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Halfway through video it finally struck me - this will be a HUGE factory! Also, if the Model Y production is of foremost importance, the east side of the factory will be operating way before the west side is even completed, and batteries will be brought in from outside until the battery shop is completed. All the steel structures going up will need concrete floors, and most of the factory has yet to see any "infill" that is necessary to make offices, shops, air conditioning, elec. connections, etc. functional. The machine that builds the machine is indeed a VERY difficult undertaking.
@@rdyer8764 Oh I know, but they are a different chemistry, and will be coming. The comment was to say they have some cells to get Texas started with the new size. not for long maybe, but the Battery plant at Texas has had half the footings done this week! so dont be thinking its going to be very long!
I think you actually hit on an important idea or observation .. if you look at the structures already up, they are the stamping, casting, Body-in-White, paint, electrical switchyards, possible parking and staging areas and general assembly parts of the factory ... all of these area could begin Model Y production while the other areas are still in construction of fit out. The batteries could be brought in initially and the CT parts of the factory can be built out after Model Y production starts up ... why wait for the entire thing to be completed before starting limited production in areas that are ready to go.
The area without footings in the northwest part is exactly the same size as the area where the big pit was dug to the west. It also lines up with the joined footings, so probably another pit (whatever THAT is for).
Great videos Joe. I really enjoy all the updates from the four of you guys dedicated to this. A minor clarification on the 'crane rails' you guys keep mentioning being installed. What's actually going up now in all the shops are 'crane beams' not the actual crane rails. Typically the beams are installed and then the rails are precision mounted on top of the beams to ensure the bridge cranes run smoothly and true on the rails. This usually requires some shimming and laser alignment for height and straightness. The rails typically look a lot like a railroad rail and most bridge cranes use a flanged wheels similar to railroad car wheels to keep them on the rails. If you get a chance to zoom in on the top of the crane beams in the casting shop you'll see the tops are just ordinary flat flanges. Later you'll see folks installing the crane rails on top of those bare flanges. Thanks again for making these videos. I can't wait for the time lapse one after the factory is built.
The New Switchyard doesnt feel temporary. The Original Switchyard has an air of prepping for a CyberTruck and or Semi factory, which i've thought for 3/4 weeks.
Yeah, I'm also thinking it might be another factory. Possibly Semi, but it could be solar. But more likely it's gonna be a parking lot. Other side of the highway might turn in to a factory.
I agree. Too much work is going into 'temporary' electrical construction. Plus, I think the Model 3 and Y, and possibly the CT, assembly isn't compatible with the Semi. I don't see the lines as being compatible. And I think the current NE lot is too big, and too far from the other factory to be for employee parking. Plus, I think Elon is going to implement methods to discourage employees from single-passenger vehicle use. His whole thing is to work against such ideas. I would guess mass transit is going to be encouraged from the surrounding housing areas including central Austin.
That substation seems to have some temporary elements- the wood poles as an example. I agree it is permanent, but there might be some changes to it as things progress.
@@patrickkenny2077 Wooden poles can lst many decades, especailly ones that have been treated as much as those ones. The rest of the work equally seems to be for the long term, such as scuplting and stone lining the bank. I've done jigsaws begfore, this is definitely a peice of the picture on the box.
At 10:00 great shot of the casting area with Downtown Austin in the background. At 17:45 building are not actually joined together -- you can see where they meet there are pairs of separate columns, one column for each building. My guess is that large area on the east side will be a parking area for finished EVs. At 9:46 those scaffoldings and platforms are, I'm assuming, for cranes to lift equipment up to the floor level and then they'll roll the equipment inside. I assume that scaffolding is temporary and will be removed later. Thanks for the close-in shots, Joe. We're going to miss seeing anything inside the stamping area soon when the panels are all up and roof is poured.
9:36. North end of zipper pit is about opposite this transmission tower and extends 11 or so column spacings south. Jeff’s Day 152 at 1:47 shows the north end of the zipper pit about in line with the 3rd north of the large transmission towers. (First tower is adjacent to the stamping plant) 10:32. A glimpse of some of the infill structure between casting and paint. Someone tossed a coin and decided to continue the plane of the casting plant roof. 14:15. 2 white and blue single axle mobile units similar looking to the 2 water filtration units over at the concrete batching plant. These 3 are conveniently but perhaps co-incidentally located at a fire hydrant branch on the water loop, and have what looks to be a pump attached. Another 3 located at the south end, again conveniently located at a water loop branch. 3 more located in the contractors yard, visible at 7:43 and not located near anything in particular. Then there is the other one that has been parked for some weeks in the open space towards the south. Here's the website of the company named on the side of the units up north. www.rainforrent.com/ 14:42. There’s a white painted structure on the top level. Roughly below the guys working on the roof. 14:57. Geo-piering. Like the End of the World, the end of geo-piering works is often inaccurately predicted. 15:18. Left of screen. Some sort of fabric or netting has been strung between the columns. 18:20. The yellow 3 wheeled straddle carrier I have seen carrying a load precisely once in maybe 100 videos. 19:28. The roof is getting a clean up. We may finally get to see what it will be covered with. Thanks Joe!
I'm curious to see what the white painted structure is at 14:42. I think it is made of the metal pieces that they have been putting on the ramp and delivering inside the building. It is hard to see in Jeff's video from yesterday, but it has gotten much bigger
@@zacadams7070 Must be part of the factory plant. Jeff mentions it in his latest. Soon we won't be able to see inside at all, then the speculation can start proper! I plotted out the exact location of the zipper pit in relation to the other longish excavation/structure a bit further west. I was surprised to find they are almost beside each other, and about the same size. The new structure is 2 column spacings west, and the north end of that structure is 3 column spacings south.
@@DessieDoolan Yeah I'm thinking it is going to be one of the paint lines! I have watched a couple videos of large auto paint shops recently, and it looks like it could be one of the tunnels that is part of a paint booth. I'm hoping the quad squad will get some permissions to do some inside filming at some point! And wow, I had no clue they were so close to each other! I was thinking the zipper pit was further south
15:30 The fact that the floors aren't at the same height is rather interesting. As has been said before, while this looks like one gigantic building, structurally and logically, it's really several smaller buildings next to each other.
Wow! Lots of steel got delivered!! They are almost done connecting the east and west section! Also that north and middle piece on the west side. Also, it looks like they are ready to build southwestward!
