Sit back and enjoy the spectacle of a factory that's not just being built but is being born into the Tesla family, with Zanegler as our quirky, observant uncle narrating the whole saga. This isn't just construction; but the very essence of industrial innovation, it's the making of a legend, one concrete pour at a time.
This is very interesting, Thanks for what you do. I am all in on Tesla. Progress is steady this is a very important plant for the future of Trucking in the US.
Fantastic Zanegler and I love the analogy of keeping up the sanity. Tesla is my biggest position, not for me but for the kids. Just wonderful to see such Industry. Great work.
Hey, you’re doing a great job. I really appreciate the content just a helpful tip when you put up a Still image only leave it up for about five seconds. People can always pause the video if they wanna see a detailed look.
3:00. At a glance these footings with 2 groups of hold down bolts are similar to the double column footings at GT. How they are arranged along rows instead of across rows shows they might be something entirely different. The frame of the existing Nevada factory incorporated vertical trusses in place of some columns. Might be more of the same. 4:58. Footings. Same again. Yellow plastic. Note this is laid over crushed rock in this image. Concrete next, likely fibre re-inforced.
Thank you, Zaneglar. I really enjoy these videos. I too loved the beginning of Tesla Texas and this is similar for me because I believe the Tesla Semi is very important - more than most people realize.
As Elon and Dan Priestly mentioned semi’s are a small percentage of vehicles on the road but produce a inordinate amount of toxic emissions. It’s not hyperbole to say they will save lives and reduce symptoms for asthma sufferers. Of course, they will lead the way and many others will switch and build EV semi’s. If only for financial reasons.
1:39. Yep, yellow plastic moisture barrier to the right. Fresh placed concrete the left being worked with ride-on trowellers. Might be fibre re-inforced, don't see any rebar nearby. Large areas of Level 1 at GT are fibre re-inforced concrete, not surprised they would do the same here.
yes and as expected the seams are taped [as is the formwork around where each post will go]. At 4:34 we can also see a piece of rebar along the edge to reinforce it.
7:18 'Watching was therapeutic for me.' I am a long time shareholder and watching both you and Joe's videos are therapeutic for me too. Keep up the good work!
Gotta smile about the terminology corrections. There is utility to using the right terms tho, saying concrete dries is misleading as to what the stuff IS, for example, otherwise it's just more clear.
Great work and yes indeed does provide a worthwhile insight to how capital is being spent. As someone who used to set down construction lines for reinforced concrete and steel frame structures (my last one being the ~70,000 seat Cardiff Rugby stadium) I would expect to see a concrete floor slab, poured in-situ) go down before steelwork starts going up. This is to provide a hard clean surface to work on and set out construction lines to sufficient precision (+/- 2 or 3mm). Bolts will be either cast into the floor in-situ, or post drilled and resin fixed into the floor slab. These are then used to locate and fix the steel columns. Once the columns start going in, we'll see it all more rapidly start taking shape ( & size)🙂
Hello Zanegler, Thank you for your videos. I have noticed that your drone flying seen to have got so much better. As I am over in the UK I would never get to see any progress. So thank you once more.
Yes, I'm getting the same satisfaction with your work as I have with Joe Tegtmeyer since the beginning. At 0:38, comparing the NE? corner with the rendering, I see footings and perimeter beams where it's parking lot on the rendering? With construction at Giga Texas, I think I saw the yellow covering put down Before concrete, maybe as moisture barrier? Maybe that's what you meant.
Geez those footings are enormous. You could almost fit a big excavator into some of them. They must be really expecting a lot of load on those columns. Thanks again Zanegler
It is good to see that someone is finally importing that special yellow curing cover that they use in saudi arabia. Made for hot and dry concrete placement.
You're doing great with the terminology, Zanegler! Kudos! One new term to learn: "crawler crane", these are cranes mounted on treads, rather than wheels. These will likely be used for erecting the steel. This video was fantastic! Why did you decide to change to flying over the site? I thought that you were avoiding doing that. Regardless, the overhead and new long shots are very helpful! Please keep providing the renderings of the future plant: they're handy as references. Thank you for these videos!
Letting us know the temperature at the site when you were filming would be nice. I couldn't imagine working all day on that job site when it's over 100 degrees.
A sign steelwork is imminent will be cranes, but also the dirt will be filled in around the column footings to provide safe and efficient access to the footings to erect the steel. Given the pace and efficiency of the work we have a top class builder on the job.
