Musk to provide Wi-Fi to fire-stricken areas using Starlink and Cybertrucks

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk plans to use Tesla Cybertrucks and Starlink technology to provide free internet service to areas devastated by the earthquake. Wildfires in California.

Musk, the CEO of both Tesla and Starlink, wrote in a post on X, another of his companies, that Cybertruck deliveries will be delayed over the next few days.

“I apologize to those expecting a Cybertruck delivery in California within the next few days,” he wrote. “We need to use these trucks as mobile base stations to provide power to Starlink Internet stations in areas of Los Angeles that have no connectivity. A new truck will be delivered at the end of the week.”

In another post, Musk said Cybertrucks equipped with Starlink and free internet will be placed in a grid pattern in areas that need the technology the most, throughout greater Los Angeles and Malibu.

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Musk also said that security personnel will be added to the Cybertrucks, along with snacks and drinks for people passing by.

The move comes three days after Musk announced that he would provide free Starlink stations to areas in Los Angeles.

He made the announcement when retweeting screenshots of a reporter crediting the Starlink internet service with the connection.

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Starlink “is the only reason we’re able to hear and communicate with you guys right now, because there’s no cell service at all in this entire area,” the reporter said.

On Sunday morning, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman wrote in a post on X that Putting out fires Before its deployment, it did not seem like a “serious technological challenge” to be overcome with the help of companies like SpaceX, xAI, and Anduril Industries, a defense company specializing in autonomous systems, unmanned aerial systems, and counter-drone systems created by Palmer Luckey.

“So (Elon Musk and Palmer Lucky), why don’t we start a company that uses satellites, artificial intelligence, and drone technology to extinguish fires before they spread?” Ackman asked in the post. “One can envision satellite monitoring, rapid drone investigation, and drone swarm water delivery. The number of drones sent to extinguish the fire and the nature of the extinguishing agent (water, foam, dry or wet chemicals etc.) will be a function of the nature of “The size of the fire, no human life will be put at risk and there is no risk of DEI being involved in choosing drones.”

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Despite Musk’s efforts to help, one user wrote to him on X, “California hates you and Trump,” which the SpaceX CEO admitted was true.

“That’s true for some people in California, and the press will of course accuse me of bragging,” Musk replied, “but if this helps save one home or maybe one life, we still have to do it.”

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But another user asked how he could donate his Cybertruck to help with the effort.

“Ride your truck through devastated areas with a Starlink station on the roof and open WiFi” Musk said.

Musk claimed that the Golden State wildfires could have been prevented, but regulations are getting in the way of taking steps to prevent the inferno.

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“These fires are easily avoidable, but irrational regulations in California prevent action, so homes burn year after year, and more people die,” Musk wrote in a post on X.

FOX Business’ Alex Netsberg contributed to this report.