True ... I do want to see a lot more steel arrive and work on the southwest vertical construction begin. Right now, seems the primary focus is getting the parts of the factory built that will allow Model Y production to begin while other CT parts of the factory are still being constructed or fitted out.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Might be fun to do the math. Parking has always been a problem at Fremont. Got dimensions? 5k employees, probably close to 5k cars, at say 350 square feet per space... airport style parking with shuttles might make sense. If that doesn't account for it, onsite new vehicle logistics might. New cars need chargers, too!
As I mentioned above, I think it's too far from the factory, and I think Elon is going to discourage his employees from single-passenger vehicle use...unless it's going to be full of Superchargers! :))
Definitely a possibility, but the way they prepared the ground before geopiers at the current factory footprint was very similar! Could be the starting of another factory foundation
I also think the large south water retention pond will be for the fire water. I’ve seen it at refineries where you have a mass of water and on site pumps, as if there was a fire you can’t suck enough water from the mains so you use the firewater pond. Just a guess
I am curious if those cranes parked on the north end will be used again. My thinking they may well be because they are not being broken down yet. I wonder why so much work on the westside for two weeks then nothing? Maybe a change of plans. That seems to happen a lot with Tesla. Trying to get my son to find out what is being planned on the westside, he works in building code enforcement, even though it not within the city limits.
Parked cranes is yet another reason why construction slow. There plenty of footings in the southwest corner waiting for steel. As they have been for the last 3 months!
Joe, In the switchyard there are six seperate structures, power coming in is 3 phase, so either there will be two feeds or one inny and one outy. I sure a power company could tell us if this is correct.
Really enjoy your videos Joe! They must be running 2 dozen concrete trucks 24/7 to have poured as much as they have, and still so much more to go. Amazing! With no geo pier work happening in the east lot, I'd say that parking is about all it could be used for, gives you an idea of how many vehicles they plan on having to ship if they'll need a lot that size. And I'm glad they're keeping the extra cranes on site, makes you think they'll have more to do soon.
Hi Joe great work as usual, I'm assuming Texas gets quite hot in Summer, I wonder if steel roof will have similar treatment as Giga Berlin. 11:57 Pillar (2nd Pillar central frame) temps support has some serious oscillation, assuming wind is causing this. 22:12 South Concrete Structure appears to have an internal dividing wall which looks like it will prevent Bridge Crane having full access.
Thanks Damir and that is interesting the vibrating pole ... I actually did not notice that! I think it's caused by the vehicles moving around it, but perhaps the wind is contributing as well. On the couth structure, I think multiple bridge cranes will be installed, so the sections may not be that big of a deal. I'm hoping to see more of them delivered soon so we will know. a big initial indicator that they are going to arrive is when more bridge crane rails show up and stat to be installed.
Another excellent progress summary and drone video. The electrical sub-station is taking shape nicely and looks similar to Giga Berlin. I would love to know how Giga Texas will integrate the solar panel, battery storage and the electrical sub-station. Will not be surprised if Giga Texas will not have to buy lot of electrical energy.
@9:30 there is a cool optical illusion the columns on the outside look the tallest and fourth column in looks the shortest caused by the roof blocking the sun in a step down pattern so it shows lower on the inside columns.
Trailers Materials and Parts storage for manufacturing. If you look at Fremont and Shanghai, they have had areas designated for these trailers (close or near plant). Also, designated area for finished vehicles (Y and Cybertruck) parking area.
Once again, thanks for a great update! Will add comments later. ;) Regarding the originally planned switch yard staging area: I'd just like to point out that Giga Shanghai has a production parking area devoted to just current shipping within China of 600 vehicles with an immediate 25 lane loading car carrier area. The car carrier loading area supports up to 8 cars behind each car carrier lane. There is room for about another 400 cars below the nominal 600 car parking area. In various videos, I've seen the combined 1,000 car parking area completely full. Some of these were due to be shipped overseas but I believe that overseas ready parking is now mostly at the port rather than on-site at Giga Shanghai. Assuming the current local China delivery rate is about 12,000 cars monthly, then this car carrier/production car parking area is processing about 500 cars each day, 6 days a week. The 12,000 in China delivery per month is the current low ball figure. I expect this to double by the end of 2021. Fremont's current car carrier delivery processing rate is probably about double Giga Shanghai. I expect Giga Texas to ultimately produce and ship at least double (1,000,000 annually) if not quadruple (2,000,000 annually) Fremont once ramp up reaches planned levels (say by the end of 2023). So yes, one purpose of this large area could be devoted to car carrier shipping/loading and production car parking. Of course, employee parking is also another large reason. Even with just the construction crews, parking always seems to be at a premium, to say nothing of all the materials staging. Finally, don't forget the QC test tracks (Giga Shanghai has 2 sets of tracks, Fremont has at least one set of tracks). Speaking of test tracks, Fremont also has an on site vehicle design test track. Going to need room for one of those as well. Note also that Giga Shanghai has cleared out all the container staging which was adjacent to the car carrier loading area and relocated it to across the main street. This suggests to me that they are making room for the additional space the Model Y and 3 continued ramp up to reach this year's goal of 550,000 vehicles per year. It looks like to me that the current domestic delivery staging area is just barely keeping pace with current production. The cleared container staging area looks like it will support another 25 car carrier loading lanes and an additional 400 cars worth of parking. Regarding the footings with small wall bases: I'm fairly confident that other people have nailed this already. As per their thoughts, it looks to me like this line of footings includes two separate building column landing pads. The unformed rebar on the outside of the small wall panels are most likely for future column landing pads for a building which will span the long central strip. Said possible future building still has no footings dug yet. Whether this is for actual future site development or whether they've not dug any footings yet due to logistical considerations isn't knowable yet. We'll just have to wait and see. I would expect any future build to be sloped in the opposite direction just like the central steel structure is.
Great comments, Guy! I'm wondering if they will handle all of the car carrier shipping/loading on the west side of the highway. If they have a connection to the west side under the bridge, this would be a private road and they could drive the cars over to the west side, have the test track on that side, and then load up the car carriers over there. This would also help to eliminate a lot of traffic that comes with the car carriers constantly coming in and out. It's possible this could go on over on the east side of the power lines, but I think that it would make more sense to put another factory over there
They will probably wait till they get their special district status confirmed and approved. That allows them to set up legal and tax advantageous methods of transferring property and sharing expenses to those that they sell the property to. In theory, such sales between Tesla and SpaceX have to be handled at an arms length. And this way they can do things like borrow the money for setting up flood control, security, and other shared services etc as a taxing entity. The bond rates for such in Texas are silly cheap and you can pay it back over decades. That means you can conserve cash for other expenditures.
