W Superchargers, S Extension Grows & Production Ramping Hard! 6 Mar 2024 Giga Texas Update (07:45AM)
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- Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and soon, the Next Generation Car!
6 March 2024 Giga Texas images! Low clouds & mist, but very active site!
I was surprised driving to Giga Texas today because it was clear skies with a nice sunrise developing as I left San Antonio, but I saw a low "wall" of clouds in the distance over Austin and as I drove through it, it became foggy with low clouds and mist, and this persisted throughout my drone flight at Giga Texas. Despite this weather challenge, I was able to capture a lot of interesting developments today!
One important item I discussed in the video introduction is the date for SpaceX's next Starship launch has been announced, and it is planned for 14 March (next Thursday. Because of this, barring any last-minute changes, I will be departing for Starbase early next week and will be covering the launch, so I will not be doing Giga Texas videos next week. Jeff Roberts and Brad Sloan will fill in the gaps while I am away.
Timestamps:
Drone flight overview with discussion & illustration: 0:06 to 4:09
Drone flight footage & infographics: 4:31 to 31:01
A few areas to highlight from today include:
The west outbound lot and new End-of-Line (EOL) facility continue to see final developments underway while at the same time becoming more operational every day! The supercharger installation on the south end of the EOL is a good example of this today. Now all the asphalt is completed, the painted line markings with directional arrows have been added, hinting at how this site will be used. In addition, two Cybertrucks were plugged in supercharging at the time of my drone flyover ... the first time I am aware of that these superchargers have been operational!
The outbound lot is still getting work on the south end and the north extension area, but otherwise was filled with Model Y's and Cybertrucks, along with many transport trucks loading up new vehicles and taking them to various distribution sites around Austin. In the north expansion lot, more trenching and conduit installation was underway today.
The new concrete apron on the west side of the EOL facility has been marked as a test track with turn around loops on either end of each track. This will replace the temporary test track on the east testing lot, including relocating the rumble strips that are installed on the east side track.
The south end main factory extension shows a lot of progress on many fronts. the southwest corner is nearly completed with steel erection, which just a small triangular area left to complete. on the east side, more steel is being added to the new perimeter grade beam, extending towards the four large tanks. Mud bases have been added to the two large excavations on the ground floor near where the south perimeter grade beam is double thickness. Window crews were preparing to add even more huge glass panes on the south side of the new structure, with the large yellow lifting strut with suction cups ready to pick up another pane being unloaded from a wooden crate. I was able to confirm only three panes are loaded into each crate.
The northeast corner of the casting section of the main factory was very busy today, with many castings and casting rack systems filled with castings sorted along the east and northeast sides. Crews were working in the newly cleared section of concrete, preparing delicate trenching operations while two large bundles of steel poles were delivered near this section. These recall an earlier stage of construction at Giga Texas where poles like these served as temporary supports for huge concrete columns.
Much more to see in the images and talk about in the video later today around the site! Thanks for watching and for your continued support and encouragement!
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5:22. Westside. Tunnel Project. Spoil pit. Fixing ties across the concrete lego long edges. Steelwork on the ground to the left appears to have cleats/tabs at a similar spacing. Some material already dumped in the pit. Probably the sludge that was in front of the TBM.
8:49. New EOL north. Inside the door. White machine. Could be part of a drive-on dynamometer, or the traction motor for a movable production line deck.
9:33. New EOL Superchargers. Couple of arrows marked to show the normal orientation.
11:26. GA west. Old ramp location. Threshold has been saw-cut and part removed.
11:37. GA. Highway side. Lift station. Some issues still. Might be by-passing whatever is in the rectangular vault.
13:09. Southend, west. Stack of steel. Right. Particularly deep beam with connection brackets for bracing. More ‘bracing’ related beams seen to the left, and at 13:47 to the right. Conspicuous lack of braced columns in the structure until now.
14:10. Southend, south. Left. Worker standing on a 6’ or 7’ 1.8m or 2.1m stepladder. Shows the top of the cast-in groove (potential door opening) centre is about the same height.
14:19. Southend, south. Inside. Joe’s photos include ‘The Money Shot’ of a view inside. Top of mud slab to underside of what I think is a lintel/beam for a door opening is about 12’ 3.6m.
