@herbertong: It feels like a bunch of Elon’s “coming soon” projects are suddenly becoming real at the same time! Tesla’s Robotaxi fl…

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Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX projects, including Robotaxi, Cybercab, Semi, and Optimus, are concurrently ramping up from promises to real-world production and events, underscoring the scaling challenges ahead.

It feels like a bunch of Elon’s “coming soon” projects are suddenly becoming real at the same time! Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet is now estimated at 900+ cars, Cybercab has its big Sept. 3 event, and the Semi rollout follows on Sept. 24. Meanwhile, Tesla is building out Optimus production, expanding autonomy into more cities, and SpaceX is planning a massive $100B Starbase Louisiana project. Any one of these would be a big story on its own. Having them all ramp around the same time is what makes this interesting. The promises are turning into actual factories, vehicles and launch dates. Now comes the hard part: scaling them. $TSLA $SPCX
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It feels like a bunch of Elon’s “coming soon” projects are suddenly becoming real at the same time!

Tesla’s Robotaxi fleet is now estimated at 900+ cars, Cybercab has its big Sept. 3 event, and the Semi rollout follows on Sept. 24.

Meanwhile, Tesla is building out Optimus production, expanding autonomy into more cities, and SpaceX is planning a massive $100B Starbase Louisiana project.

Any one of these would be a big story on its own. Having them all ramp around the same time is what makes this interesting.

The promises are turning into actual factories, vehicles and launch dates. Now comes the hard part: scaling them. $TSLA $SPCX

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