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SpaceX has now crossed 700 Falcon 9 launches 700 missions flown by a single rocket family, at a scale and pace that have completely transformed modern spaceflight Starlink 15-16 marked the 700th mission on October 27, with Starlink 15-18 following as the 701st on October 31 Since its first flight in 2010, Falcon 9 has revolutionized space transportation through reusable rocket technology What once took years now happens every few days SpaceX has turned launching and landing rockets into routine spaceflight And that's an absolutely extraordinary engineering achievement

There has never been an excuse to drink and drive. With @Tesla expanding their Cybercab/Robotaxi services area across #Houston, there are more ways than ever to get home safely after a night out. Plan ahead, make the smart choice, and never get behind the wheel impaired. #DontDrinkAndDrive

Starlink Mobile is now live in Brazil with @vivobr! 50M customers can use apps and messaging in cellular dead zones — with 7M phones already connected. This is the first nationwide service to cover the entire country.    The next-gen service - Starlink Mobile V2 - will make sure all Brazilians have access to high-speed mobile internet, from small fishing villages deep in the rainforests to remote stretches of highways 🛰️📱

Now approved in Latvia 🇱🇻 Rollout begins soon

And what binds power? • land • permits • grid access • transformers and switchgear • noise • clean air • supply chain • fuel security • casting machines • suitable large lathes for turning shafts • residential priority • community political power All the best sites are now taken, and every year the marginal development site gets worse and worse.

Bolivian President says Starlink will make information “open to everyone,” with a connection even “in the deepest ravine,” as 4,700 antennas go to schools nationwide Rodrigo Paz (President): “…it’s the same kind of network we are building through this system of Starlink antennas, to create a network of information and communication and to decentralize the power that some hold when only a few keep the information. Now information will be open to everyone.” “It’s more than 4,000 antennas, 4,700 antennas if I’m not mistaken, nationwide for every department, but especially for rural municipalities, because you don’t only need a road to communicate, you need information to make decisions...” "...It doesn't matter where in the country you are, in the deepest ravine, you'll have a connection there. It's not one satellite, it's many satellites, thousands of satellites that are going to serve Bolivia."

Falcon 9 launches 27 @Starlink satellites from California

Roadster will be on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in LA starting tomorrow Oct 24-27, Main Lobby petersen.org/pages/petersen-…

Grok Bot can now save your logins, cards, and contact information. Add them once, and Bot securely remembers them for the future.

Grok Bot genuinely changed my life. My Bots are now part of pretty much everything I do, both at work and in my personal life. It’s actually crazy how much I rely on them now.

Q3 Shareholder Update → ir.tesla.com Highlights – FSD Supervised attach rate grew to over 75% of new vehicle deliveries in NA – Unveiled the next-gen Roadster – Record deliveries in Canada, Australia, Japan & Taiwan – Tesla Semi now in volume production. Top variant can go up to 500 miles at a full 82,000 lbs while achieving efficiency of 1.7 kWh/mile – about a third of the energy a comparable diesel truck burns for the same load – Ended the quarter with the largest backlog for our passenger vehicles in 4 years! FSD Supervised – 4 new approvals since Q2 (Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia) – FSD is now live in nine EU countries & used by over 100,000 customers logging more than 160 million kilometers since initial approval Robotaxi – Deployed Cybercab into our Austin fleet – Hit nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles, 8x growth in the quarter – Austin service now runs 6 am to midnight, with wait times continuing to come down as we add cars & improve the orchestration algorithms – Added Grok to Cybercab with Grok Bot & Connectors, letting you interface with your inbox, calendar, files, chats and tasks, all by voice. Transport, office & living room in one Robotics – Started production of @Tesla_Optimus on our high-volume lines in Fremont. These are the first production-quality bots we've built, proving that the current manufacturing process for Optimus is suitable for a commercial product SI Compute – On track for 400 MW of training compute by year end, feeding both vehicle & humanoid autonomy – Austin Fab construction continues, equipment commissioning planned for 2027 Battery – Battery supply is still the limiter on how fast we ramp vehicles globally, so we're expanding on every front: pack capacity in Berlin, cathode and lithium refining in Texas, LFP cells in Nevada – Shipped the first Megapacks built entirely with our own LFP cells – Increasing 4680 output to support ramp of Cybercab, Semi & Model Y Energy – Megafactory Texas is up & running, with Megapack 3 production started – Highest-ever order rate & backlog for energy storage Grid constraints & power availability are making Megapack the answer for SI infrastructure demand: it excels at supplying large data center loads, smooths out demand spikes, helps new projects meet grid connection rules & makes the grid itself more stable All with less local fossil fuel generation Supporting Infrastructure – Added 2,100+ net new Supercharger stalls, up 14% year over year

I didn’t expect I’d be so impressed by Grok Bot. People told me to use it and I had low expectations, but been the most useful tool in the past week. I have few bots, from learning Japanese, librarian, community building assistant to AI animation intern. A favorite AI tool atm

Grok Bot is becoming the personal AI assistant everyone needs. Getting money back on medical bills. Handling Amazon returns. Booking appointments. Managing family schedules. 10 wild real-world examples. Bookmark this.

Years from now, people will look back and say Grok Bot was the moment AI actually became useful for normal people. This week, I just texted it and: 1/ My kids woke up to new math and reading worksheets already printed 2/ It planned and booked trips for my family 3/ It ordered stuff for me from one text 4/ It printed my return label for a shoe I own and set a reminder so I don't miss the deadline 5/ It built a page that breaks down my net worth And look at what other people are getting it to do too: 6/ Book a flight from start to finish 7/ Build a website or an Etsy store 8/ Reconcile crypto taxes that would cost hundreds 9/ Book a Tesla tire rotation during school drop-off 10/ Order itself a 3D-printed body and mail the parts home You just text it like a person. I've been early on Tesla. I've been early on SpaceX. I'm telling you, I'm early on this too. This is the greatest thing that has happened to AI.

I just bought my kids 2 Garmin watches with one text. "Grok Bot, order me two vivosmart 5s for my two kids shipped to my home" It already knows my address and my card. It found the right size and color, did the checkout and placed the order. Just a minute later, I had the confirmation... I never opened a website. This is the new way to shop.