14:29. Southend, south. To the right. Painted section of retaining wall would be a clue as to the finished grade outside the building.
15:03. Southend, diagonal corner. Bottom. Black frames that look like frames to store glass on.
15:46. Southend. Tank farm. Top. Lids/caps have the various fitting flanges arranged. Some cut out.
16:01. Southend. Inside. Top. Excavation. Formwork shuttering for a finished slab placed on the mud slab.
17:23. Stamping, apron. Left. Large white crated delivery.
20:24. BIW, apron. Left. Concrete placed for a footing for the ramp retaining wall. May be the mud slab only.
21:44. Casting east. Apron. Stack of screw/auger piles. Some handy pilot holes.
Something heavy to be placed here. Not the setout expected for a structure. Might be another Tank Farm.
Left some pipes on the roof may be related.
22:39. Paint. Apron. Cybertruck rear castings seen being crated up in Brad’s video yesterday. Completed castings, not untrimmed castings like these.
23:59. BESS switchyard. Knife switches that control the Megapacks are closed. To the right, the knife switches controlling the cables to the Mega-Vaults at the new switchyard/substation are open.
Megapacks ‘might’ be connected to the grid. Not connected to the factory.
27:00. Crash Test Track. Near the bottom right corner of the yellow plastic. Thin hose connected to the end of a Dewalt battery blower. Blowing debris out of holes drilled for the starter bars.
28:36. Cathode, west. Trench. Bottom centre. As noted by Bob Callahan a hydrant was just dropped off. Presumably the trench related.
29:11. Die Shop, north. Installing a flue or ductwork between the kiln/oven and the Die Shop.
I was about to request a wellness check
@@benguthrie49 I was holding out so that you've got something to read before you hit the clubs!
@@DessieDoolan too much rain tonight. I'm hoping it ends by 1am so I can get my walk in.
@25:19 looks like the oil trailer is sitting next to the transformer. They might still be unloading the cooling oil from the transformer prior to loading it on a trailer for transport off site.
Those "Rusty Poles" are the piles they are about to drive in the ground there. Looks like there is going to be some sort of small building off the side here perhaps...
Yep. Maybe a hopper to hold castings and feeding them back in when needed. No forklifts and racks running back and forth.
They screw those pipes into the ground. The excavator there has the screw attachment on it. They will start very soon.
Yep ... I was able to see them better in my images after I edited the video. I appreciate your heads up on them!
At 28:17 you can see that the Volvo loader with forks just delivered a fire hydrant near the trench that is being excavated. The trench is probably to install a new fire hydrant.
Damn you Joe! Again. We need to coordinate this so I’ll get my eight hours of sleep. 😴 Thank you for making the world’s longest and most exciting bed time story ever!!😊😊
Thanks Mathias and glad to give you a bedtime story! Next week I'll be at Starbase, so my schedule will be different!
So crazy to think off the years I have watched joe's work. Thank you! Looks like a total CT today is 123. Yesterday was 106.
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21:50 We can see a black mesh material being laid on the slope. With this slope being steeper than it used to be, this mesh material is being used to stabilise the slope.
Still so amazing how many projects that are going on and the ones that have been completed.Thanks Joe for all u do for the Tesla Community…
the factory feels ramped, love it. we are living in the dreams of 2020 initial construction
1:30 the cyber trucks are pointing the wrong direction. They’d need to point away from the building to be able to use all the chargers.
Could be just parked for testing. Eventual flow may be as arrows suggest.
22:27 Brad caught the crates open with castings in them in his last video. It was good to see confirmation of your information that that's what they were for.
Thanks!
I really like today's music!. More like this please.
Thanks Joe for the close up view of the switches!
Megapacks:
@ 23:59 A lot of vehicles in the yard. cabinet door open on one of the megapacks.
BESS substation:
@ 24:01 all 12 switches to the megapacks closed on this side.
@ 24:05 Don't have a clear view of the 12 switches on the other side but they appear closed as well.
Those switches were open for the last two weeks. with only 6 switches being closed for a few days. They were all open yesterday.
Let me remind everyone that closed switches doesn't necessarily mean that the megapacks are operational. Since circuit breakers along the way may be open.
