Tesla Supercharger Site Maps Now Live in the Latest App
[caption id="attachment_72923" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Supercharger Site Map in the Tesla app. Credit: Tesla Charging[/caption] Tesla Charging said Supercharger Site Maps are now live in the latest Tesla app, bringing the stall-level station view that started in the car display onto phones. https://twitter.com/teslacharging/status/2101094749809885602 In a short clip posted Friday, the official Tesla Charging account shows the...
Neuralink Patient Terry Speaks With Thoughts Using Grok Voice
[caption id="attachment_72899" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Neuralink VOICE trial. Credit: Neuralink[/caption] Neuralink showed a new VOICE trial update on September 18 featuring participant Terry, who is using his brain implant to help train a thought-to-speech system so he and others who cannot speak can talk again in a reconstructed natural voice. https://twitter.com/neuralink/status/2100993363403063404 According to the company, Terry...
Tesla Locks Down Airspace Ahead of Waco Roadster Reveal
[caption id="attachment_72908" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] FAA TFR graphic circulating for the McGregor, Texas airspace. Credit: FAA / aviation social posts[/caption] Tesla has a no-fly zone locked in over the McGregor area ahead of its October 1 Roadster reveal in Waco, according to a new FAA Temporary Flight Restriction and reservation-holder invites that already name the Texas...
Tesla Reopens Roadster Reservations With $50,000 Deposit
[caption id="attachment_72634" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Tesla Roadster. Credit: Tesla[/caption] Tesla is taking new Roadster reservations again with a $50,000 refundable deposit, according to the company’s live order page, days ahead of the next-gen sports car’s October 1 reveal tease. The checkout flow on tesla.com/roadster/reserve breaks the payment into two steps: $5,000 due today by credit card...
Tesla Adds 9 Cybercabs in Texas, Fleet Hits 58
[caption id="attachment_72519" align="aligncenter" width="958"] Tesla Cybercab. Credit: Tesla[/caption] Tesla’s Texas Robotaxi roster added nine more purpose-built Cybercabs on September 18, lifting the Cybercab count in state automated-vehicle records to 58, according to the latest Texas Department of Motor Vehicles sync mirrored on the public FSD Database tracker. The nine newest VINs all carry September 18...
SpaceX Locks $946 Million NASA Deal for Three More Crew Flights
SpaceX has locked a $946 million NASA contract modification for three more Commercial Crew flights to the International Space Station, covering Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17 under the agency’s CCtCap deal. NASA said Friday the firm fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity change pays for all three missions plus related services: ground, launch, in-orbit, return and recovery, cargo, and a...
SpaceX Nasdaq-100 Weight Set to More Than Double After Lockups
[caption id="attachment_72760" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] SpaceX Falcon 9. Credit: SpaceX[/caption] SpaceX stock is set for a larger slice of the Nasdaq-100 this month, a float-driven rebalance that could force passive funds to buy billions of dollars of SPCX into Friday’s close. Pro forma data from Nasdaq’s Global Index Watch, cited by Bloomberg, points to a weighting...
Optimus Factory Steel Frame Nears Finish at Giga Texas
[caption id="attachment_72883" align="aligncenter" width="957"] Tesla Optimus. Credit: Tesla[/caption] Aerial watcher Joe Tegtmeyer said on September 17 that steel at Tesla’s dedicated Optimus factory on the Giga Texas North Campus is now only about five column grids from the north perimeter beam, putting the main skeleton in its final stretch. https://twitter.com/JoeTegtmeyer/status/2100597451396719051 In the same update, Tegtmeyer...
Top Gear Tech Tours Production Tesla Semi and Nevada Factory
[caption id="attachment_72894" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Tesla Semi. Credit: Top Gear Tech / Jack Scarlett[/caption] Top Gear Tech host Jack Scarlett got a first look at Tesla’s production Semi and a tour of the new Nevada Gigafactory built to build it, then rode along in a finished truck on public roads in the show’s debut episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WP9HizHCrk...
Tesla Opens Long-Awaited Ljungby Supercharger After 30-Month Ghost Wait
Tesla Supercharger in Ljungby, Sweden. Credit: Tesla Charging Tesla Charging confirmed a new 20-stall Supercharger is live in Ljungby, Sweden, ending nearly 30 months as one of the country's best-known ghost sites left standing without a grid hookup. The official post points drivers to Tesla's Find Us listing for location 30100 and shows the fresh...
Starlink Mobile Completes First Video Call Test With FASTWEB in Italy
Starlink said on September 17 that Italy’s FASTWEB has completed its first video call over Starlink Mobile in central Italy, using satellite antennas that act like cell towers in space so customers can stay connected where terrestrial coverage drops out. https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/2100678883532312942 FASTWEB’s own post from September 16 framed the same trial as Italy’s first satellite...
Tesla FSD Hits 160 Million km in First Year Across Australia and NZ
Tesla’s Australia and New Zealand account on X said on September 18 that Full Self-Driving Supervised has logged more than 160 million km in its first year on local roads, framing that as about 4,000 laps around Earth. https://twitter.com/TeslaAUNZ/status/2100801179047583760 A follow-up post shared fleet safety results for the same anniversary window, September 17, 2025 through...
United Streams Live NFL Games on Starlink Seatback Screens
United Airlines is putting live NFL and college football broadcasts on Starlink-enabled seatback screens starting this week, under a new deal with DISH that runs through the Super Bowl in February. The airline said fans can watch games from ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, FS1, ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network, and Thursday Night Football on Prime Video...
FCC Grants SpaceX Authority to Carry Starlink Mobile Abroad
The Federal Communications Commission on September 17 granted Space Exploration Holdings, LLC international Section 214 authority, the U.S. paper SpaceX needs to carry Starlink Mobile traffic between the United States and other countries. Public Notice DA 26-998 lists the grant under file ITC-214-20260123-00021 and authorization T260050. Matching grants also issued the same day on related […]
Grok Bot Can Talk Now as Voice Rolls Out on Desktop and Mobile
SpaceXAI’s Grok Bot can talk now, with the company rolling voice onto desktop and mobile over the next couple of days after the official Grok Bot account posted a short demo on September 17. In the post, Grok Bot put it plainly: “Grok Bot can talk now.” A follow-up said voice is rolling out on […]