Thank you for your video's and time-dedication !!!! If I may suggest, have a listen to Joe tegtmeyer's video as this will teach you a LOT of correct acronyms. For really great video's (basically the best Gigatexas video graphically) is Brad Sloan. Magnificent flying and music.
Suggestion - Always start with a framing shot (and/or a map/diagram) - i.e., a zoomed out shot covering the entire site - including a compass icon. Basically, something to orient the viewer to the site and its relation to the battery factory. The semi factory is not laid out on a north-south or east-west axis and it is confusing when you talk about east/west side and we don't know which side that is. The framing shots (if shot from the same vantage point), will also serve you well in the future when you show a time lapse of the build site from start to finish.
Man great suggestion. I aim to improve the production as the reach of these videos expands. If I was measured like Tesla and Rivian, they would say Im losing $350 on every video I produce. I am in the production line ramp phase and need to get to higher volume to be profitable.
Actually, even before the floor slab goes down, the footings maybe cross-connected with a network of reinforced concrete beams, cast in-situ. This being to prevent any lateral movement of the footings/column bases. Could then be another month yet before any structural steelwork goes in.
I have a suggestion. During this video, it was great when you focused in on some interesting aspect or object or work going on and discussed it while we were looking at it. But often in other videos and occasionally here, you begin to explain or point out something just as it leaves the video view to the right or left. I just assume you add the audio to the video later (but maybe you are talking into a microphone as the drone flies). In either case, during video editing before posting, you might watch for this and move the audio track backwards to the point in the video where the action or object enters the scene.
Would be awesome if there was an option for semi to have Jake brake sound effects when regen braking down a mountain or large hill … acts as a warning and reminder to cars of the heavy weight and potential for trouble
Cement mixes the water and binders and goes through a chemical reaction that decides the final strength of the concrete. If water evaporates from the mix, the strength weakens. Those yellow blankets might kept wet to avoid this evaporation.
At 3:18 you can see what looks like the American Flag in one of the holes but on re studying it is not I don't think. What do you reckon? Great vlogs by the way. Keep it up.
Hey Zane, great content. I think since the videos are starting to pick up steam, you might want to work on the music and text on the screen. For instance, there is no need to have "Title text here" taking that much space, a simple logo, or your name might be enaugh. Anyway, just my personal thoughts, I enjoy your videos. Good luck and thank you.
I'm a fan of the Tesla Semi as well. I am a bit disappointed in the timeline though. In my opinion, they should have been building this factory three years ago. I know there was a lot going on then, but it would have been a relatively small capital expense to get this going.
Really great new views of the progress by flying directly over the site. It looks like the semi factory will go up faster than the original factory. Is it just a less complex building to construct ? Also, I still think they should run a rail spur to both buildings. It looks like it would only be two and a half miles of rail line.
Kinda think that having some many footing sizes is clever more than smart. Standardizing to on full size would simplify construction and allow major modifications across the factory in future years.
Moving pretty quick compared to building on a swamp in Austin. Rather watch construction vs. destruction. This building project should get interesting soon... when the cranes show up.
Sit back and enjoy the spectacle of a factory that's not just being built but is being born into the Tesla family, with Zanegler as our quirky, observant uncle narrating the whole saga. This isn't just construction; but the very essence of industrial innovation, it's the making of a legend, one concrete pour at a time.
Thank you! for driving out there and providing us with updated videos.
Cheers to your passion and OUR education, and thanks!
I appreciate your work.
This is very interesting, Thanks for what you do. I am all in on Tesla.
Progress is steady this is a very important plant for the future of Trucking in the US.
Zanegler thank you for the great job you are doing, I don’t miss any of your videos.
I appreciate that!
Keep it up! Glad to see you doing fly-overs now.
Fantastic Zanegler and I love the analogy of keeping up the sanity. Tesla is my biggest position, not for me but for the kids. Just wonderful to see such Industry. Great work.
Well said!
Hey, you’re doing a great job. I really appreciate the content just a helpful tip when you put up a Still image only leave it up for about five seconds. People can always pause the video if they wanna see a detailed look.
I like it!! Thanks.
3:00. At a glance these footings with 2 groups of hold down bolts are similar to the double column footings at GT. How they are arranged along rows instead of across rows shows they might be something entirely different.
The frame of the existing Nevada factory incorporated vertical trusses in place of some columns. Might be more of the same.
4:58. Footings. Same again. Yellow plastic. Note this is laid over crushed rock in this image. Concrete next, likely fibre re-inforced.