When the megapack yard is empty of work crews, that may be an indication they might be operational.
EOL facility:
South superchargers:
@ 9:42 Two Cybertrucks parked in the wrong direction against the arrows, also not plugged in.
EDIT: Cybertrucks ARE plugged in.
@ 11:41 (Right) Another closed vault. An indication that the duct-banks to the superchargers are energized or soon will be.
Parking garage:
@ 17:33 (Lower left) What appears to be 2 bases for switchgear cabinets.
@ 17:41 (Bottom) Where duct-banks head towards the building.
East parking lot superchargers:
@ 20:09 Speculating that these will be temporarily shut down soon, when the westside superchargers become operational. That will allow them to be disconnected from the temporary power supply and reconnected to power from the main building.
Eastside of casting:
@ 20:58 With the exception of reconnecting the superchargers to power from the building....
Cable splicing appears complete in the open vault by the stairs. Bringing to an end a months long project to connect the factory to the new substation.
@ 21:40 Stacks of screw piles?
9:42 If you stop the video and zoom in at 9:44 you will see that the trucks are plugged in.
@@bobcallahan2322 You are correct. Thanks! My monitor is so crappy that even at 2160p resolution, I had to slow down the video and look really hard to see it.
I use an iPad Pro, works well.
The “ruff” of the parking deck looks nice 👍
Thank you, Joe!
Hello Joe, Just hope you have an amazing time down at Boca Chica. I for one am hopping that the launch goes to SpaceX's plans, as well as SpaceX get all the data they need. I do thank you for all your super content I know how much work goes in to it.
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Merci👍👍👍
At 28:37 you see those four large pipes with valves and temporary end-caps? The four openings above those pipes appear to be the same as the openings under the four Evapco units to their right. That, in combination with the bare ground to the left implies that this is expansion space for, perhaps, a doubling of the cathode production capacity later. The two stainless steel tanks to the right of the Evapco units look exactly like the two not yet installed ones that have been stored up north for the last several months, on their sides. That big white tank up against the building has two open ports as well. Their are also four pairs of buried conduits coming up from the ground in front of that white tank. It all looks like planned capacity expansion.
Cool channel 😊
Thanks for the update. Curious about many areas around the site, will keep watching.
There still appears to be a few more sections remaining to be installed onto at least one of the tanks on the new southern end extension before the lids are
installed; they are laying next to them.
Thanks Joe for another great flight, and the insightful commentary. Can you check if there's been more tunnel segments delivered? Last I saw there was only about half of the required number. I think they're either 1.5m or 5ft long, and 6 segments per ring. so that may eventually allow us to estimate total length.
Also worth watching the nearest point the tunnel can exit. Inside the factory is looking less likely, with all the steel in the way. Also, going back to May/June, there seems to be a groundwater management well along that path, which wouldn't make sense if they have to tunnel through it.
Hi Joe. This is the only Tesla channel that leaves me feeling happy every time I
Thanks … I’m glad to hear that and that you enjoy what I’m able to cover! 🤗👍
13:19 One of the theoretical TBM exit points is just inside or just outside the opening on the perimeter of the building in the center of this screenshot. That's because it is perfectly across from the TBM ready to go under the freeway. However, if you look closely, you will see the deep pumping station that was installed last year literally feet away. I would find it incredible that they would plan to tunnel so close to this with only feet away as the TBM would have to have made it's upturn by then..
Therefore, the TBM either has to exit within the Southern extension, traveling safely far below the pumping station, or some place on the other side of the new building. What does everyone else think?
Edit to add: another possibility other folks have mentioned is that it comes out of the ground just past the freeway in an analogous position of it's new to be drilled entrance!
13:19. Deep well. The well is well* clear of the tunnel alignment. Manholes to south also clear of the alignment. A drain connects the manholes to the well, that drain is deep enough for the tunnel to pass above. No other reason for it being that deep.
This deep well (in hindsight) was the first part of the tunnel project.
*pun intended.
Joe over by the crash testing site the concrete pit has a lip that looks like they are going to put in some concrete decking.
Hey Joe! Another great one today. Just thinking…I’ve never seen a mishap with your piloting after all this time! Do you not have any? Would love to see an outtakes video…if there is content!? Love your work!
