Thanks Joe. 4:44. Drivetrain, roof. 5 largish black and white boxes/structures. 7:13. GA, loading platform. Steel beams. New works on-going. 8:35. Southend. Storage racking. 10:58. Stamping, apron. Beside the wall, in front of the SPMT, and on the trailers. Some sort of temporary decking, or perhaps it’s shoring. There was some seen stacked on the SPMT in Brad’s video yesterday. 13:16. WOW yard, south. Recycling yard new location? 13:51. WOW yard, south. Platform topped with salvaged southend apron sections. 17:54. Cathode, west. Constructing a rubbish chute from the top floor. 18:16. Cathode, plant apron. 4 orange Xs mark the spot. 4 square concrete plinths instead of the previous attempt at one larger plinth? 4 stainless steel tanks nearby, coincidentally. 18:44. Old House site. East of, being cleared out. 21:23. Old House site. Some activity. Shipping container placed. 22:04. Temporary kitchen. BBQ trailer has shifted again. Might be at 16:34. 24:27. BESS site. Bottom left. Thanks to SammyK I now know that the corrugated expanded mesh formwork is AMICO Stay-form. 26:30. Casting, apron. Delivery of rebar. Loading docks, demolishing the dock leveler set-downs. I wonder if the ramp goes next.
@@shadowmancer7040 15:53. That's a silo. Might be part of the MM batch plant equipment. Been there a long time, I don't have a record of when it first appeared.
Thanks for all of these details. From a distance, a factory looks like a giant shoe box. There really is an incredible and increasing amount in this one. I can better understand it when Elon talks about the machine that makes the machine now.
Another great video Joe. Watching these are the highpoint of my TH-cam viewing each week. Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into your videos. Very well done, indeed!
Large crates at SW corner look like machine tools. Always wrapped in foil vapor barrier and sealed with dessicant before the hood is applied over the tool
Soggy is good. In this part of Texas we tend to go from drought to flood and back again. Anywhere in the middle is kind of nice. We’ve been getting rain every few days but it’s usually less than an inch and often less than a half inch. So we haven’t had flooding but our grass is very green for this time of the year and the local hay and corn is doing very well for the moment.
It’s too far for me to drive (Giga Texas is already about a 3 1/2 round trip for me) and the rail yard has requested not drone flights. I’m not planning on any updates from there
I just found your channel! I began following you after your trip with Eliana to Starbase. Props to you for helping Eliana. Your footage is fantastic 😊 Please continue documenting GigaTexas Tesla.
Regarding the large items being hoisted into GA: they look a bit like the bathtubs in Paint. No paint for the CT, but perhaps the finished CT exoskeletons still need a "bath" to restore the corrosion-proof properties of the outer layer of Stainless Steel after bending, laser cutting and so on.
Substation, south end: @22:15 Excavation looks to be about 6 to 8 feet deep? All the concrete panels stockpiled on the side suggests that it may go deeper.
@ 12:50 That path through the greenbelt has been planted with trees to give them time to _grow some roots_ and settle in. This is just advanced work for the full beautification of the site. Nature dosent work on Elon Time. There will be little doing on it, until the south end is built out and there is no more major construction between Tesla Road and the river. Including River Road, a boring tunnel, pipelines, electrical conduit and multi-story carpark So no earlier than about six months, but by this time next year, it will all look like the prettiest factory thou hath ever seeneth. It will likely be nicer than where we live!
Thanks Joe. What a busy place! Q: With a weekly run rate of 5,000 Model Ys or about 1,000 a day, why are there only a couple of them exiting the factory?
@@JoeTegtmeyer Thanks. Right, the part about the 12 new cars that go to testing. If they did that every 20-30 minutes, 24/7, then that would total 5,000 per week. I must have visions of Ford Model Ts pouring off the assembly line from old news reels on my brain 😝
I think the soil ripping is an attempt to help dry this section of building pad. More of the soil is exposed to the air once it is ripped. This spot was probably filled with soil that was too wet and did not compact to the required density. Hopefully they roller sealed the surface before the rain came or the soil will be more wet than when they started ripping, and will take even more time to dry enough.
