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

“Speed is the best offense and defense…” – Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

■ TESLA ($302.63, -1.83%):

– Per Elon, “Just fyi I don’t have personal loans at this time against Tesla stock. Also, the taxes on the options are ~45%, so net gain in voting control is more like 4%. It is worrying in that I don’t want to build millions of robots and then potentially be ousted by activists and unable to ensure that public safety remains of paramount importance.”

– Okada Manila, the first integrated resort in the Philippines with a Forbes 5-star rating and Forbes VERIFIED Responsible Hospitality badge, has partnered with Tesla to introduce the country’s first Tesla Destination Charging station.

– The National Transport Commission (NTC) of Australia announced that autonomous vehicles are nearing deployment. The NTC is collaborating with state and territory governments to create a consistent framework, as current laws only assume human drivers. The NTC did not provide a revised timeline but expresses optimism, with a spokesperson anticipating automated shuttle bus services soon. All info provided by techAU (@techAU).

– Bruna Osako Rocha, an Engineering Intern at Tesla on the Cybertruck team, presented at her Intern Showcase, reaffirming her passion for the company despite warnings about its intense environment. Having returned to Tesla twice, she thrives on the challenge of building a future where cars drive themselves, surrounded by like-minded colleagues creating a faster, smarter, cleaner ecosystem. She credits her energy to the milestone moment Tesla represents. “There’s still more ahead. I’m focused. I’m building. I’m all in.”

– A camouflaged Tesla Model Y Performance prototype was spotted testing near Tesla’s Palo Alto engineering headquarters. The vehicle had Plaid-style 20-inch wheels and red brake calipers. Were posted by electrek.

– Tesla Australia/New Zealand has continued the $3,000 Novated Lease Incentive or Lending Incentive with an order of a new Model Y. You must take delivery by the 30th September. You can also transfer EAP or FSD to your new Tesla.

– In 2025, Tesla Automation GmbH of Germany welcomed over 50 new trainees and dual students. The new hires are starting in diverse roles, including industrial mechanic, electronics technician for industrial engineering, mechatronics technician, cutting machine operator, technical product designer, warehouse logistics specialist. They are also in dual study programs for mechanical engineering, business informatics, electrical engineering, and industrial engineering. They are contributing across shop floors, offices, and lecture halls.

– The Northland Workforce Training Center’s Summer Youth Academy Mechatronics students visited Giga New York to observe STEM skills like blueprint reading, assembly, troubleshooting, and design-thinking. They are constructing a pinball machine, and honing these skills so they can apply them in advanced manufacturing and potential career pathways.

– Tesla France is offering the Model Y starting from €41,810 with the CEE Coup de Pouce bonus of €3,180.

– Big Boy continues to put in the work at Giga Texas. Video by Adan Guajardo (@AdanGuajardo).

– On August 4th Tesla will launch its first official Supercharger Station in India at Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. It will consist of four V4 Stalls and four Destination Charging Stalls, giving Tesla owners flexible charging options.

– This week, Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant in California reached 535MW, with 500MW from Powerwall households. This offered a zero-emission solution with PG&E and California ISO support for a 51,276MW peak demand. A 2023 IEEE study showed a 15-20% grid stress reduction, though scalability depends on adoption and recycling. Tesla posted an X Article about this achievement. The link is in the SOURCES SECTION.

– Klarissa Garcia, Sr. Site Operations Coordinator at the Tesla Lithium Refinery, announced a partnership with This One’s for the Gals through the Powering Communities Program to provide students with real-world experiences, and aiming to break barriers and empower the next generation with new opportunities.

– Today, a Miami federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, presided over by Judge Beth Bloom, found Tesla partially liable for a 2019 Key Largo, Florida, crash involving its Autopilot system. They have ordered Tesla to pay $200 million in punitive damages and $129 million in compensatory damages, totaling $329 million. The crash occurred when driver George McGee, distracted by reaching for his dropped cellphone, failed to stop at a T-intersection, causing his Tesla Model S to strike a parked SUV, killing 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and severely injuring her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo. The jury attributed one-third of the blame to Tesla for enabling driver distraction and failing to warn McGee that the road was ending.

FLYOVERS (flight links in sources section):

Giga Texas: Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer), 1st of August, ’25. New S trenching, W berm work, SE corner of factory wall panels & many deliveries of production equipment for installation inside to expand production capacity, including robotic assembly machines! Old & new concrete switchyard vaults.

■ SPACEX:

– Per Elon, “Tracking to launch Starship mid August.”

– NASA SpaceX Crew-11 make their way to Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Crew includes NASA Commander Zena Cardman (@zenanaut), NASA Pilot Mike Fincke (@AstroIronMike), JAXA Mission Specialist Kimiya Yui (@Astro_Kimiya), and Roscosmos Mission Specialist Oleg Platonov. Pics by John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) and Gavin Richmond (@tweetsiphotos).

Falcon 9 first stage booster B1094 lifted off for launch 98 of the year, carrying the Crew aboard Crew Dragon Endeavour. This will be Crew Dragon Endeavour’s 6th flight. It previously flew the Demo-2, Crew-2, Ax-1, Crew-6, and Crew-8 missions. This was Booster B1094’s third flight. It previously launched a Starlink mission and Ax-4. It returned to site and land at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This was the last and final landing to be conducted at LZ-1. LZ-2 will still be utilized, but rocket landings are now to be done from the same location they launched from.

