“Just as we will be the first to bring a Gigawatt of coherent training compute online, we will also be the first to 10GW, 100GW, 1TW…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
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■ TESLA ($425.85, -1.93%):
– Tesla China showcased showcased their products at the 2025 China Industry Expo in the National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai. On hand was Optimus, the Model YL & 3, and Cybertruck. Tesla China’s insurance registrations so far for September show a total of 47,000 units, a 25% increase from the prior three weeks. For last week, the Model Y led with 10,390 units, followed by the Model 3 at 6,060, and the Model Y L at 850. H/T @Tslachan.
– Tesla shareholders, it is now time to vote in favor of The Board naturally has their recommendations on all proposals to vote for or against. Big items include Elon’s pay-package and investing in xAI. Shareholders should have received control numbers to vote, with instructions available in proxy materials. You can click HERE if you have not voted received and email yet.
– Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) shared recent City of Austin permits for the Cortex 2’s Chiller Plant, Underground Mains, and Sprinkler System at Giga Texas. The permits, newly filed and under approval, indicate active planning for the cooling system essential to the supercomputer expansion.
– According to the latest IRS guidelines, to claim the federal EV tax credit, leased vehicles must be ordered and delivered by September 30th. There is a limited supply left in stock for the Model 3 and Y. For financed or cash purchases, orders must be placed by September 30th, but delivery can occur later. Eligibility may be affected by future IRS guideline changes though. So order now and take delivery as soon as possible is recommended.
– SETI Park (@seti_park) discovered Tesla’s US12420879B1 patent for the “True Unboxed Process 2.0,” has been granted. It outlines the Tesla’s True Unboxed Process 2.0 automated system for attaching exterior vehicle parts.
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Uses automated assembly cell with fixtures, global datum for alignment, vacuum/other clamps.
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Robotic adhesive arm applies structural adhesive to parts or vehicle structure.
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Robotic positioner compresses adhesive, aligning parts to nominal position, compensating for irregularities.
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Tacking applicator applies self-piercing datums/hot melt adhesive concurrently for ongoing assembly.
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Supports serial or concurrent part installation to design-specified positions.
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Adhesive gap accommodates differential heating/material properties.
– Per Elon on the proposed compensation plan, “It’s not about “compensation”, but about me having enough influence over Tesla to ensure safety if we build millions of robots. If I can just get kicked out in the future by activist shareholder advisory firms who don’t even own Tesla shares themselves, I’m not comfortable with that future.”
– Tesla is offering Canadian buyers of new Model 3 pre-existing inventory a choice between a $5k discount or unlimited free lifetime Supercharging if delivery is taken by September 30th. The discount applies automatically at checkout, but buyers must contact Tesla post-order to opt for free Supercharging. Use a referral and get three free months of FSD. H/T @DriveTeslaca.
– Tesla Model Y at the Riyadh showroom for Saudi National day. Video by Tesla Delivery Advisor, Ebtisam Alwasel.
– Tesla is preparing to launch operations in Colombia, its second South American market after Chile. Job postings on LinkedIn show roles for Tesla Advisors, Service Technicians, and Sales Managers, for Bogotá and Medellín.
– The 144 Megapack, 50 MW / 536 MWh, site adjacent to the Limondale solar farm near Balranald in south-west NSW, has registered with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to begin hold point testing. This is the first project to receive a Long-Term Energy Service Agreement under the NSW Long Duration Storage tender. Full commissioning is targeted for the end of this year.
■ SPACEX:
– A Local Notice to Mariners (LNM) has been posted for Flight 11! No earlier than October 6th starting at 6:15 p.m. CT.
– SpaceX’s Lead Space Operations Engineer, Anna Menon (@annawmenon), along with SpaceX alum, Yuri Kubo, have been announced as a members of the newest NASA astronaut class.
Anna flew to orbit with Jarred Isaacman (@rookisaacman) and crew on board Polaris Dawn last year. At SpaceX she manages crew operations development, serves as Mission Director and crew communicator in mission control, led Dragon crew capability implementation, created the crew communicator role, and developed emergency responses for vehicle issues like fires or depressurization. Previously, she worked seven years at NASA as a biomedical flight controller for the International Space Station.
At SpaceX, Yuri started as a ground controller and moved through as automation lead, launch conductor, launch director for Falcon 9, and managed control room operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base. He later became director of avionics for the Starshield program, overseeing satellite design, build, launch, and operations. And finally, he served as director of Ground Segment, leading the team responsible for all SpaceX communication antennas and coordinating third-party antennas for Dragon, Falcon 9, Starship, and Starlink operations. Yuri now serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Electric Hydrogen. Pic is of him and SpaceX alum Dolly Singh.
Per Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell), “Congratulations to all of the new NASA astronaut candidates! I’m excited for all of you to explore the cosmos on the way to making life multiplanetary! And a special shout-out to Anna and Yuri – we are beyond proud of our SpaceX family!”
– Raptor 3 No.3 leaving the test area at McGregor, Texas.