I notice that the 'blank' area in the battery section is symmetrical to the large rectangular excavation. I wonder if this will be another excavation for two battery machines?
Great video as always Joe. My guess is the large area east of the powerlines will be another production facility -- way too prime of a space to waste on parking/staging.
@@elliottgdanski766 Absolutely necessary -- but what I was saying is it would be a waste on that beautiful very large flat part of the property near all of the utilities they need. Maybe they put it across the highway instead where there are home and other structures which would be less disturbing than an industrial plant!
I wish I knew for sure, but right now, it's just a guess. The plans have changed so often and in big ways, it's hard to know. I'll keep trying to get additional information or clues to help answer this question.
Metal Roof Construction - I know absolutely nothing about constructing metal roofs. It appears to me that there are stacks of 'corrugated' metal pieces that are spread out above the steel beams of the underlying roof support. But how do they allow for the expansion and contraction of metal in the harsh Texas weather while keeping all the joints waterproof? I know this is probably a mundane topic compared to some of the technology we see being used at the site, but it seems vital to the success of the factory. Could you possibly take some time during one of your future intros to discuss this? (If you already have, just point me to the date.) Thanks!!
I don't know, but it is interesting. From the standpoint of operations, having everything nearby would be helpful, but not necessary. Some have suggested Tesla could lease out land at Giga Texas to SpaceX, and they do have plenty of land to work with if that is the plan. I think the larger question is what is the intention of Elon and a potential "company X" with SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, NeuraLink all subsidiaries and if this materializes, will all of these be based in and Hq'd from Austin. This is all in the conjecture category and nobody outside of a small internal group around Elon really knows. Hopefully in the near future we will find out more clues or an actual public release and then we will know.
I saw the same thing in the south stamping concrete pillar area last fall. I think that the pole is under a LOT of compression to the point where it oscillates.
I note there is no rail connection, nor is one planned - at least by UP or BNSF, the major players in the area, according to my contacts there. I've looked at old documents, and there's not any ancient right of ways nearby which could be resurrected. Fremont seems to make great use of the railyard. My cars came by rail to just West of Memphis, then down to Dallas on portable parking lots. I watched mine being unloaded. This may be unsettling to some, but it was as exciting as when my 2 kids were born.
Yes they are and I covered this a bit on my 8 March video ... this area on the original site plan had the trees remaining. Now it seems another change in plans has happened.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Yes I saw you got that covered. Thanks for that. Seems like everything related to Tesla is always changing. Btw. when do you think the first wall panels will be on the steel structure?
I'm wondering about the scheduling of casting machine installation. Originally there were supposedly 8 purchased, but only 3 foundations have been installed, in a configuration that suggests that only 6 will ultimately be installed here, and only one machine has been installed to date. There has been no movement towards installing the other two on the foundations that have been poured so far, and no movement toward preparing the additional foundations needed. It's now March, and there's still a long way to go. At this pace, I can't see this facility being operational before late 2021 at the earliest.
@ Philip... I was about to post similarly. Talk of 6 or 8, then outlines poured for "three", then one arrives with one foundry (where did that go?). I'm wondering if the first one is more of a prototype, and once the learning curve for this particular install is achieved, the others will come in? Of course by then the bridge cranes will be in and the portables won't be needed, I guess. It's really a mystery - wish we had a playbook to read. I'm also interested in the transition from metal to poured concrete roof.
Great video Joe. Glad to see Texas making a strong comeback. I wonder if one of the large graded areas will be for test track, charging stations, and finished car staging. I believe the new footings with wall sections in the center are loading docks. Also the large excavation in the battery factory is looking like the zipper pit did, so could it be another automation pit for the battery production?
Thanks but I am Joe. Jeff also does videos as well. There will be a track on site, but the location hasn’t been publicly disclosed yet ... might be on the west side if the highway. They also have the public boardwalk and nature areas to put in as well. That’s an interesting idea about the excavation area ... I’m not sure yet but will keep a lookout for more clues.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Sorry Joe, I watched Jeff's channel too, I guess I forgot which one I was commenting on. Someone commented that the test track might be inside the building, but I'm pretty sure the road in the building will be for supply logistics. They could put it on the other side of the highway, but I think they will want it pretty close to the main building. They are definitely multitasking there's so much going on it's hard to keep up with what they are doing everywhere. I just thought about the excavation in the battery plant, maybe they need heavy automation line to assemble the battery packs. ☺
Are we sure the north west corner is for batteries? With the large pit it looks like it could be for a metal folding machine for cyber truck. I would have thought there would be a stand alone battery building also to minimise fire risk?
Well, if it was 'Phase 2' this would be far too early for that. Besides, there are another 2000 acres that are still not used. And the construction on the west side of the highway is going on.
Thanks ... the visibility was excellent today and I used a zoom focus which made it a bit more dramatic too! This open area is still a mystery but it’s looking more and more like a covered access area and it’s about 175 to 185 -ish feet across and truck drivers have told me that’s enough room for loading docks or bays on both sides. It’s interesting and I hope to get more clues soon.
I wonder if in addition to the battery area, it is also the "Body in White" area where they dip the entire vehicle frames to give them a protective coating. This process obviously takes a very large vat so I'm wondering if that's what the long rectangular pit is for.
Body-in-White is the east steel structure connecting the casting and stamping machine structures. This is where the basic structure is assembled, not where they are dipped. The E-Coating tanks you are thinking about are in the tall paint shop areas just by the third floor concrete pour I showed today in the video.
Joe, do you know if they have access rights to build a road under the highway bridges on the south end to connect with the west side property? I was thinking that it might make sense for finished cars to be moved to the west side properties for testing, parking and transport. They would have clearer freeway access away from the incoming materials to the factory. A related question for you: Could you show us how far away existing railroad lines are? Might they be planning to extend access to them for incoming or outgoing shipments? Thanks for the great videos Joe! Tom
I was wondering if Boring company could bring a couple of tunnels from the nearest rail yard. Even if they didn't run rails, the cars could drive there to be loaded onto rail cars.
I believe they do have access rights under the south bridge. It’s been several months since I did a full nearby transportation video where I covered things like possible rail access ... it was not close by at all, but I don’t recall the exact number of miles.
Thanks for the detailed and informative videos! Do you know if the Lithium Hydroxide Refinery is already under construction or they're just doing site prep at this time?
That is a logical assumption and you may be correct ... I'll keep watching. And as many viewers have suggested, the tow parts for the bridge crane may be installed as one crane ... we should see more of these arriving soon, so will try to get a better look when they are out in the open.
www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-berlin-the-first-indoor-crane-in-the-casting Here's a view of the crane at Berlin, fortunately we could see it there as the roof wasn't covered yet.
