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ELON CHRON: The Daily Chronicle of Elon Musk’s Companies

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“1.21 Gigawatts of training compute! (Actually, slightly more)…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA ($426.07, +2.21%):

– Tesla is participating in Portugal’s largest National Meeting of Electric Vehicles at the Algés Promenade this Saturday and Sunday. Cybertruck will be on hand and visitors can test drive the Model 3 and Y. Pics by Francisco Ferreira, a Tesla Senior Sales Advisor in Lisbon.

– Yesterday, Tesla Energy, Akaysha Energy, and Consolidated Power Projects successfully delivered the 224th Megapack to the Orana BESS. This marks the halfway point to its completion of 448 Megapacks. The Orana BESS, with a capacity of 415MW and 1660MWh of energy storage over four hours, is on track to become one of New South Wales’ largest battery energy storage systems.

– At the Uber Freight Deliver conference, Uber Freight CEO and ex-Tesla Senior Director of Charging Infrastructure, Rebecca Tinucci (@RebeccaTinucci), featured the launch of an industry-first dedicated EV fleet accelerator program with Tesla Semis.

– Tesla served as the official cars for the Poland Bike Road 2025 cycling series; 1st Race with Nature in Żabia Wola Municipality. Model Ys served as cars for the head judges, aiding race coordination. Winners received a weekend demo with Model Ys and 3s. Per Anna Glapa, Tesla Warsaw Store Manager, “We’re proud to support events that bring people together, celebrate an active lifestyle, and promote a sustainable future.”

– Tesla is developing wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) rides for its Robotaxi service in Austin. This was indicated by a new accessibility section in its mobile app. While they work on its own solution to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards, Tesla directs users to CapMetro Access and Lone Star Medical Transportation. H/T Drive Tesla Canda (@DriveTeslaca).

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

  • Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 19th of September, ’25.

  • Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler (@HinrichsZane),18th of September, ’25.

  • Fremont Factory: Met God, 18th of September, ’25.

■ SPACEX:

– Shoutout to Reagan Beck (@bluemoondance74) for this amazing pic from the McGregor Test Facility.

– Today, launch 122 of Falcon 9 Starlink 17-12 took place from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This was the 10th flight for first stage booster B1088. It previously launched NROL-126, Transporter-12, SPHEREx, NROL-57, and five Starlink missions. The booster will land on drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Pacific Ocean. 24 Starlinks were deployed.

– Two aborted static fire attempts for Starship 38. One yesterday evening and this morning. Yesterday’s static fire was aborted due to issues with Ship Quick Disconnect. Employees worked through the night disconnecting hoses and plates to make the repairs. Pic by @StarshipGazer

– As we waited for the static fire this morning, SpaceX used the time to test Pad 2’s deluge system. Video by NSF (@NASASpaceflight).

– The employee apartment complex at near the village continues to grow. Good progress since I was there for Flight 10. Screenshot from @LabPadre‘s live feed.

– Last night we got to see Super Heavy Booster 18’s aft section move from the Starfactory into Mega Bay 1. This first V3 aft section! This completes the LOX tank.

– Last night at Massey’s, after the 10th cryo-test, it looks like Test Tank 18.1 was tested to failure.

– SpaceX proposed a license modification for additional Starship-Super Heavy launch trajectories and Return to Launch Site (RTLS) missions at Starbase. The Draft Tiered EA assesses temporary airspace closures impacting U.S., Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and oceanic air routes. Up to 22 annual launches and landings may affect 10–200 commercial aircraft per hour, causing 40-minute to 2-hour delays, while RTLS operations could impact 200 aircraft per hour with 40–60-minute delays.

Starbase City Commission Meeting (Located at 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521):

  • City Commission Regular Meeting, October 15, 2025 7:00 PM

  • City Commission Regular Meeting, November 19, 2025 7:00 PM

  • City Commission Regular Meeting, December 17, 2025 7:00 PM

Countdown to 180 (118 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 4 – Starship):

  • Launch 123! Sunday, 21st of September, at 5:20 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-27 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 124! Sunday, 21st of September, at 10:37 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 NROL-48 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. This is the eleventh batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

  • Launch 125! Tuesday, September 23rd, at 7:32 a.m. ET, Flacon 9 IMAP & Others 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. IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is a NASA mission to study interactions between solar wind and local interstellar medium. Carrying a suite of 10 scientific instruments to investigate how particles are accelerated, determine their composition, as well as help to advance space weather forecasting models. This launch also includes several secondary payloads from NASA, which are: Lunar Trailblazer, space weather satellite SWFO-L1, mission GLIDE to study far ultraviolet emission in exosphere, and the Solar Cruiser solar sail mission.