@@jbbuzzableThe soil will dry faster with more surface area exposed for evaporation than if the soil remains compacted and the top sealed in. It is also less expensive than removing and replacing the wet soil.
There should be a solution tto the storage of front and rear cast aluminum parts..It’s not good external impression of a factory like Tesla to store them like that, on the open air surface nearby the factory wall!🤔😩😳
I have been curious for quite awhile about the little house on the knoll, 21:23, that has been carefully spared demolition. Does anyone know the significance of that house ? Obviously Elon wants it preserved.
@@sammyk874 Comms here is white. From this and previous videos it seems that we use the same colours for potable water (blue) and non-potable water (purple). We use yellow for gas. I've been told previously that the colours are internationally standardised, but maybe the US is the exception, like with measurements. :)
@@mwolrich None of those panels will remain above grade it is not a fence. The retaining wall has one purpose only.... To protect the side of the excavation closest to the substation, preventing it from caving in. You will see as time goes on.
@ 16:03 As I said earlier about the place looking like a garbage dump! Truly unfortunate because the place can look good and the main building has an awesome design. No need to pile up mountains of crap.
@@sammyk874 Yes, but they don't need to pile up mountains of trash. If they took the trash out more often, it wouldn't cost them one penny more for trucks. Also, the numerous material storage lots look like crap! And there's crap stored near the building. Even some crap on the roof of the building! Very little landscaping done. Looks like the main entrance is another project they quit on. Endless ripping up of already constructed stuff. This is the most disorganized project I've ever seen. It has potential to be a great project. Let's hope they don't F**k it up any more than they already have.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn That looks more like material that can be recycled. It is being slowly processed. Not sure why it has to run at hyper speed, it is not in anyone's way and it's not the type of trash that would smell. A vendor has likely been contracted to take care of it and that is what is happening. You seem to get too deep into these things and give them far higher priority than they need. That is easy when watching from 200 feet above but the people on the ground know better than you and I. Which other projects have you watched in this sort of detail? What you feel is "crap" may not be. You don't know why things are where they are or why they are the way they are.
@@sammyk874 Keep in mind that this is not just a factory. It is also their headquarters. It's supposed to be a showcase for Tesla. And it just looks awful. It wouldn't take much to clean it up if they weren't so disorganized. I've watched local construction projects, including a 40 story building in a city nearby. Trucks would bring in materials, and drive up onto a temporary loading dock.. Constructed about 50 - 60 feet above the huge basement excavation. The crane on top the building would unload the truck and take the materials where they needed to go. No piles of stuff laying around allover the place.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn It is their HQ in name only at this time. It is NOT completed yet. Only you and those that think like you think it's disorganized. A 40 story project does not have space to store materials like this project so it's not like they have a choice. This project is also way bigger than a 40 story building. There's just no comparison. Also, it seems a lot of material was purchased way ahead of time (Smart considering all the supply chain issues) or certain projects were delayed causing that material to sit for a while.
@@silverstake88 We can see the leader of this project doesn't have much experience either :) You know, the same guy thought he could launch the world's most powerful rocket without a flame diverter or water deluge system! How did that work out for him :)
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Ah, how cute. Have you even launched a model rocket? I doubt it. You're awfully critical of someone who has achieved more in the last 30 years than this country with all it's might in a 100 years. Can you launch/land rockets? Can you build electric cars with self driving capabilities? Can you fix brain injuries so people can potentially see or walk again? Do you have robots that can do tasks for someone disabled? Have you brought internet to the remote corners of the world? Have you got 120,000 of some of the most skilled and talented professionals in the world? Have you restored free speech to thousands who have been wrongly accused of "hate speech" because some snowflake couldn't handle real life? You're just a keyboard whiner. That's it. Get a life.
