gigabay progress. You can see right behind the Cybertruck that more windows and cladding have been removed from the Starfactory. The facility will tie directly into the Gigabay. Beautiful shot by Carlos (@cnunezimages). Subscribe to Carlos and support his work.

– David Goldman (@davesgoldman), VP of Satellite Policy at SpaceX , alleged on behalf of SpaceX that Amazon is violating its approved orbital debris mitigation plan and license conditions under FCC Docket SAT-MOD-20211207-00186. Amazon dispensed satellites at higher altitudes (50-90 km) than authorized without adequate coordination or information sharing, increasing collision risk. Amazon represented satellites would insert near 400 km but launched into orbits above 450 km without approval. SpaceX states Amazon and Arianespace can adjust launch plans to comply and asked Amazon to prevent irreparable harm.

– The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) announced a $178.5 million task order award to SpaceX under the SDA-4 (Space Development Agency) portion of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 program. The two missions will deploy dozens of missile tracking satellites built by Sierra Space (@SierraSpaceCo), scheduled no earlier than the second half of fiscal year 2027 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base. This follows prior SDA-2 and SDA-3 awards to SpaceX.

– The LOX landing tank for Super Heavy Booster 20 was delivered to the Mega Bay 1 this morning. The LOX landing tank (also called LOX header tank) is a smaller side-mounted dedicated tank inside the main liquid oxygen tank. It holds LOX reserved exclusively for the landing burn and tower catch.

– On the OLM at Pad 2, SpaceX is testing Pharmacade stainless-steel cleaner. These test squares may be a sign for a very bright future for the OLMs… Pharmacade quickly removes rust from exterior stainless-steel surfaces, is safe to use, odorless, cleanroom-friendly and leaves no mess or hazardous waste.

– SpaceX sponsored the FIRST Engineering Inspiration Award at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Indiana Robotics competition at Columbus East High School in Columbus, Indiana. Fishers High School’s FRC #5010 Tiger Dynasty robotics team (@FRC5010) won the award and earned finalist honors. They competed against 38 of Indiana’s top robotics teams. They designed, engineered, programmed and built their 2026 robot “Lasagna” in six weeks. The team is ranked No. 3 in the state and will compete at the Indiana State Championship April 18 – 19. The award recognizes teams that demonstrate exceptional success in advancing respect for and appreciation of engineering.

2026 Launches (40 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 0 – Starship):

Launch 41! Thursday, 2nd of April, at 7:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-58 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 42! Thursday, 2nd of April, at 4:03 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 17-35 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.
Launch 43! Monday, 6th of April, at 7:39 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 17-21 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.
Launch 44! Wednesday, 8th of April, at 8:51 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Cygnus CRS-2 NG-24 will launch from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The booster will return to site and land at Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40). This is the 24th flight of the Orbital ATK’s uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 23rd flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.

■ THE BORING COMPANY:

– We have a Vegas LOOP update by Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere)! He visited the Not-a-Boring Apartment build site at 4300 Paradise Rd. The area is full of equipment.

Not-a-Boring Competition:

Talpa Tunneling (@TalpaUpv), “Everything we spent months building is now underway. We started with a visit to The Boring Company, understanding closely how real technology works, and continued presenting our project in the Team Mining Readiness Review, where we summarize all the work behind the tunnel machine. Step by step, everything has brought us here. It’s no longer preparation. Now is the time to prove it.”

CU Hyperloop (@CU_Hyperloop), “Our team has been hard at work getting everything prepared and completed for the days ahead.”

The Diggeridoos (@DiggeridoosVT), “Day 2 at the Boring Competition means inspection time. Today we dug our pit and painted our machine, while we made great progress in our inspections. We don’t plan on taking our foot off of the pedal!”

■ NEURALINK: N/A…

■ STARLINK:

– Today, SpaceX President & COO, Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell) and SpaceX VP of Starlink Business Operations, Lauren Dreyer (@laurendreyer06), met with Indian Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia). They held a teleconference with Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad K Sangma. A Letter of Intent was signed with Starlink India to pilot the service in the remote hill regions of Meghalaya. The pilot will connect schools, health centers, and communities where traditional infrastructure is difficult, focusing on education, healthcare, disaster management and economic development. Rollout is subject to regulatory approvals.

Elon on Delta Airlines choosing Amazon LEO over Starlink, “Delta doesn’t realize how much this will affect them…”

Per Mikołaj Paweł Sapek, AI & Sustainability Associate at Nordic Sustainability, “I officially feel like I’m living in the future. Flew from Paris to Turin today with Air France and had a total “wow” moment. Since I’m a Flying Blue member, I got to try their new Starlink Wi-Fi, and it’s actually insane. This wasn’t just “checking emails” speed. I actually spent the flight working with Claude Code at 30,000 feet. Zero lag, perfectly smooth it felt like I was sitting at my desk, just with a much better view. Speaking of the view: I could check in real-time exactly which peak I was looking at. Turns out, it was Mont Blanc looking spectacular.”

– Spark New Zealand (@SparkNZ) announced Spark Satellite, there Starlink Mobil service, is now live. For Spark customers on eligible mobile plans and phones, satellite text, and data including X, Google Maps, WhatsApp, AccuWeather, and Facebook Messenger are included at no extra cost. For those on any other mobile plans with an eligible device, satellite services can be added as an option for $10.

■ 𝕏:

– X Business has been recognized as a Webby Award Honoree for creating the AI-powered experiences at the TRON: ARES red carpet world premiere. This first-of-its-kind collaboration featured xAI technology, The Walt Disney Company, and Tesla’s Optimus. It turned the world premiere into an immersive experience from the red carpet to the timeline.

■ xAI:

– Grok Imagine settings now have Kids Mode. To activate Kids Mode: Open the Grok mobile app. Tap the menu (two lines) top left. Tap your profile. Scroll to “Kids Mode” and toggle ON. It can also be locked with a PIN.

■ ELON NEWS: N/A…

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