  • Launch 126! Wednesday, 24th of September, at 6:57 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 17-11 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 127! Thursday, 25th of September, at 4:36 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-15 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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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

– Michel (@Mic_VegasSphere) has another Vegas LOOP update! He hit the Vegas loop Paradise Station and Apartments across from the Virgin north parking lot. “Not a lot new here but they just got County approval for the building a few weeks ago.”

■ NEURALINK:

– NP3 Brad Smith (@ALScyborg) dropped new episode of Future Link. It’s myth debunking time! Subscribe to Brad and support him and his family. Watch here.

– Per Neuralink Infrastructure Engineer, Joe Smith (@Yasumoto), “Neuralink’s IT Systems Engineering team builds the MDM to support our global clinical trials! We provision and maintain the fleet that our participants use during each of our clinical trials. The compliance, privacy, and UX requirements are unreal. So fun to see it in action. It was wild to see Noland (@ModdedQuad) break the world record on a laptop we configured.”

■ STARLINK:

– According to India’s Department of Telecommunications, cited by NDTV Profit, SpaceX plans to establish 20 Starlink Gateways across Noida, Chennai, and Navi Mumbai.

■ 𝕏:

– X’s Marketing SEA team participated in a Shopify event in Singapore on yesterday, focusing on AI applications in e-commerce. Highlights included how Grok enables smarter, personalized ads on X, generating draft copy, images, and headlines from a website URL via the “Prefill with Grok” tool, while analyzing campaign performance for full-funnel brand success.

– Per Elon, “The algorithm will be purely AI by November, with significant progress along the way. We will open source the algorithm every two weeks or so. By November or certainly December, you will be able to adjust your feed dynamically just by asking Grok.”

– Per X’s Nikita Bier (@nikitabier) on the recommendation algo, “The goal for your X timeline is to get out of the mainstream algo and the political crusades and find your niche. You should be able to post about your interests and have friendly, relevant people chime in. If you’re seeing gas station fight videos, your account is not ramped up yet. We are working everyday to fix this.”

– X Global Governmental Affairs exposed a bribery network where suspended accounts running crypto scams and platform manipulation paid middlemen to bribe employees for account reinstatements. Perpetrators, linked to cybercriminal group “The Com” involved in scams, SIM-swapping, and ransomware, exploit platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Minecraft, and Roblox. X suspended involved accounts, launched legal proceedings against participants, and is cooperating with law enforcement to safeguard platform integrity.

– The X Monetization page was down for about 4 hours today.

■ xAI:

– xAI raised $10 billion at a $200 billion post-money valuation, per CNBC sources. The funding aims to expand xAI’s AI infrastructure through data centers. The $200 billion valuation positions xAI among top global firms, behind OpenAI, ByteDance, and SpaceX. xAI nor Elon have confirmed this.

– xAI Technical Team Member, Heinrich Kuttler (@HeinrichKuttler), noted hard work gets rewarded at his company and posted the above pic. A hologram video of Ani in the xAI Palo Alto lobby.

– Grok has 64 million monthly users.

– Tech Dev Notes (@techdevnotes) has found that xAI will soon introduce Spreadsheets to Grok.

– xAI has updated Grok Web’s project sharing. Users can now directly view projects shared to their account via email permission, without needing a share link. The projects icon has also been updated to a folder icon. H/T @blankspeaker.

■ ELON NEWS:

– Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) made a post saying, “This isn’t right” on Disney’s ABC dropping Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) indefinitely. Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

Elon replied back to Be saying, “He went full retard. Never go full retard.” LAMO! If you do not know this quote Elon used, watch Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder.

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■ SOURCES:

FLYOVERS:

  • Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer

  • Giga Nevada Semi Factory: Zanegler

  • Fremont Factory: MetGod

SpaceX:

Starlink:

xAI:

Elon News:

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