@@sammyk874 A 5 year old child could have told them that launching that rocket without a flame diverter or water deluge system would end in failure. I made the prediction of failure a couple years ago. Just as soon as it became apparent that there would be no flame diverter. This is common sense. It doesn't require rocket science. But maybe the leader should listen to his rocket scientists :) I also make the prediction that there will be a fatal accident if they don't design and incorporate a launch abort/landing abort system into Starship. It is not a question of "if" there will be an accident.. It is only a matter of time before there is an accident.
You're probably just ribbing him, but his mannerisms help make him the unique person that he is. No need to suggest that he be anything/anyone other than who he is.
Thanks Joe.
4:44. Drivetrain, roof. 5 largish black and white boxes/structures.
7:13. GA, loading platform. Steel beams. New works on-going.
8:35. Southend. Storage racking.
10:58. Stamping, apron. Beside the wall, in front of the SPMT, and on the trailers. Some sort of temporary decking, or perhaps it’s shoring. There was some seen stacked on the SPMT in Brad’s video yesterday.
13:16. WOW yard, south. Recycling yard new location?
13:51. WOW yard, south. Platform topped with salvaged southend apron sections.
17:54. Cathode, west. Constructing a rubbish chute from the top floor.
18:16. Cathode, plant apron. 4 orange Xs mark the spot. 4 square concrete plinths instead of the previous attempt at one larger plinth? 4 stainless steel tanks nearby, coincidentally.
18:44. Old House site. East of, being cleared out.
21:23. Old House site. Some activity. Shipping container placed.
22:04. Temporary kitchen. BBQ trailer has shifted again. Might be at 16:34.
24:27. BESS site. Bottom left. Thanks to SammyK I now know that the corrugated expanded mesh formwork is AMICO Stay-form.
26:30. Casting, apron. Delivery of rebar. Loading docks, demolishing the dock leveler set-downs. I wonder if the ramp goes next.
Is the cylinder at 15:53 a proofrock(?) boring machine? Has it been parked there for so long it's not worth mentioning?
@@shadowmancer7040 15:53. That's a silo. Might be part of the MM batch plant equipment. Been there a long time, I don't have a record of when it first appeared.
Thanks for all of these details. From a distance, a factory looks like a giant shoe box. There really is an incredible and increasing amount in this one. I can better understand it when Elon talks about the machine that makes the machine now.
@@DouglasJMark You're welcome.
And it's a machine that they aren't afraid to alter as required. Been great to watch.
Another great video Joe. Watching these are the highpoint of my TH-cam viewing each week. Thank you for all of the time and effort you put into your videos. Very well done, indeed!
Thanks Jim! Sorry it was delayed so long due to TH-cam processing issues. I appreciate your kind words!
Thanks again Joe, always interesting and informative.
Large crates at SW corner look like machine tools. Always wrapped in foil vapor barrier and sealed with dessicant before the hood is applied over the tool
Thanks Joe.....!!!
Thanks for another great video CyberJoe!
Thank you for your hard work and dedication
Soggy down there. Thanks for flying Joe!.
You're welcome!
Soggy is good. In this part of Texas we tend to go from drought to flood and back again. Anywhere in the middle is kind of nice. We’ve been getting rain every few days but it’s usually less than an inch and often less than a half inch. So we haven’t had flooding but our grass is very green for this time of the year and the local hay and corn is doing very well for the moment.
Thx as always!!
Hello Joe, when you have time, how about an update on the rail yard. I’m sure it’s expanding to handle all the cars. Thank you.
It’s too far for me to drive (Giga Texas is already about a 3 1/2 round trip for me) and the rail yard has requested not drone flights. I’m not planning on any updates from there
@@JoeTegtmeyer Thank you.
@16:15 Reminds me of Linden, NJ as seen from the NJ Tpke.
Keep sending the rain our way in Kansas. We need more .😊
Merci👍👍👍
Thank you!
Cheers Joe.
Nice work, as usual. Thank you
I just found your channel! I began following you after your trip with Eliana to Starbase. Props to you for helping Eliana. Your footage is fantastic 😊 Please continue documenting GigaTexas Tesla.
Thank you! 🤠
Just when I think I have a handle on the sheer scale of the place,another site appears.Fully understand the term Giga now.Phew...