I'm wondering about the casting machines. Do you think that the manufacturer is having problems meeting demand? They only have foundations for three and only one on-site.
I’d say be patient ... lots of construction yet to happen. They only just started putting together Giga Berlin’s casting machines as well, so it might be a delivery issue for the machines themselves ... let’s see what happens by the end of March.
Jeeze, I forgot about a test track! Presumably there will be one? The West side, perhaps? What an opportunity for Boring Co. to build an access tunnel.
So there's like more than 10 engineers on this project; right? Those little ATV carts are cute and resemble something from the Wall.E movie. Shouldn't those be electric carts though? Great homage must be done to the ICE engine when the conversion is complete. The movie Sleeper finds an old Volkswagen that still starts decades later.
@@timboatfield ....difficult to quality control and woodpecker use it to nest in. It is ok for distribution, but in a switch yard for a multi billion operation?
I think some of the issue with steel ordering and delivery has to do with the multiple on-the-fly major design changes directed by Tesla ... needed to finalize the design before ordering parts.
Giga Texas, like Giga Berlin is being constructed as a “building in a building” structure. The stamping machine area is a building that needs the structural strength of the concrete walls and roof. It’ll eventually be under a common roof so if you were to look at the finished building roof, you won’t be able to tell there are individual structures underneath. Hope that helps.
If this plant gets to 2 million 3, Y Cybertrucks and maybe semis, thats like 6000 a day,... Thats a lot of Tesla, worker, and cyber parking... Loading, Trucks and trailers coming in and parked, and um parking!
It was reported recently that SpaceX intends to build Starlink equipment in Austin. Could this be going across the highway? Link to story: arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/spacex-plans-texas-factory-to-help-make-starlink-dishes-and-wi-fi-routers/
It seems like they are stockpiling the machinery to start another phase of Giga Texas Do you also think they will build the Starlink factory nearby/elsewhere on the same plot of land?
@@fmapls that is a possibility and many people have asked me that question. I think there is a good chance that Tesla might lease space to SpaceX but I cannot confirm this at this time.
What is happening on the Eastern Side ??? A TERA-BATTERY FACTORY === Tesla largely has Shanghai, Berlin & Texas construction under control, with Berlin & Texas planned to use 4680 ( The new standard, initially possibly from Fremont ) == Tesla's big problem continues to be battery product : The Dry Electrode tab-less 4680 is currently in its final iterations == And a very high percentage of the design of the lines equipment will not change == At worst they can use the existing chemistry & have a new Texas facility unproductive for a couple of months while the final alterations/iterations are made . Getting the battery materials supply chain started will also take time. India UK and other plants can wait == Tesla will buy product from other suppliers, but its nature is to be away from others.
I understand that : What I am saying a second battery factory a TERA FACTORY :: Where is a the Tera factory to be built =TEXAS :: When will it start :: NOW
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Great information Joe, thank you for all the detail and all the research and hard work you put into the videos. Absolutely stellar!
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Nice view of giga Texas with the city in the background at 9:03
I watch all of these videos and I have never noticed the city in the background.
I see it all the time ... even put call outs so my viewers can see the proximity to both downtown and also the airport.
Halfway through video it finally struck me - this will be a HUGE factory! Also, if the Model Y production is of foremost importance, the east side of the factory will be operating way before the west side is even completed, and batteries will be brought in from outside until the battery shop is completed. All the steel structures going up will need concrete floors, and most of the factory has yet to see any "infill" that is necessary to make offices, shops, air conditioning, elec. connections, etc. functional. The machine that builds the machine is indeed a VERY difficult undertaking.
Yup, all those cells stacking up from that pilot plant going anywhere?
@@RacefanPat68 Don't forget that Tesla has an entire Solar division that is going to need cells for their Powerwalls.
@@rdyer8764 Oh I know, but they are a different chemistry, and will be coming. The comment was to say they have some cells to get Texas started with the new size. not for long maybe, but the Battery plant at Texas has had half the footings done this week! so dont be thinking its going to be very long!
I think you actually hit on an important idea or observation .. if you look at the structures already up, they are the stamping, casting, Body-in-White, paint, electrical switchyards, possible parking and staging areas and general assembly parts of the factory ... all of these area could begin Model Y production while the other areas are still in construction of fit out. The batteries could be brought in initially and the CT parts of the factory can be built out after Model Y production starts up ... why wait for the entire thing to be completed before starting limited production in areas that are ready to go.
The footings @ 20:36 have small wall bases but they also have rebar for double columns. Indicating further structure to the east.
The area without footings in the northwest part is exactly the same size as the area where the big pit was dug to the west. It also lines up with the joined footings, so probably another pit (whatever THAT is for).
Those drying/Charging/Conditioning something robot stacks shown in the Battery videos, will be heavy when full of cells....
that dig out is the executive lap pool and sauna lol
Great videos Joe. I really enjoy all the updates from the four of you guys dedicated to this. A minor clarification on the 'crane rails' you guys keep mentioning being installed. What's actually going up now in all the shops are 'crane beams' not the actual crane rails. Typically the beams are installed and then the rails are precision mounted on top of the beams to ensure the bridge cranes run smoothly and true on the rails. This usually requires some shimming and laser alignment for height and straightness. The rails typically look a lot like a railroad rail and most bridge cranes use a flanged wheels similar to railroad car wheels to keep them on the rails. If you get a chance to zoom in on the top of the crane beams in the casting shop you'll see the tops are just ordinary flat flanges. Later you'll see folks installing the crane rails on top of those bare flanges. Thanks again for making these videos. I can't wait for the time lapse one after the factory is built.
The New Switchyard doesnt feel temporary.
The Original Switchyard has an air of prepping for a CyberTruck and or Semi factory, which i've thought for 3/4 weeks.
Yeah, I'm also thinking it might be another factory. Possibly Semi, but it could be solar. But more likely it's gonna be a parking lot. Other side of the highway might turn in to a factory.
I agree. Too much work is going into 'temporary' electrical construction. Plus, I think the Model 3 and Y, and possibly the CT, assembly isn't compatible with the Semi. I don't see the lines as being compatible. And I think the current NE lot is too big, and too far from the other factory to be for employee parking. Plus, I think Elon is going to implement methods to discourage employees from single-passenger vehicle use. His whole thing is to work against such ideas. I would guess mass transit is going to be encouraged from the surrounding housing areas including central Austin.
That substation seems to have some temporary elements- the wood poles as an example. I agree it is permanent, but there might be some changes to it as things progress.