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Most comments are about the car's structure. There are also wiring harness, circuit boards and actuators that go into these cars. The extension may have something to do with those items as well as Optimus.
I wish the new out of linde building had solar to push 20GW
Great flight Joe.
Can you determine if the glass is single, double or even triple pane units?
Cut and past from a previous comment. "Southend glazing. 12,000lbs. For that weight it must be laminated glass.
In metric, 9m x 2m x 0.12m x 2.5 (relative density of glass) = 5400kg. 50kg for a surrounding frame. 12,015lbs.
Counterweights on the vacuum lifting rig are 5 x 1000kg. 5000kg."
I think it might be doubled glazed with one surface (likely outer) multiple laminations (4 or 5), gap, 2 laminations.
Sedak the German glass supplier has a particularly good website.
Fire hydrants on East side of "end of line" facility protected by bollards.
Having watched these videos since day 1 I think I might be justified in renaming the Giga factory as, “The Edifice of Eternal Excavation.”
Looks like a “float test tank” Joe.
Interesting ides ... would this be needed since they have the wade pit nearby?
Might be let's see a sea test for the Cybertruck. 😂
The new structure is not connected to the existing structure, there is a small gap for an expansion joint.
Gigafactory is going to grow even more at the expansion joint.
Hi Joe, you mentioned some production numbers per hour. Do you know how many shifts per day?
Joe, do you know if the solar panels are connected, and, if not, then what the story is there?
If you could please get some shots of the field where Tesla Horse (code name PolyAnna) is being field tested that would be awesome. Maybe somewhere near the CyberHay.
Compared to others it is obvious you are a very good drone pilot, probably thanks to your military pilot training. Do you do GA as also? 🤔🤔🤔 I am thinking about Trent Palmer who is a great commercial drone flyer and flies privately as well. Airplane flying skills probably improves drone flying!
Tesla in online news: cybertruck windshield to cost $1900 US, some fool was jumping on a cybertruck windshield and succeeded in breaking it.
Also a semi-transporter truck with a load of cybertruck was involved in multi vehicle accident in which it rolled onto its side.
It seems cybertrucks are strong but not idiot proofed! 😂
@9:22 the Arrows on the Pavement in the SuperCharger's area indicate that normal charging orientation would be with the CT's facing South (away from the EOL building). Also, @9:45 as the drone approaches closest view of the 2 CT's, neither appear to be connected to the Superchargers.
If you zoom in at 9:45 the trucks are plugged in to the superchargers.
9:45 you need more zoom/resolution, on my screen I can clearly see they are plugged into the superchargers.
Glad to see that I'm not the only one who couldn't see that they were plugged in 😊Again, thanks Bob Callahan for letting us know.
You know I had a thought as FSD progresses I wonder if at some point the cars coming out of end of line will be able to drive and park themselves in the outbound lot🤔 also I wonder if that would work when you need service as well
Still level 2. There must be a human at the wheel.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn down the road
@@WinL549 Hasn't Musk been saying that since 2016?😊
Next to the cathode plant, we see an example of the golden rule of freshly laid bitumen.
Those castings at 22:43 are not trimmed. The sprues are still attached. Not spare parts.
Brad's video yesterday showed finished castings being crated up.
Although connected to the grid, don't the megapacks usually have a green blinking light that indicates they are energized and active?
Not necessarily connected to the grid. The might be, but it can't be confirmed. The thing about switch positions is that they can only tell you if something is NOT connected. They can not confirm a connection even if they are closed. That is due to the fact that there are also circuit breakers that may be open. While circuit breakers may have indicators, they are not visible from the drone.
Not sure about green blinking lights on the megapacks. A better indicator may be.... Switches closed, the absence of work crews from the megapack yard, and all gates closed. Or... If Joe or Brad get a chance to talk to one of the contractors working on the project.
How much more power is this plant pulling from the power grids? What’s going to happen when we start having black outs during the summer months?
Just an FYI The rusty poles are called Helical Screw Piles.
Yep ... I was able to see them better in my images after I edited the video! This suggests a big extension of casting in this area for possibly another joined structure! Thanks for pointing that out!
also where is end of tunnel at factories?