Regarding the large items being hoisted into GA: they look a bit like the bathtubs in Paint. No paint for the CT, but perhaps the finished CT exoskeletons still need a "bath" to restore the corrosion-proof properties of the outer layer of Stainless Steel after bending, laser cutting and so on.
Wow
Substation, south end: @22:15 Excavation looks to be about 6 to 8 feet deep? All the concrete panels stockpiled on the side suggests that it may go deeper.
@ 12:50 That path through the greenbelt has been planted with trees to give them time to _grow some roots_ and settle in. This is just advanced work for the full beautification of the site. Nature dosent work on Elon Time. There will be little doing on it, until the south end is built out and there is no more major construction between Tesla Road and the river. Including River Road, a boring tunnel, pipelines, electrical conduit and multi-story carpark So no earlier than about six months, but by this time next year, it will all look like the prettiest factory thou hath ever seeneth. It will likely be nicer than where we live!
those large grey tubular items look like flooring beams
I see a wild MyTeslaWeekend appeared!
Wonder who gets the airstream bambi office @25:31
Those hayfields on the north side of the property look like an ideal area for development. I wonder what they will eventually use this land for.
Amazing when you think Giga Mexico will be even bigger?
I think the total land area may be “bigger”, but a good percentage is mountainous terrain, so not buildable
Thanks Joe. What a busy place! Q: With a weekly run rate of 5,000 Model Ys or about 1,000 a day, why are there only a couple of them exiting the factory?
I explained that on the video
@@JoeTegtmeyer Thanks. Right, the part about the 12 new cars that go to testing. If they did that every 20-30 minutes, 24/7, then that would total 5,000 per week. I must have visions of Ford Model Ts pouring off the assembly line from old news reels on my brain 😝
8:00. The dozer with the ripper engaged suggests soil removal.
I think the soil ripping is an attempt to help dry this section of building pad. More of the soil is exposed to the air once it is ripped. This spot was probably filled with soil that was too wet and did not compact to the required density. Hopefully they roller sealed the surface before the rain came or the soil will be more wet than when they started ripping, and will take even more time to dry enough.
@@bobcallahan2322 A ripper would be an extreme measure just to speed drying of the soil.
@@jbbuzzableThe soil will dry faster with more surface area exposed for evaporation than if the soil remains compacted and the top sealed in. It is also less expensive than removing and replacing the wet soil.
Building foundations for new press machines?
There should be a solution tto the storage of front and rear cast aluminum parts..It’s not good external impression of a factory like Tesla to store them like that, on the open air surface nearby the factory wall!🤔😩😳
I have been curious for quite awhile about the little house on the knoll, 21:23, that has been carefully spared demolition. Does anyone know the significance of that house ? Obviously Elon wants it preserved.
21:23. The trees are to be saved, that's probably the only reason the house hasn't been demolished. Once the trees go, the house will end up in a bin.
Interesting that the electrical conduit is grey. Here in Australia it's orange.
I believe orange is communications here, maybe specifically data comm.
And they spell grey incorrectly.😑
@@sammyk874 Comms here is white. From this and previous videos it seems that we use the same colours for potable water (blue) and non-potable water (purple). We use yellow for gas.
I've been told previously that the colours are internationally standardised, but maybe the US is the exception, like with measurements. :)
@@bradcavanagh3092 Fellow Aussie. Grey conduit for light duty, orange for heavy duty. Duty as in degree of mechanical protection.
GM is toast.
Nissan is toast.
- Ford may be toast as well they don't get their butt in gear.
8:20 to me, that just looks like an attempt to drain some of the water away from the site.
there's means: there is, which is singular, there are, is plural
Joe, how many cars did the painters spray white paint on?
None … they use rollers for the white stain 😜
sure looks like those vertical ibeams and concrete sections between them looking like a fence
@ 22:15 Notice that those concrete panels are below grade? Except for a few on the east end that haven't fully dropped down yet.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn yes Dave, they were only 2 panels high to start, so 1 level is below grade, you’re point is?