The Crew will conduct over 200 experiments. Key research includes:

StemCellEx-IP1 study to produce high-quality stem cells in microgravity.
BioNutrients-3 to generate on-demand nutrients using engineered microbes like yogurt and yeast.
Genes in Space-12 to examine microgravity’s effects on bacteria and bacteriophages.
Additional experiments involve plant cell division, vision protection strategies, and simulated lunar landings to prepare for NASA’s Artemis campaign.

Per SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell (@Gwynne_Shotwell), “These clouds didn’t screw us today! Godspeed Zena, Mike, Kimiya, and Oleg on your fantastic Crew-11 voyage to the ISS. The pic is by SpaceX’s Katie O’Neill (@Kto_space).

– Last night, after a successful payload bay and cryo-testing campaign, Starship 38 left Massey’s and returned to Mega Bay 2. It will soon have its Raptors installed and get prepped for a static fire. This is Flight 11.

– Super Heavy Booster 16’s hot stage ring was rolled into Mega Bay 1 yesterday for Flight 10. Plus, the 2nd Gen Starlink Loader was rolled into Mega Bay 2 for Starship 38. Pic via @LabPadre.

Starbase City Commission Meeting:

Regular Meeting: 20th of August, at 7:00 p.m. CT. Located at 39046 LBJ Blvd, Unit 2, Brownsville, TX 78521

Countdown to 180 (95 – Falcon 9, 0 – Falcon Heavy, and 3 – Starship):

Launch 99! Monday, 4th of August, at 12:11 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-30 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 100! Tuesday, 5th of August, at 1:00 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 17-4 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 101! Thursday, 7th of August, at 10:01 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 Starlink 10-30 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. This is the second of three SpaceX launches for Amazon’s Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation. 24 satellites will be on board.
Launch 102! Saturday, 9th of August, at 7:05 p.m. PT, Falcon 9 Starlink 17-4 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 ??! Flight 10 NET August 4th.

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■ THE BORING COMPANY:

– Chad Blackburn of NueCura Partners stands alongside Steve Davis, President of The Boring Company, and Landon Gibbs, Managing Partner at Altitude Ventures. According to Chad, the Nashville Music City LOOP initiative began like this. “One day, Landon was stuck in brutal Nashville traffic. Instead of just complaining, he took action—and cold-called Arun Prakash (@prakaru), the CFO of The Boring Company. That call kicked off a series of conversations that led to today’s milestone announcement. Proud to witness and support this moment as Nashville doubles down on innovation, infrastructure, and imagination.”

– Couple of new images of Lot 16. Can’t wait until we see a Prufrock TBM sitting there.

■ NEURALINK:

– Per Neuralink Clinical Trials Lead, Romina Nejad (@RominaNejad),

“2023: 1 trial, 0 participants
2024: 2 trials, 3 participants
2025: 5 trials, 9 participants
…and there’s still 5 months left 🤫😉”

■ STARLINK:

– Starlink announced and update using beam-switching technology that ensures reliable high-speed internet by automatically routing traffic through one of the dozens of satellites in view. It switches in under a tenth of a second to bypass obstructions like trees or buildings. Terminals proactively switch for fixed setups and reactively for mobile or unexpected issues, using real-time obstruction mapping to maintain a stable connection. It provides 99.9% uptime, even in partially blocked areas.

■ X:

– X’s Matthew Metelitz (@MattMetelitz) spinning VINEyls at The VINEyard… Per Mat, “Renaming the NYC X office the ‘Vineyard.’” Pic by X’s Schepp (@schepp2) during NYC Happy Hour.

– The X Chat search feature is now active for iOS users with the 11.10.5 update. This allows you to search inside a specific conversation.

– Some of the new X Merch has finally started to ship. The above pic was posted by StripMallGuy (@realEstateTrent) of the X Cap.

– The UK’s Online Safety Act mandates age verification, reducing anonymous speech by 30%, while a “Voluntary” Code of Conduct (Ofcom, VPN) increases self-censorship by 25%. The National Internet Intelligence Investigations team raises public distrust by 15%.

■ xAI:

– This post by Donny Granger (@donnygranger) shows where the Memphis school board approved a $61 million donation from xAI for school repairs. This is a huge step in community development and education infrastructure. No other company in the area has even considered doing this. They have all let the area and school deteriorate. Elon, Brent Mayo (@BrentM_SpaceX), and the entire xAI Memphis Team are showing everyone what good stewardship is and how to do right by the community.

– Today, Southaven, Mississippi Mayor Darren Musselwhite officially announced that xAI has purchased the former Duke Energy facility at 2875 Stanton Road. The property was acquired by xAI affiliate MZX Tech LLC and will be reactivated to meet xAI’s electricity demands. Musselwhite emphasized that xAI has complied with all regulatory processes for permitting and is committed to exceeding emission control requirements.

– Elon said the Grok Imagine feature should begin rolling out to all Grok Heavy users. “Important to note that beta does mean that there are bugs or we would go to wide release!“

■ DOGE:

Estimated Savings: $199 Billion

Amount Saved Per Taxpayer: $1,236.02

– DOGE announced the United States General Services Administration (GSA) signed a OneGov contract with DocuSign. Docusign’s e-signature plan will be offered at a 70% discount, and its Intelligent Agreement Management at a 50% discount. Potential savings at the GSA are $1.3 billion annually.

■ ELON NEWS:

– Per Elon, “Government is MUCH worse than any corporation or you don’t understand government. Government is simply the most powerful corporation and with a monopoly on violence.”

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