@@patrickkenny2077 Wooden poles can lst many decades, especailly ones that have been treated as much as those ones.
The rest of the work equally seems to be for the long term, such as scuplting and stone lining the bank.
I've done jigsaws begfore, this is definitely a peice of the picture on the box.
At 10:00 great shot of the casting area with Downtown Austin in the background.
At 17:45 building are not actually joined together -- you can see where they meet there are pairs of separate columns, one column for each building.
My guess is that large area on the east side will be a parking area for finished EVs.
At 9:46 those scaffoldings and platforms are, I'm assuming, for cranes to lift equipment up to the floor level and then they'll roll the equipment inside. I assume that scaffolding is temporary and will be removed later.
Thanks for the close-in shots, Joe. We're going to miss seeing anything inside the stamping area soon when the panels are all up and roof is poured.
Thanks and good observations/comments!
9:45 another platform to get stuff onto the 2nd floor, like the paint shop has
9:36. North end of zipper pit is about opposite this transmission tower and extends 11 or so column spacings south. Jeff’s Day 152 at 1:47 shows the north end of the zipper pit about in line with the 3rd north of the large transmission towers. (First tower is adjacent to the stamping plant)
10:32. A glimpse of some of the infill structure between casting and paint. Someone tossed a coin and decided to continue the plane of the casting plant roof.
14:15. 2 white and blue single axle mobile units similar looking to the 2 water filtration units over at the concrete batching plant. These 3 are conveniently but perhaps co-incidentally located at a fire hydrant branch on the water loop, and have what looks to be a pump attached. Another 3 located at the south end, again conveniently located at a water loop branch. 3 more located in the contractors yard, visible at 7:43 and not located near anything in particular. Then there is the other one that has been parked for some weeks in the open space towards the south. Here's the website of the company named on the side of the units up north. www.rainforrent.com/
14:42. There’s a white painted structure on the top level. Roughly below the guys working on the roof.
14:57. Geo-piering. Like the End of the World, the end of geo-piering works is often inaccurately predicted.
15:18. Left of screen. Some sort of fabric or netting has been strung between the columns.
18:20. The yellow 3 wheeled straddle carrier I have seen carrying a load precisely once in maybe 100 videos.
19:28. The roof is getting a clean up. We may finally get to see what it will be covered with.
Thanks Joe!
I'm curious to see what the white painted structure is at 14:42. I think it is made of the metal pieces that they have been putting on the ramp and delivering inside the building. It is hard to see in Jeff's video from yesterday, but it has gotten much bigger
@@zacadams7070 Must be part of the factory plant. Jeff mentions it in his latest. Soon we won't be able to see inside at all, then the speculation can start proper!
I plotted out the exact location of the zipper pit in relation to the other longish excavation/structure a bit further west. I was surprised to find they are almost beside each other, and about the same size. The new structure is 2 column spacings west, and the north end of that structure is 3 column spacings south.
@@DessieDoolan Yeah I'm thinking it is going to be one of the paint lines! I have watched a couple videos of large auto paint shops recently, and it looks like it could be one of the tunnels that is part of a paint booth. I'm hoping the quad squad will get some permissions to do some inside filming at some point!
And wow, I had no clue they were so close to each other! I was thinking the zipper pit was further south
@@zacadams7070 If you're interested I'll give you my figuring.
@@DessieDoolan Yeah that would be great!
15:30 The fact that the floors aren't at the same height is rather interesting. As has been said before, while this looks like one gigantic building, structurally and logically, it's really several smaller buildings next to each other.
Definitely a “buildings within a building” design all under a common roof.
Good catch.
Looks like the cranes are doing time in the penalty box. Maybe they high stuck sombody?
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Wow! Lots of steel got delivered!! They are almost done connecting the east and west section! Also that north and middle piece on the west side. Also, it looks like they are ready to build southwestward!
They are working around the clock but still so much work to do. I wonder how long it would take if they just worked during the day and took their time
True ... I do want to see a lot more steel arrive and work on the southwest vertical construction begin. Right now, seems the primary focus is getting the parts of the factory built that will allow Model Y production to begin while other CT parts of the factory are still being constructed or fitted out.
Once the concrete cures on the floors, you will see the trades start appearing .
I feel in just 2 more weeks
There are already a lot of electricians. HVAC, and plumbers working. Look for the smaller scissors lifts.
the “large area” is definitely employee parking, the gravel being spread out is most likely sub base aggregate which is then compacted and paved over
Thanks ... can I take that as a guarantee? 😎🤗
@@JoeTegtmeyer Might be fun to do the math. Parking has always been a problem at Fremont. Got dimensions? 5k employees, probably close to 5k cars, at say 350 square feet per space... airport style parking with shuttles might make sense. If that doesn't account for it, onsite new vehicle logistics might. New cars need chargers, too!
As I mentioned above, I think it's too far from the factory, and I think Elon is going to discourage his employees from single-passenger vehicle use...unless it's going to be full of Superchargers! :))
Definitely a possibility, but the way they prepared the ground before geopiers at the current factory footprint was very similar! Could be the starting of another factory foundation
Thanks Joe - Great footage, man they are really getting after it!
I also think the large south water retention pond will be for the fire water. I’ve seen it at refineries where you have a mass of water and on site pumps, as if there was a fire you can’t suck enough water from the mains so you use the firewater pond. Just a guess
We shall see, but I believe the design is for it to be empty the majority of the time.
Love the recap at the start. Thanks for keeping on keeping on with these. :)
Thanks Sandy!
I am curious if those cranes parked on the north end will be used again. My thinking they may well be because they are not being broken down yet. I wonder why so much work on the westside for two weeks then nothing? Maybe a change of plans. That seems to happen a lot with Tesla. Trying to get my son to find out what is being planned on the westside, he works in building code enforcement, even though it not within the city limits.
Parked cranes is yet another reason why construction slow. There plenty of footings in the southwest corner waiting for steel. As they have been for the last 3 months!
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn i agree. They should be working in the south. Maybe not enough workers to place steel beams so it doesnt matter
Joe, In the switchyard there are six seperate structures, power coming in is 3 phase, so either there will be two feeds or one inny and one outy. I sure a power company could tell us if this is correct.
I don't know but that is an interesting observation!
Possibly the battery area will be in concrete also footings are big and deep
Really enjoy your videos Joe! They must be running 2 dozen concrete trucks 24/7 to have poured as much as they have, and still so much more to go. Amazing! With no geo pier work happening in the east lot, I'd say that parking is about all it could be used for, gives you an idea of how many vehicles they plan on having to ship if they'll need a lot that size. And I'm glad they're keeping the extra cranes on site, makes you think they'll have more to do soon.
