Ship 42 finished a full-duration six-engine static fire and fired a single Raptor to simulate a deorbit burn. (via SpaceX)
• Paired with Booster 22 for Flight 15. B22 already ran its 33-engine static fire.
• Musk says Ship 42 will be the first Starship upper stage caught by the tower.
No official launch date or FAA license yet.
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Amazon getting 500 Tesla Semi
Amazon is quietly accumulating a stake in Einride, the Swedish electric trucking company that said Tuesday it will deploy 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon and other customers.
Einride’s SEC filings show Amazon holding warrants for 25.2 million shares — about 12% of the company — that vest as Amazon buys freight services. The company’s financial report Tuesday, its first since going public in June, has the warrants on its books for the first time.
Einride also said Tuesday it will deploy 500 Tesla Semis across North America, calling it the largest deployment of Tesla’s electric big rigs in the world to date. The trucks will serve Amazon and other Einride customers on freight corridors in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia, rolling out in phases over two years beginning in September, financed by third parties.
This appears to be the first time Tesla Semis will haul Amazon freight. PepsiCo runs the largest fleet of Tesla Semis, close to 100 trucks, but Amazon has never been a named user.