@@mwolrich None of those panels will remain above grade it is not a fence. The retaining wall has one purpose only.... To protect the side of the excavation closest to the substation, preventing it from caving in. You will see as time goes on.
Stalker lol😂 jk Great work for us Tesla investors…❤❤
@ 16:03 As I said earlier about the place looking like a garbage dump! Truly unfortunate because the place can look good and the main building has an awesome design. No need to pile up mountains of crap.
That is literally a spot they dumping and processing trash. This is far from the building. It is not all over the site.
@@sammyk874 Yes, but they don't need to pile up mountains of trash. If they took the trash out more often, it wouldn't cost them one penny more for trucks. Also, the numerous material storage lots look like crap! And there's crap stored near the building. Even some crap on the roof of the building! Very little landscaping done. Looks like the main entrance is another project they quit on. Endless ripping up of already constructed stuff. This is the most disorganized project I've ever seen. It has potential to be a great project. Let's hope they don't F**k it up any more than they already have.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn That looks more like material that can be recycled. It is being slowly processed. Not sure why it has to run at hyper speed, it is not in anyone's way and it's not the type of trash that would smell. A vendor has likely been contracted to take care of it and that is what is happening. You seem to get too deep into these things and give them far higher priority than they need. That is easy when watching from 200 feet above but the people on the ground know better than you and I. Which other projects have you watched in this sort of detail? What you feel is "crap" may not be. You don't know why things are where they are or why they are the way they are.
@@sammyk874 Keep in mind that this is not just a factory. It is also their headquarters. It's supposed to be a showcase for Tesla. And it just looks awful. It wouldn't take much to clean it up if they weren't so disorganized. I've watched local construction projects, including a 40 story building in a city nearby. Trucks would bring in materials, and drive up onto a temporary loading dock.. Constructed about 50 - 60 feet above the huge basement excavation. The crane on top the building would unload the truck and take the materials where they needed to go. No piles of stuff laying around allover the place.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn It is their HQ in name only at this time. It is NOT completed yet. Only you and those that think like you think it's disorganized. A 40 story project does not have space to store materials like this project so it's not like they have a choice. This project is also way bigger than a 40 story building. There's just no comparison. Also, it seems a lot of material was purchased way ahead of time (Smart considering all the supply chain issues) or certain projects were delayed causing that material to sit for a while.
Rework after rework, disappointed on the building speed
How many multi-billion $$$$$$ factories with first-of-it's-kind technology have you built?
That's right -- none.
Patience grasshopper.
@@silverstake88 We can see the leader of this project doesn't have much experience either :) You know, the same guy thought he could launch the world's most powerful rocket without a flame diverter or water deluge system! How did that work out for him :)
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn
Ah, how cute. Have you even launched a model rocket?
I doubt it.
You're awfully critical of someone who has achieved more in the last 30 years than this country with all it's might in a 100 years.
Can you launch/land rockets?
Can you build electric cars with self driving capabilities?
Can you fix brain injuries so people can potentially see or walk again?
Do you have robots that can do tasks for someone disabled?
Have you brought internet to the remote corners of the world?
Have you got 120,000 of some of the most skilled and talented professionals in the world?
Have you restored free speech to thousands who have been wrongly accused of "hate speech" because some snowflake couldn't handle real life?
You're just a keyboard whiner. That's it.
Get a life.
@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn You're a rocket scientist now too?
@@sammyk874 A 5 year old child could have told them that launching that rocket without a flame diverter or water deluge system would end in failure. I made the prediction of failure a couple years ago. Just as soon as it became apparent that there would be no flame diverter. This is common sense. It doesn't require rocket science. But maybe the leader should listen to his rocket scientists :) I also make the prediction that there will be a fatal accident if they don't design and incorporate a launch abort/landing abort system into Starship. It is not a question of "if" there will be an accident.. It is only a matter of time before there is an accident.
Too much noise in the background in the beginning.
Joe love your posts, but could you please keep your hands in your pockets
You're probably just ribbing him, but his mannerisms help make him the unique person that he is. No need to suggest that he be anything/anyone other than who he is.