– Starbase, Texas, has been officially designated as a mailing address by the U.S. Postal Service, enabling residents in the surrounding unincorporated area (approximately 20 miles east of Brownsville) to use “Starbase, TX” on mail, packages, and official IDs.
– The Megabunker at the Starbase Launch Complex. Pic by Shaun Gisler (@lifeatstagezero) for @MarcusHouse.
Starbase City Commission Meeting (Located at 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521):
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City Commission Regular Meeting, October 15, 2025 7:00 PM
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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 (120 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 4 – Starship):
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Launch 125! Wednesday, September 24th, at 7:30 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. This launch includes several payloads from NASA, which are:
NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe): This 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.
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory: It charts spatial and temporal changes in exosphere shape, size, and density—extending up to 150,000 km from Earth—for the first time globally, to study solar wind interactions, space weather effects on atmospheric loss, and fundamental physics.
NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On – Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1): It will deliver real-time operational measurements of solar wind plasma, suprathermal ions, magnetic fields, and coronal mass ejections, enabling 24/7 forecasting of geomagnetic storms with 1-hour lead times to protect power grids, satellites, aviation, and infrastructure from solar flares, particles, and disruptions.
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Launch 126! 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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Launch 127! Thursday, 25th 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.
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Launch 128! Sunday, 28th of September, at 3:30 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-59 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 129! Sunday, 28th of September, at 4:32 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 11-20 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 130! Wednesday, 1st of October, at 12:48 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.
■ THE BORING COMPANY:
– Seth Ford’s (@Drone615net) new update has dropped on TBC’s Music City Loop. New retaining walls have been installed. The first TBM parts will start arriving this week and should be completely built by October. Follow Seth and help champion his outstanding work. He’s the sole source delivering exceptional, real-time updates from Nashville. Watch his video HERE.
■ NEURALINK:
– Ellie in Space (@esherifftv) has dropped her full interview with Jake Schneider (@PairedWith_P7), Neuralink’s 7th patient, and… Wow… it’s good. Very well done. Video in the sources section.
– NP6 Rob Greiner (@greiner_ro52817) posted his new setup that seamless integrates with his Neuralink. “Absolutely crazy what Neuralink can do for me… I can incorporate using Neuralink seamlessly with the quad stick, as well as voice command, and even a mouth click device called a glass OUSE. Absolutely crazy, especially for me! But I will have to say, Neuralink is by far the most efficient and exciting thing in my life right now. I can’t wait to see what’s next.”
■ STARLINK:
– SpaceX’s Ashima Wadhawan (@WadhawanAshima) has been appointed as Company Secretary at Starlink Communication India, SpaceX’s Indian subsidiary. She has been with SpaceX since last October, but an announcement on LinkedIn revealed her new position. Her expertise in regulatory compliance and as a strategic advisor will support Starlink India’s governance as it grows in India’s satellite communication sector.
– Enrique Perez, General Manager at Ontario Solutions, with his friends at Global Audiovisuals are getting ready to broadcast the Pablo Alboran’s concert live this afternoon with a combination of 4G and Starlink.
– Starlink Redmond, Washington. This facility serves as SpaceX’s primary hub for satellite operations, research and development, high-volume manufacturing of up to 70 satellites a week, and orbit control to support the constellation’s global broadband internet delivery. Pic by Kamran Cheema, CEO of Akoustis.
– Per Mltech Marine Connect, “16 hours on the sea. 8 hours out, 8 hours back riding on the Tanker Maisha to the Singapore Anchorage, a designated area off the coast of Singapore where ships anchor while awaiting port clearance. No phone signal and no internet connection. After completing the installation of Starlink and integrating the ship’s IT & communication systems, that first moment when the network came alive was priceless. Starlink fully online, seamlessly switching to VSAT GX100NX and FBB 500 as backup. Moments like these remind us how critical connectivity is — even in the middle of the ocean…”
■ 𝕏:
– The 𝕏 for Brands Summit at Chang Canvas Restaurant, Bangkok, Thailand.
– The X Business account announced their participation at the Sports Summit in Miami on October 8th – 9th. They will demonstrate how X enhances the sports experience for fans, brands, and industry leaders. The event details and ticket information are linked in their post. Tickets are now available at 50% off HERE.
■ xAI:
– Gigi (Zina) Campbell, Senior Sales Manager at HICO America, visited xAI in Palo Alto. “Zapped into datacenter dreams—HICO’s scaling HV, MV, and LV solutions with Silicon Valley style! Future’s charged!“
I put out the question, what’s in the box… Well, James Stephenson (@ICannot_Enough) found it! It’s 1 of 6 Hajime Sorayama’s Sexy Robot_Floating. It was original spotted at Grimes house. Well done, James!
– The Grok-Code-Fast-1 model for agentic coding, has achieved 2 trillion tokens in usage within its first month, outpacing the next closest competitor at 350 billion tokens per OpenRouter data. It maintains dominance in AI coding on the Kilo Code platform where it is integrated as a VS Code extension. The red in the chart, that’s Grok Code’s shares. No other model rank compares in developer preference or traffic. H/T X Freeze (@amXFreeze).
■ ELON NEWS:
– “Winning was never in the set of possible outcomes for Anthropic…”
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