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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
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Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
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China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
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Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
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China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
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Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
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China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
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Xpeng’s Iron Humanoid Gets Its Solid-State Batteries Before It Gets a Production Start
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
Enphase plunged 16.03% after its miss and soft guide hit the regular session, Tesla gave back 0.80% to $404.22, and Renesas led Tokyo with a 7.47% jump as the Nikkei added 686 points.
China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
CPCA data shows China's NEV retail sales at 753,000 for Oct. 1-25, down 13% year over year, while wholesale rose 3% to 1.008 million. Overall car retail fell 26%, keeping the NEV share at 65.7%, and inventory pressure is building.
Xpeng’s Iron Humanoid Gets Its Solid-State Batteries Before It Gets a Production Start
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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Tesla Is ‘Officially Coming’ to Vietnam, and Its First Five Job Ads Include One Very Busy Charging Hire
Tesla's Asia Pacific recruiter says the company is "officially coming to Vietnam" and has posted five local jobs: sales, service, HR, purchasing and a charging developer expected to juggle 20-plus sites. No launch date, models or prices yet.
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Stock Watch: Enphase Craters 16%, Tesla Slips Off $407, Tokyo Chips Keep Climbing
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China’s NEV Retail Sales Fall 13% in Oct. 1-25 as Factories Keep Shipping
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Houston, We Have Liftoff: Tesla’s Robotaxi Zone Grows Tenfold Into a Starship-Shaped 254 Square Miles
Tesla expanded its Houston Robotaxi service area about tenfold on Monday, to roughly 254 square miles running from northwest Houston through downtown to Bellaire, and the new map looks a lot like Starship. Musk says it's a coincidence. Meanwhile, Tesla says its Cybercab line is outpacing deployments.
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Ship 42 Aces Its Static Fires: Starship Flight 15 Is Cleared on the Stand as Florida Goes Quiet for Starship
SpaceX says Ship 42 finished a full six-engine static fire and a single-engine deorbit-burn test, so both Flight 15 stages are done on the stand ahead of a two-stage catch attempt. Florida, meanwhile, pauses Falcon 9 for six weeks to get Pad 39A ready for Starship.
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SpaceX Tells the FAA It Wants 10,000 Launches a Year; Musk Says That’s Just Starbase Louisiana
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Anthropic Will Pay SpaceX Up to $120.5 Billion for Compute, and SpaceX Puts Its $40 Billion GPU Lease in Writing
Anthropic's S-1 says it agreed to spend up to $120.5 billion on SpaceX compute through 2029, about $3.1 billion a month once all capacity arrives in December. The same day, SpaceX filed the details of its $40 billion Vera Rubin GPU lease with an Apollo-managed entity.
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