Thanks Ivy!
Hi Joe great work as usual,
I'm assuming Texas gets quite hot in Summer, I wonder if steel roof will have similar treatment as Giga Berlin.
11:57 Pillar (2nd Pillar central frame) temps support has some serious oscillation, assuming wind is causing this.
22:12 South Concrete Structure appears to have an internal dividing wall which looks like it will prevent Bridge Crane having full access.
Thanks Damir and that is interesting the vibrating pole ... I actually did not notice that! I think it's caused by the vehicles moving around it, but perhaps the wind is contributing as well. On the couth structure, I think multiple bridge cranes will be installed, so the sections may not be that big of a deal. I'm hoping to see more of them delivered soon so we will know. a big initial indicator that they are going to arrive is when more bridge crane rails show up and stat to be installed.
1:57 The long span steel roof beams that we've seen on site probably go there...
Another excellent progress summary and drone video.
The electrical sub-station is taking shape nicely and looks similar to Giga Berlin. I would love to know how Giga Texas will integrate the solar panel, battery storage and the electrical sub-station. Will not be surprised if Giga Texas will not have to buy lot of electrical energy.
Thanks and I’m curious about that too ... and if Megapaks might make an appearance at some point too. 🤔
Excellent as always. 👍
Thanks!
Wow, I hope they allow for factory pick ups for the cybertruck, I would love to see the place up close
That would be cool! 👍
I'm glad that they have speeded up pouring the floors - maybe some of the other sub-contractors can get some things done.
Interior painting has begun
@9:30 there is a cool optical illusion the columns on the outside look the tallest and fourth column in looks the shortest caused by the roof blocking the sun in a step down pattern so it shows lower on the inside columns.
That is a interesting illusion! Thanks!
Trailers Materials and Parts storage for manufacturing. If you look at Fremont and Shanghai, they have had areas designated for these trailers (close or near plant). Also, designated area for finished vehicles (Y and Cybertruck) parking area.
Once again, thanks for a great update! Will add comments later. ;)
Regarding the originally planned switch yard staging area: I'd just like to point out that Giga Shanghai has a production parking area devoted to just current shipping within China of 600 vehicles with an immediate 25 lane loading car carrier area. The car carrier loading area supports up to 8 cars behind each car carrier lane. There is room for about another 400 cars below the nominal 600 car parking area. In various videos, I've seen the combined 1,000 car parking area completely full. Some of these were due to be shipped overseas but I believe that overseas ready parking is now mostly at the port rather than on-site at Giga Shanghai. Assuming the current local China delivery rate is about 12,000 cars monthly, then this car carrier/production car parking area is processing about 500 cars each day, 6 days a week. The 12,000 in China delivery per month is the current low ball figure. I expect this to double by the end of 2021.
Fremont's current car carrier delivery processing rate is probably about double Giga Shanghai.
I expect Giga Texas to ultimately produce and ship at least double (1,000,000 annually) if not quadruple (2,000,000 annually) Fremont once ramp up reaches planned levels (say by the end of 2023). So yes, one purpose of this large area could be devoted to car carrier shipping/loading and production car parking. Of course, employee parking is also another large reason. Even with just the construction crews, parking always seems to be at a premium, to say nothing of all the materials staging. Finally, don't forget the QC test tracks (Giga Shanghai has 2 sets of tracks, Fremont has at least one set of tracks). Speaking of test tracks, Fremont also has an on site vehicle design test track. Going to need room for one of those as well.
Note also that Giga Shanghai has cleared out all the container staging which was adjacent to the car carrier loading area and relocated it to across the main street. This suggests to me that they are making room for the additional space the Model Y and 3 continued ramp up to reach this year's goal of 550,000 vehicles per year. It looks like to me that the current domestic delivery staging area is just barely keeping pace with current production. The cleared container staging area looks like it will support another 25 car carrier loading lanes and an additional 400 cars worth of parking.
Regarding the footings with small wall bases: I'm fairly confident that other people have nailed this already. As per their thoughts, it looks to me like this line of footings includes two separate building column landing pads. The unformed rebar on the outside of the small wall panels are most likely for future column landing pads for a building which will span the long central strip. Said possible future building still has no footings dug yet. Whether this is for actual future site development or whether they've not dug any footings yet due to logistical considerations isn't knowable yet. We'll just have to wait and see.
I would expect any future build to be sloped in the opposite direction just like the central steel structure is.
Great comments, Guy! I'm wondering if they will handle all of the car carrier shipping/loading on the west side of the highway. If they have a connection to the west side under the bridge, this would be a private road and they could drive the cars over to the west side, have the test track on that side, and then load up the car carriers over there. This would also help to eliminate a lot of traffic that comes with the car carriers constantly coming in and out. It's possible this could go on over on the east side of the power lines, but I think that it would make more sense to put another factory over there
I just pre ordered my truck you think I will get it faster bc I live in town? 🤨 what are y’all’s thought on this ?
You’ll be the guy we see on local news receiving the keys to your car as it rolls off the line.
Always amazing
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Once this factory is up I expect they will start on another one nearby. Actually I don’t know why they haven’t started already
If they do, what do you think the next one would be for?
I think that the starlink factory will go up on the westside.
They will probably wait till they get their special district status confirmed and approved. That allows them to set up legal and tax advantageous methods of transferring property and sharing expenses to those that they sell the property to. In theory, such sales between Tesla and SpaceX have to be handled at an arms length. And this way they can do things like borrow the money for setting up flood control, security, and other shared services etc as a taxing entity. The bond rates for such in Texas are silly cheap and you can pay it back over decades. That means you can conserve cash for other expenditures.
Too many factory builds at once will create a labor shortage.
I notice that the 'blank' area in the battery section is symmetrical to the large rectangular excavation. I wonder if this will be another excavation for two battery machines?
We shall see soon I think!
Great video as always Joe. My guess is the large area east of the powerlines will be another production facility -- way too prime of a space to waste on parking/staging.
a parking lot and staging area are a waste? How else do you expect employees to park? How else do you expect to store finished vehicles?
@@elliottgdanski766 Absolutely necessary -- but what I was saying is it would be a waste on that beautiful very large flat part of the property near all of the utilities they need. Maybe they put it across the highway instead where there are home and other structures which would be less disturbing than an industrial plant!
I wish I knew for sure, but right now, it's just a guess. The plans have changed so often and in big ways, it's hard to know. I'll keep trying to get additional information or clues to help answer this question.
