Tesla diner and Supercharger nears installation of second screen

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Tesla’s unique Los Angeles Supercharger, diner, and drive-in movie theater site seems to be getting close to installing the second screen, as crews have started working on one of the power lines holding back its construction.

As highlighted in a video shared by the 247Tesla YouTube account on Sunday, the power line that was preventing the installation of the Tesla diner’s second screen has been disconnected on one end, indicating that construction may soon begin on the additional screen.

Although the parking lot has been graded and has several vehicles in it, the vast majority of recent work on the site has been on the interior, as explained in the brief video. Check out the full 34-second update from 247Tesla below.

The unique Tesla diner concept recently surpassed nine months of construction, and while it’s definitely looking closer to the end result than it was when construction was just beginning last fall. Tesla officially broke ground on the site in September, but crews didn’t start construction on the restaurant building’s interior until late March.

Plans for the upcoming diner and Supercharger site show around 32 charging stalls, and multi-level restaurant seating, as has been previously touted.

The original concept for the diner and Supercharger site, which is now being built at 7001 West Santa Monica Boulevard, came from a discussion between CEO Elon Musk and some of his followers on what was then Twitter. In it, Musk mused of a 1950s-style diner with waiters on roller skates, rock and roll music, and outdoor movie screens playing a highlight reel of some of the best scenes in movie history—along with being a Supercharger station.

While news on the diner was dormant for a few years, we covered several permit approvals for the construction project last year, along with the site’s move from Santa Monica to the current West Hollywood location.

Several renders of the site have popped up over the years, but the one today is largely being modeled after a design created by then-Twitter user HowardModelS. The render originally called the restaurant “Milliways,” after the restaurant at the edge of the galaxy in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy—known to be a favorite of Musk’s.

Tesla diner and Supercharger site gets grading, conduit and rain cover

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Elon Musk officially endorses Donald Trump for U.S. President

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Tesla and SpaceX head Elon Musk has officially endorsed Donald Trump for President, after an assassination attempt was made on Trump at a rally over the weekend.

Musk made the statement on X, just hours following the attempted assassination of Trump during Saturday a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The official endorsement follows several recent statements in which Musk has been supportive of Trump over expected incumbent President Joe Biden, who Musk has sparred with multiple times over the years.

The announcement also followed a report from Bloomberg on Friday that said Musk had donated to the America PAC political action committee, according to three people familiar with the matter. America PAC is a major supporter of Trump, and the largest spender on direct voter contacts, having spent $15.8 million in the campaign so far.

In March, Musk denied financially supporting either candidate:

America PAC will be required to disclose its list of donors on July 15.

Musk also made several other comments in support of Trump after the official endorsement on Saturday, including that he believes the “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.”

He also went on to criticize the Secret Service detail at the rally, saying that the person in charge should be let go.

The endorsement comes after months of Musk making statements in seeming support for Trump, as well as posting about issues aligning with Trump’s platform, such as illegal border crossings and fraudulent voters.

There has also been wide speculation in recent weeks that Musk could gain an advisory role in Trump’s cabinet if he’s elected, though Musk later went on to say that there haven’t been any discussions on the matter. Last month, Trump seemingly changed his position on electric vehicles (EVs), saying that he is a “big fan” of EVs, and adding that he’s “a fan of Elon.”

During Tesla’s recent Annual Shareholder Meeting, Musk described his relationship with Trump a little bit, saying that the presidential candidate occasionally texts him. When asked what changed recently to make Trump like EVs and Tesla, Musk responded as follows:

“Actually, I don’t exactly know why he… that’s a good question. I mean, I have had some conversations with him and he does call me out of the blue, for no reason. I don’t know why, but he does,” Musk said. “And it’s like, he’s very nice when he calls.”

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Activists pour paint on Tesla Cybertruck in Germany

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Environmental activists have vandalized a Cybertruck in one of Tesla’s stores in Germany, coming as the latest attack on the company’s unique electric pickups.

Footage of the incident circulated on X on Saturday, showing multiple of the activists wearing orange vests and throwing orange paint on a Cybertruck at Tesla’s Hamburg, Germany store. The footage also shows two of the individuals holding up a painted sign that reads “Gepanzert in die katastrophe,” which translates to “armored in the catastrophe.”

The news also elicited a response from Elon Musk, who affirmed another user’s take later in the day on Saturday:

The incident is the latest in a string of attacks on both Tesla’s Cybertrucks and its Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany.

Last month, several Tesla Cybertrucks at a store in Fort Lauderdale, California, were spray painted with the words “f*ck Elon,” though they were later cleaned off. During Tesla’s delivery event for the Cybertruck in November, the company received threats of a “mass casualty event,” and the man behind the threats was later taken into custody.

More recently, protestors have launched multiple rounds of attacks at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, with some activists in March even starting a fire at a power substation near the Grünheide facility, causing production to stop for a few days. Protestors had also been building treehouses and occupying nearby forests, in order to prevent future expansions to the factory.

In May, around 1,000 protestors from the Dirsupt Alliance group attempted to storm Giga Berlin, resulting in 23 arrests, 76 criminal complaints, and 27 injured police officers.

“Something very strange is happening since Tesla was the *only* car company to be attacked,” wrote Musk in a follow-up post on X.

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