NEWS: SpaceXAI launched a site for its Mid-South AI clusters. Since 2024 it has invested $90B+ in the region. It supports 7,500 local jobs. Tesla Megapacks will feed 3.3 GWh to Colossus 2.

BREAKING: Cybercab Chief Engineer Eric Earley (@EricETesla) is joining The X Takeover as a keynote speaker. Earley leads the engineering behind Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi. He will speak live at the event.

NEWS: Tesla is holding its Semi Rollout event tomorrow, September 25. Tesla Semi will stream it live: - 6pm PT - 7pm MT - 8pm CT - 9pm ET The event comes days after Tesla Semi landed the largest electric truck order in US history. Source: Tesla Semi

NEWS: NASA and SpaceX sets Crew-13 launch for 1 October NASA and SpaceX moved to final prelaunch preparations on Tuesday. Liftoff is set for 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday 1 October, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A Falcon 9 will fly a Dragon capsule. Docking is expected around 8 p.m. the same day at the forward-facing port of the Harmony module. Four crew. Jessica Watkins of NASA commands. Luke Delaney of NASA is pilot. Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos fly as mission specialists. NASA quoted no officials and did not say how long the crew will stay up. Source: NASA's space station blog

BREAKING: Germany confirmed the EU will discuss Tesla FSD approval in October. State Secretary Christian Hirte wrote to a German MP that "a possible EU-wide recognition of the exemption is expected to be discussed in October 2026 in the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles." Germany's motor authority is evaluating the Dutch RDW exemption and is in talks with RDW and Tesla over the speed-limit issue. The letter noted the system can feel like autonomous driving while "responsibility for vehicle control remains fully with the driver." Full English translation: "The Federal Government is aware that the Dutch approval authority RDW has issued an exemption for the Tesla system 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised).' The documents are currently being evaluated by the Federal Motor Transport Authority. The Federal Motor Transport Authority is also in exchange with RDW and Tesla to clarify Germany's position on the system-induced exceeding of permitted maximum speeds. When using the system, the impression of autonomous driving may arise, although responsibility for vehicle control remains fully with the driver. A possible EU-wide recognition of the exemption is expected to be discussed in October 2026 in the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles." Source: Christian Hirte, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Transport. September 14, 2026.

NEWS: X sued a group it says faked engagement to take more than 200,000 pounds from creators. X filed in the High Court in London against Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa and others behind a network of crypto accounts. The complaint says they liked and reposted each other and posted near copy paste content within seconds to fake real engagement, then cashed out through Creator Revenue Sharing. It says they hid behind a web of Stripe and bank accounts under false names so the money kept flowing even if one account got caught. X also says the ring tried to grow by selling engagement manipulation as a service to other people and buying up more high follower accounts. X suspended the accounts in August and says the group pulled in over 207,000 pounds it was never owed. It is now going to court to claw that money back. James Burnham (@BurnhamDC), X General Counsel: "We do not tolerate fraudulent behavior on X -- and will act forcefully to protect our platform and the earnings of genuine creators." Source: X / High Court complaint

NEWS: Tesla released a video of people in China trying the Cybercab for the first time. One person said, "Even with my legs stretched out all the way, there's still plenty of room. It feels more like a lounge or living room sofa." Another line from the video, "It completely redefines what a car is supposed to be."

NEWS: Elon Musk says the Boring Company is working on a 200 mph Texas tunnel. Elon Musk revealed the Boring Company is building an early Hyperloop tunnel between Austin and San Antonio, designed for speeds above 200 mph. He said it could cut a trip that now takes up to 2.5 hours in traffic to under 30 minutes. Source: Elon Musk

JUST IN FCC grants SpaceX International Section 214 authority for Starlink Mobile. • Global facilities-based + resale • U.S. authority to carry Starlink Mobile traffic between the U.S. and other countries • Space Exploration Holdings · Auth T260050 • Granted Sep 17, 2026 Source: FCC DA 26-998 (Sawyer tip only — TOSV original card, not his screenshot.)