Metal Roof Construction - I know absolutely nothing about constructing metal roofs. It appears to me that there are stacks of 'corrugated' metal pieces that are spread out above the steel beams of the underlying roof support. But how do they allow for the expansion and contraction of metal in the harsh Texas weather while keeping all the joints waterproof? I know this is probably a mundane topic compared to some of the technology we see being used at the site, but it seems vital to the success of the factory. Could you possibly take some time during one of your future intros to discuss this? (If you already have, just point me to the date.) Thanks!!
wiggling cross beams in the casting area lol that would freak me out
Where do you think they will develop the Starlink factory, Joe? They have been advertising job openings for Starlink in Austin.
I don't know, but it is interesting. From the standpoint of operations, having everything nearby would be helpful, but not necessary. Some have suggested Tesla could lease out land at Giga Texas to SpaceX, and they do have plenty of land to work with if that is the plan. I think the larger question is what is the intention of Elon and a potential "company X" with SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company, NeuraLink all subsidiaries and if this materializes, will all of these be based in and Hq'd from Austin. This is all in the conjecture category and nobody outside of a small internal group around Elon really knows.
Hopefully in the near future we will find out more clues or an actual public release and then we will know.
at 12:04 why is that brown support beam (pole) vibrating so much (behind the second front pillar at the right)? it looks odd!
I saw the same thing in the south stamping concrete pillar area last fall. I think that the pole is under a LOT of compression to the point where it oscillates.
Usually it is the wind. A long enough bar can behave like a cable.
I don't see any heavy machinery at work nearby.
I note there is no rail connection, nor is one planned - at least by UP or BNSF, the major players in the area, according to my contacts there. I've looked at old documents, and there's not any ancient right of ways nearby which could be resurrected. Fremont seems to make great use of the railyard. My cars came by rail to just West of Memphis, then down to Dallas on portable parking lots. I watched mine being unloaded. This may be unsettling to some, but it was as exciting as when my 2 kids were born.
Just south of the big southern detention pond, it seems like they're clearing more trees.
Yes they are and I covered this a bit on my 8 March video ... this area on the original site plan had the trees remaining. Now it seems another change in plans has happened.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Yes I saw you got that covered. Thanks for that. Seems like everything related to Tesla is always changing. Btw. when do you think the first wall panels will be on the steel structure?
@@ChristianBlueChimp That is hard to say but perhaps by months end ... probably on the east side first I think.
I'm wondering about the scheduling of casting machine installation. Originally there were supposedly 8 purchased, but only 3 foundations have been installed, in a configuration that suggests that only 6 will ultimately be installed here, and only one machine has been installed to date. There has been no movement towards installing the other two on the foundations that have been poured so far, and no movement toward preparing the additional foundations needed. It's now March, and there's still a long way to go. At this pace, I can't see this facility being operational before late 2021 at the earliest.
@ Philip... I was about to post similarly. Talk of 6 or 8, then outlines poured for "three", then one arrives with one foundry (where did that go?). I'm wondering if the first one is more of a prototype, and once the learning curve for this particular install is achieved, the others will come in? Of course by then the bridge cranes will be in and the portables won't be needed, I guess. It's really a mystery - wish we had a playbook to read. I'm also interested in the transition from metal to poured concrete roof.
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Great video Joe. Glad to see Texas making a strong comeback. I wonder if one of the large graded areas will be for test track, charging stations, and finished car staging. I believe the new footings with wall sections in the center are loading docks. Also the large excavation in the battery factory is looking like the zipper pit did, so could it be another automation pit for the battery production?
Thanks but I am Joe. Jeff also does videos as well.
There will be a track on site, but the location hasn’t been publicly disclosed yet ... might be on the west side if the highway. They also have the public boardwalk and nature areas to put in as well.
That’s an interesting idea about the excavation area ... I’m not sure yet but will keep a lookout for more clues.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Sorry Joe, I watched Jeff's channel too, I guess I forgot which one I was commenting on. Someone commented that the test track might be inside the building, but I'm pretty sure the road in the building will be for supply logistics. They could put it on the other side of the highway, but I think they will want it pretty close to the main building. They are definitely multitasking there's so much going on it's hard to keep up with what they are doing everywhere. I just thought about the excavation in the battery plant, maybe they need heavy automation line to assemble the battery packs. ☺
Are we sure the north west corner is for batteries? With the large pit it looks like it could be for a metal folding machine for cyber truck. I would have thought there would be a stand alone battery building also to minimise fire risk?
Yes I am sure
Awesome Joe ... do you think there will be a “phase 2”? and if so the large eastern area a beginning for that ??
Well, if it was 'Phase 2' this would be far too early for that. Besides, there are another 2000 acres that are still not used. And the construction on the west side of the highway is going on.
I think there will be a phase 2 and 3 or more.
I saw the other day that they are up to 3500 acres.
Lots of space.
8:52 I forget how close this is to the city. Great shot!
20:20 That does look like exterior wall footings, doesn't it?
Thanks ... the visibility was excellent today and I used a zoom focus which made it a bit more dramatic too! This open area is still a mystery but it’s looking more and more like a covered access area and it’s about 175 to 185 -ish feet across and truck drivers have told me that’s enough room for loading docks or bays on both sides. It’s interesting and I hope to get more clues soon.
I wonder if in addition to the battery area, it is also the "Body in White" area where they dip the entire vehicle frames to give them a protective coating. This process obviously takes a very large vat so I'm wondering if that's what the long rectangular pit is for.
Body-in-White is the east steel structure connecting the casting and stamping machine structures. This is where the basic structure is assembled, not where they are dipped. The E-Coating tanks you are thinking about are in the tall paint shop areas just by the third floor concrete pour I showed today in the video.
@@JoeTegtmeyer Thanks for replying. That does make more sense. I'm fascinated by this large pit and trying to figure out what it's for :)
Thanks Joe for the good information. Good job bro.
Thanks! 😎
Still say large area is stationary storage
road in middle would probably where the cars roll out
Joe, do you know if they have access rights to build a road under the highway bridges on the south end to connect with the west side property?
I was thinking that it might make sense for finished cars to be moved to the west side properties for testing, parking and transport. They would have clearer freeway access away from the incoming materials to the factory.
A related question for you: Could you show us how far away existing railroad lines are? Might they be planning to extend access to them for incoming or outgoing shipments?
Thanks for the great videos Joe!
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I was wondering if Boring company could bring a couple of tunnels from the nearest rail yard. Even if they didn't run rails, the cars could drive there to be loaded onto rail cars.
