>Be Elon
>Get bullied so badly as a kid that you end up in the hospital
>Escape into books
>Read more than 8hrs a day
>Teach yourself programming
>Sell a video game at 12
>Leave South Africa
>Sleep on couches
>Work odd jobs
>Get into America
>Build a startup
>Get fired from your own company
>Start over
>Build another company
>Merge it into PayPal
>Get removed as CEO
>Your company gets acquired
>Walk away with nearly $180 million
>Instead of retiring at 31, put almost all of it into three impossible ideas: Electric cars, Solar energy, Rockets
>People tell you you're insane
>Start a rocket company with no aerospace degree
>Learn rocket science from textbooks
>First rocket fails
>Second rocket fails
>Third rocket fails
>Divorce
>Public humiliation
>Cash running out
>One launch away from bankruptcy
>Launch anyway
>The fourth rocket reaches orbit
>NASA signs a contract
>Survive
>Tesla is weeks from collapse
>Save it at the last minute
>Get mocked for wanting reusable rockets.
>Land one.
>Then another.
>Then dozens.
>Turn science fiction into engineering
>Get mocked for betting on EVs
>Turn electric cars into status symbols
>Force the entire auto industry to follow
>Build the most valuable car company in history
>Launch astronauts into orbit
>Create a global satellite internet network.
>Buy Twitter
>Fire most of the staff
>Rename it X
>Walk into politics
>Risk your reputation
>Risk your companies
>Risk your fortune
>Become one of the most polarising people on Earth.
>Get attacked by the media, politicians, competitors, and activists
>Keep building anyway
>Become a TRILLIONAIRE
Some questions have come up on the launch bridge. It is in good shape and we will reuse. Three cranes are positioned to help lift the almost four-million-pound launch bridge and the two-million-pound launch table out of our flame trench and onto self-propelled modular transporters. Last night, the launch bridge was removed. The launch table is up next. Enjoy the crane ballet.
The @Tesla Cybercab uses lightweight Reaction Injection Molding (RIM) body panels which enables:
• Manufacturing cycle times go from hours using a traditional paint shop, to minutes since the color is injected during the molding process.
• Supply chain and manufacturing Green House Gas emissions are cut by 35% for those parts.
• 100% elimination of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from painting.
Usually a conventional car’s body panels are stamped, painted, and processed through a paint shop (see video). Cybercab’s manufacturing process doesn’t need any of that.
The material science that’s going on at Tesla is simply incredible.
Rate of improvement is accelerating.
Users should notice a meaningful improvement in the usefulness of the Grok Build harness with our V9 foundation model (aka Grok 4.5) every week.
Tesla has secured a massive Megapack order worth up to $3 billion from energy technologies manufacturer Esyasoft to supply more than 15 GWh of battery energy storage systems across the UK, Western Europe, the GCC and Indian markets.
Mike Snyder, VP Tesla Energy & Charging: "This collaboration represents an effort to scale intelligent grid solutions where they're needed most. Tesla's vertical integration enables us to streamline the entire project lifecycle from design to operation. Through combined expertise with Esyasoft, we can accelerate deployment timelines and ensure the seamless integration and sustained reliability required for a modern, resilient grid."