13:22. Gap in the retaining wall and perimeter grade beam. That's the tunnel alignment. At some point the tunnel will transition to a ramp. Exactly where that point is, isn't known.
Speculation only. There's no documentation showing any of this project that is publicly available.
It's insane how it appears that the size of the area for employee parking is larger than the factory itself
The space could be used more efficiently if they had more parking garages. The problem is cost. But if they need more room in the future, that is an option.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn we may well see another when this one is complete
Well if they are shipping complete castings that would suggest they are fully replaceable no?
It would suggest that they shatter on impact. Not good. Maybe fully replaceable but at what cost?
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nni was looking at it from a custom builders point of view sorry. its my understanding it takes a lot to damage them in the first place. they have govt mandated crumple zones just like any other truck. They would have never passed DOT if they just "shattered."
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nnThe entire vehicle is basically built onto those two large castings. Seems unlikely you could extract them economically. Does remind me of the old saying, "Take off the radiator cap and replace everything underneath it." 🙂 Hundreds of reasons to send samples to partners. In the damage/repair context it could be for testing of repair/welding processes. Very reasonable to re-weld replacement parts to a casting or repair bits of the extremities.
How are they going seal on the top of the glass where there is huge space above the glass.
There will be wall panels on top of the glass elements. That will make the proper seal and made a straight line of the wall height.
Concrete wall panels along the top/
@@JoeTegtmeyer Thought they were using shorter panes of glass. Not so?
@@sammyk874 I didn’t not think so, but they could always do something unexpected!
@@JoeTegtmeyer I thought it was one of Dessie's speculation as there was a smaller pane sitting around the area. I think you can see it at 15:12 through the glass. Maybe that's something else altogether.
So the brand new vehicle emerges from the bored tunnel, turns right to stop at the supercharger, then proceeds straight ahead into the QA barn where it eventually emerges out the north end?
I don’t think so. Vehicle will first be driven around the test track, and be charged after exiting the End of Line checks.
@@stephenboyd897 Thanks. Clearly my map revision is out of date, haha.
I kinda thought that the concrete panels would be removed to open up more room on the south side of the factory.
Those panels serve as a firewall. I do question why they didn't remove the existing angled corners though. At least on the southwest side.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nnClearly it was unnecessary.
they may remove some yet. One doesn't want to open up the inside before necessary
The both Cybertrucks must charge wireless... And the arrows are not big enough.🙂
1:37. Cables are there. A little hard to make out.
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That yellow RIBBON is called CAUTION tape because the tape
is printed with the word CAUTION. They sell it at Home Depot.
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Do Home Depot sell the rest of the parts for a Gigafactory as well as the CAUTION tape?😂
@@sewasewa6585 They certainly hit up Home Depot when they were doing the roof!
why are they putting the boring tunnels in giga texas
Anyone else see a Tesla ad before this video? That’s a bit worrying
Mullen, Rivian, Lucid, Fisker, Ford, GM, Stellantis, VW etc must just cringe when they see the Tesla industry growth :). And this is just Tx…
At the same time Tesla must cringe at the amount of models BYD has. Tesla product line getting stale in my opinion. Never heard of a consumer company making the same body style of anything for more than 5 years. I hope they start launching a variety of new designs soon otherwise the competitor models will seem more refreshing
@@stevewise75the point Tesla has so far proven is that you don’t need a dozen or more different models, and indeed you really don’t want them, the economies of scale achieved by only having a few models are essential to real profitability.
The question is, are consumers going to be content with the S3XY, CT lineup? With the compact coming too. I actually think so, but I’m not the kind of buyer whom always wants the latest toy. I buy a car to use until it’s ready for scrapping, so my perspective may be off.
Not really, Volkswagen for example has more then hundred factories all over the world, some of them like a small City with its own train station. GM ford and the others also have their factories and building new ones right now. Nothing happening here that is unique or special, you just don't know the industry.
@@simson4t except that VW et al make tiny numbers in each factory and have poor r&d, poor sales, tiny margins etc.
And this is one week ago th-cam.com/video/lbVena1-i8g/w-d-xo.htmlsi=O8oT0XKGk37zulAu . If anybody has to cringe, it’s Tesla investors because the competition is not sitting on their hand.