I believe they do have access rights under the south bridge. It’s been several months since I did a full nearby transportation video where I covered things like possible rail access ... it was not close by at all, but I don’t recall the exact number of miles.
Thanks for the detailed and informative videos! Do you know if the Lithium Hydroxide Refinery is already under construction or they're just doing site prep at this time?
It’s incorporated into the northwest corner area
I think that the large area will be a holding area like the one in china. I wonder what happened to the 2nd bridge crane?
I think they were both sides of 1 crane
That is a logical assumption and you may be correct ... I'll keep watching. And as many viewers have suggested, the tow parts for the bridge crane may be installed as one crane ... we should see more of these arriving soon, so will try to get a better look when they are out in the open.
www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/tesla-giga-berlin-the-first-indoor-crane-in-the-casting Here's a view of the crane at Berlin, fortunately we could see it there as the roof wasn't covered yet.
East side? make a hell-of-a bocce ball court.
Could be a lot of fun though! :-)
I'm wondering about the casting machines. Do you think that the manufacturer is having problems meeting demand? They only have foundations for three and only one on-site.
I’d say be patient ... lots of construction yet to happen. They only just started putting together Giga Berlin’s casting machines as well, so it might be a delivery issue for the machines themselves ... let’s see what happens by the end of March.
@ 9:45 another second floor loading platform?
Yes ... I keep forgetting to point it out! Thanks for the comment!
Maybe the "center road" is going to be a inside test track or for inside charging stations?
Batteries are charged during assembly, they shouldn't need much charging after that.
Jeeze, I forgot about a test track! Presumably there will be one? The West side, perhaps? What an opportunity for Boring Co. to build an access tunnel.
If that is the permanent switch yard what happened to the gas cooled switches? Another change of plan?
Good question ... I don’t know at this point. Hope to get more info at some point 🤞
So there's like more than 10 engineers on this project; right? Those little ATV carts are cute and resemble something from the Wall.E movie. Shouldn't those be electric carts though? Great homage must be done to the ICE engine when the conversion is complete. The movie Sleeper finds an old Volkswagen that still starts decades later.
It is 2021 and they are still installing wooden power poles? 6:25
Whats wrong with wood?
@@timboatfield ....difficult to quality control and woodpecker use it to nest in.
It is ok for distribution, but in a switch yard for a multi billion operation?
@@steffenmuller7338 Yes.
Woodpeckers?! lolol
Do the steel companies have difficulty keeping up? Or was the gap in deliveries planned?
I think some of the issue with steel ordering and delivery has to do with the multiple on-the-fly major design changes directed by Tesla ... needed to finalize the design before ordering parts.
I sure hope the large excavation @ 16:08 isn't going to turn out like the zipper pit. Dig it out only to fill it in again!
The zipper pit has been dug out and filled with forms and rebar.
Can anyone explain why the stamping machine area is walled off? Is it gonna be a seperate building?
Giga Texas, like Giga Berlin is being constructed as a “building in a building” structure. The stamping machine area is a building that needs the structural strength of the concrete walls and roof. It’ll eventually be under a common roof so if you were to look at the finished building roof, you won’t be able to tell there are individual structures underneath. Hope that helps.
@@JoeTegtmeyer thanks!
@@alimeharaz3674 😎👍
Is that a different concrete company pouring today?
They have been using several concrete suppliers for awhile.
If this plant gets to 2 million 3, Y Cybertrucks and maybe semis, thats like 6000 a day,... Thats a lot of Tesla, worker, and cyber parking... Loading, Trucks and trailers coming in and parked, and um parking!
Very true!
Did you go and see SN10's flight in the end?
Not in person .. one day I'll get down there to see one in person
Nice
It was reported recently that SpaceX intends to build Starlink equipment in Austin. Could this be going across the highway? Link to story: arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/03/spacex-plans-texas-factory-to-help-make-starlink-dishes-and-wi-fi-routers/
Perhaps or perhaps not ... at this point, it would be nice if Tesla and/or SpaceX made a clear announcement.
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It seems like they are stockpiling the machinery to start another phase of Giga Texas
Do you also think they will build the Starlink factory nearby/elsewhere on the same plot of land?
Yes they are, and already installing interior equipment as well
SpaceX and Tesla are different companies, so I don’t know if Starlink would be manufactured here. Maybe SpaceX would lease space from Tesla?
@@fmapls that is a possibility and many people have asked me that question. I think there is a good chance that Tesla might lease space to SpaceX but I cannot confirm this at this time.
Do you know if the roof on the steel structures will need more work?
A form of insulation and a membrane barrier will be put on the roof.
What is happening on the Eastern Side ??? A TERA-BATTERY FACTORY === Tesla largely has Shanghai, Berlin & Texas construction under control, with Berlin & Texas planned to use 4680 ( The new standard, initially possibly from Fremont ) == Tesla's big problem continues to be battery product : The Dry Electrode tab-less 4680 is currently in its final iterations == And a very high percentage of the design of the lines equipment will not change == At worst they can use the existing chemistry & have a new Texas facility unproductive for a couple of months while the final alterations/iterations are made . Getting the battery materials supply chain started will also take time. India UK and other plants can wait == Tesla will buy product from other suppliers, but its nature is to be away from others.
The battery cell, and Lithium Hydroxide processing facility is being built in the northwest corner where all the new footings and big excavations are.
I understand that : What I am saying a second battery factory a TERA FACTORY :: Where is a the Tera factory to be built =TEXAS :: When will it start :: NOW
It said not good to fly tho?
Its fairly conservative as its a generic app for all kinds of Drones ... the one I used today has some significant wind speed capabilities.
22 mph gusts is not actually that high. All DJI drones can navigate that without issue. He probably just never adjusted the red threshold in the app settings.
@@Marksman123771 at the surface ... I did not show the winds at 100, 200 or 300 feet. Nevertheless, it wasn’t ideal to do more detail shots today.
is this factory only for Semi & Cybertruck or they will be making 3 & Y as well?
In think that the first phase of the factory will be for Model Y closely followed by the Cybertruck ,Model 3 and Semi
for new cars and trucks
That’s a very real possibility
Hopefully for employee parking.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn could be ... or perhaps that might be further east or on the west side? It’ll be interesting to see as this develops!
@@JoeTegtmeyer it cam onmy be there for sure
@@JoeTegtmeyer In my opinion, employees should be allowed to park as close as possible. Remember without employees, there are no cars.
Absolutely no way this will be done this year. And no way CyberTruck will have deliveries this year, no way!
Why so negative?