NEWS: SpaceX moved its Starship Flight 14 launch to September 28. SpaceX is now targeting Monday, September 28 at 8:15 a.m. ET, a few days later than the earlier September 22 plan. Source: SpaceX

NEWS: SpaceX released the third episode of its Starship video series. The new episode is called "The Holy Grail of Rocketry." SpaceX said it looks back at the scrappy days of engineers proving reuse was possible and takes you onboard a high-seas race to recover a floating Starship. SpaceX said, "A fully and rapidly reusable rocket will fundamentally change how humanity accesses outer space."

NEWS: Tesla opened its first full-service center in Northern Thailand. Tesla Thailand said the new Tesla Center in Chiang Mai is now open. It is the first in the north to handle sales, service and delivery in one place. It extends Tesla's reach in Thailand beyond Bangkok, giving local owners easier access to support and new cars. Source: Tesla Thailand

NEWS: Valor distributed 42 million SpaceX shares to its own investors. A new SEC filing shows Valor, the fund run by SpaceX director Antonio Gracias, moved about 42.8 million Class A shares on September 11. This was not a sale. The shares went straight to the investors in Valor's funds, in-kind and with no cash changing hands, under a plan set up back in June. Gracias's total SpaceX stake went from about 503 million shares to about 461 million. Nothing was sold on the open market. Source: SEC Form 4, Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)

NEWS: Tesla unveiled its first Accordion Supercharger. Tesla Charging showed off a new Supercharger that is pre-assembled in a factory, then shipped out and dropped in ready to go. It is made for spots where Tesla cannot install chargers behind a curb, so it fits between parking spaces instead. Here is what stands out: - 16 stalls ship on a single truck - About 20% cheaper to install - Instant commissioning, so it works right away - Built to Tesla's highest quality The bigger goal is to pre-assemble every Supercharger in a factory. Source: Tesla Charging

NEWS: Senator Chuck Grassley just released a 2025 FBI email that pushed to criminally investigate Elon Musk. Grassley made the email public on September 15, at an FBI oversight hearing with Director Kash Patel. The email is old. Kevin Gounaud, then an FBI agent at the Washington Field Office and now a former agent, wrote it on February 22, 2025, the same day the DOGE "list five things you did this week" request went out. In it, Gounaud recommended a criminal case against the OPM official who approved that email, "in conspiracy with Elon Musk." He claimed it wasted official time and pushed employees to break security rules. He also claimed Elon Musk profited from it and compared his use of X to Hillary Clinton's private email server. He offered to write the case and find a prosecutor. He ended with, "And no, I'm not kidding." The events are from early 2025. What is new is the release, after the document sat internally for 19 months. There is no sign a case against Elon Musk was ever opened. Source: Senate Judiciary Committee (Senator Chuck Grassley)

NEWS: There are now 200,000 Teslas registered in Norway. That is about 1 in 5 of every electric car in the country. Norway is one of the most EV-friendly markets in the world. Tesla has become one of its most common cars. Source: Norwegian vehicle registration data and Tesla EU

BREAKING: Starship's Flight 14 could launch September 22, its first trip to orbit. SpaceX says Starship Flight 14 is targeting Tuesday, September 22, pending approval, with a 75-minute window opening at 7:15 a.m. CT. Here are the highlights from official statement: - This is the first Starship flight planned to reach orbit around Earth - It will deploy Starlink V3 satellites for the first time, 26 of them - Each V3 adds 1 Tbps of capacity, for 26 Tbps on this mission, about 10x a single Falcon 9 launch - The flight lasts nearly 10 hours at about 275 km, over roughly 6 orbits, with splashdown in the Pacific west of Chile - The booster will attempt a boostback and landing burn offshore, after engine fixes from Flight 13 - Starship will do its first orbital insertion, then a deorbit burn on a single Raptor and a controlled splashdown - Three of the satellites carry cameras to scan Starship's heatshield - Two heatshield tiles from Ship 40 will fly again on Ship 41, the first tile reuse for Starship A live webcast starts about 30 minutes before liftoff on X @SpaceX. The schedule is dynamic and could still change. Source: SpaceX