Just a thought about the tunnel. My bet would be that there could be up to 4 when finished. 2 at the south end to bring Cybertrucks to the EOL facility and a people mover to take porters back and 2 at the west side for Model Y’s and porter return.
I’d be very surprised if the cars won’t end up going through the tunnel by themselves. There might be a separate tunnel for the Y, but they might just as well drive them through the factory to the south tunnel.
The maximum capacity of a single tunnel is way more than the production capacity of all 3 lines.
Let’s assume both Cybertruck and MY production is one vehicle every 30 seconds and compact is twice that, for a total of 8 per minute or under 500 per hour.
At 10 kilometres per hour, a vehicle every 10 metres equals 1000 per hour.
If vehicles drive autonomously there isn’t a need for a return tunnel.
Thanks for the excellent coverage and footage, Joe! Do we know yet if the solar panels spelling "TESLA" on the roof will be center-adjusted once the factory's extension is completed?
Personally, I hope they don't expend the effort just for appearances.
I think Joe had gotten word that they won't be re-centered.
Dear Joe. As always very interesting information related to the video, and presented in a professional way, so that every Tesla fan boy in the world can understand the fully content. Having english as your second language, like some 80% of us, its very important, that the speed of the talk is presented in a normal tempo, and that the voice is not disturbed by overdubbing noise, like Muzak. Thanks a lot from Per 😎in Denmark🇩🇰
Tesla gigagreenhouse on that new section of the factory to branch out into growing? I wouldn't be surprised!
Joe, it would be great fun if we could see the flying drone reflecting in/on the glass panels! 😂😂😂
Hello Joe...Great Job!! Will the two Cathode buildings get painted? And will the "Beautification - shrubs, trees, landscaping, plants, flowers, resume?
Unfortunately, they paved over almost everything in sight!
One cathode building, one die shop. Landscaping will be one of the last things done here. Give it time.
Joe, What do you make of the fact that the southwest end steel has now blocked access to the interior? Looks like the rest of the interior build-out has to come in from the southeast end.
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Warum kommt Tesla selber mit seinen eigenen Megapacks nicht klar?
So with final steel being erected to close-in south side of building it is increasingly unlikely that Boring tunnel will terminate inside since cranes will be needed to remove Boring tunneling machines after they complete work! Tunnel will terminate outside of bldg footprint!
Maybe that is why there is an exit to the east… my wonder is how supplies get into this factory. No receiving doors. All by tunnel??
@@franklinmargolis2051 On Brad's video yesterday I speculated that the reason for the glass walls is because of an employee revolt of all the California transfers wanting windows in their offices, and not factory walls. Thus the entire South facility will be soaring office space, and not factory space. And this is supported by your observation of ZERO loading docks for the entire southern extension! No loading docks = no possible manufacturing facility!
@@eclecticmemes So much for Elon's lean philosophy and putting support functions near their work. If that is all office space, I'm selling my stock.
There are straddle cranes that can work in the 40 foot height of the ceiling
That's possibility. However the TBM can be dismantled inside the building. Tunnel engineer David Salisbury commented that the heaviest component is the cutterhead main bearing at 50T or so.
Much heavier stamping press components have been shifted into the building using SPMTs* and gantries.
*SPMT. Self Propelled Modular Transporter.
Wow, wonder how many millions all that glass will cost?
But they will save on concrete panels.
Would be nice if the supercharge lanes were correctly painted.
why do you continually call a multi level parking garage, would parking garage work…
International audience?
@@memrjohnnointernational audience can also see it has multiple levels
@@JobBorn86 Language is an art rather than an algorithm. Words paint a picture that may be particularly of benefit for those who speak English as a second language.
Sort of mashing up the British (Multistory Carpark) and American (Parking Garage) into Multilevel Parking Garage. Most Americans I know just call them Parking Structures.
@@Mattanimus Yep. It's generic English though it could easily be other languages. Certainly French and German and also Polish which is Slavic. Speak a reasonable amount of Thai but not enough to say the same. Asian languages are very very different in structure.
LOL put down asphalt now trench thru it typical GigaFactory workers...
If everyone waited for someone else to do something then nothing would be done.
love my mute button