Thank you, Zaneglar. I really enjoy these videos. I too loved the beginning of Tesla Texas and this is similar for me because I believe the Tesla Semi is very important - more than most people realize.
As Elon and Dan Priestly mentioned semi’s are a small percentage of vehicles on the road but produce a inordinate amount of toxic emissions. It’s not hyperbole to say they will save lives and reduce symptoms for asthma sufferers. Of course, they will lead the way and many others will switch and build EV semi’s. If only for financial reasons.
It's great to see continued progress ,it won't be too long before the crane arrives 😊
Yellow fabric is a moisture barrier.
Yes.
Rebar will probably be added then concrete. Lots of concrete trucks over the net few months!
Yes and this is My thought as well.
1:39. Yep, yellow plastic moisture barrier to the right. Fresh placed concrete the left being worked with ride-on trowellers.
Might be fibre re-inforced, don't see any rebar nearby. Large areas of Level 1 at GT are fibre re-inforced concrete, not surprised they would do the same here.
yes and as expected the seams are taped [as is the formwork around where each post will go]. At 4:34 we can also see a piece of rebar along the edge to reinforce it.
Yellow is moisture barrier under concrete
Now stop it. Do not confuse him with the facts.
Thanks for the update. Looks forward to see the first semis rolling out of the new factory 👍
I can see it in my minds eye. Hope I am able to video that someday soon.
7:18 'Watching was therapeutic for me.' I am a long time shareholder and watching both you and Joe's videos are therapeutic for me too. Keep up the good work!
Awesome, thank you!
Awesome! Can’t wait to start seeing metal go up!
You and me both!
Gotta smile about the terminology corrections. There is utility to using the right terms tho, saying concrete dries is misleading as to what the stuff IS, for example, otherwise it's just more clear.
Nice effort, Z! Keep learning!
Your doing fine on learning the terminology. There is going to be more as different trades enter the site.
Thanks for the flights… much appreciated!!!
You bet!
Cheers mate
Great work and yes indeed does provide a worthwhile insight to how capital is being spent.
As someone who used to set down construction lines for reinforced concrete and steel frame structures (my last one being the ~70,000 seat Cardiff Rugby stadium) I would expect to see a concrete floor slab, poured in-situ) go down before steelwork starts going up. This is to provide a hard clean surface to work on and set out construction lines to sufficient precision (+/- 2 or 3mm).
Bolts will be either cast into the floor in-situ, or post drilled and resin fixed into the floor slab.
These are then used to locate and fix the steel columns.
Once the columns start going in, we'll see it all more rapidly start taking shape ( & size)🙂
Hello Zanegler, Thank you for your videos. I have noticed that your drone flying seen to have got so much better. As I am over in the UK I would never get to see any progress. So thank you once more.
Cool, thanks
Well done. It's good to watch the construction progress and yours as a drone pilot and content creator.
Thanks 👍
This factory will have a great impact on trucking.
Thanks, keep it up!
Yes, I'm getting the same satisfaction with your work as I have with Joe Tegtmeyer since the beginning. At 0:38, comparing the NE? corner with the rendering, I see footings and perimeter beams where it's parking lot on the rendering? With construction at Giga Texas, I think I saw the yellow covering put down Before concrete, maybe as moisture barrier? Maybe that's what you meant.
NW corner.
Great Job. You are doing well. Keep it up, you will be an expert by the time this factory is finished.
Geez those footings are enormous. You could almost fit a big excavator into some of them. They must be really expecting a lot of load on those columns. Thanks again Zanegler
My thoughts exactly
Thanks much. It's getting really interesting
Yellow is the moisture barrier under the slab.
It is good to see that someone is finally importing that special yellow curing cover that they use in saudi arabia. Made for hot and dry concrete placement.
Is that curing cover!? It looks like underslab vapour barrier to me, taping the seams and the formwork around where each post will go.
@@Gig0Surf Really? the D pilot says it is a curing cover..
Thanks
THANKS ZANEGLER,🤗 for sharing this with the cool 😎 title
Not gonna bother to fix it now. I recall a car that was multicolored and had a white door that said ‘this door intentionally left blank’
You're doing great with the terminology, Zanegler! Kudos! One new term to learn: "crawler crane", these are cranes mounted on treads, rather than wheels. These will likely be used for erecting the steel. This video was fantastic! Why did you decide to change to flying over the site? I thought that you were avoiding doing that. Regardless, the overhead and new long shots are very helpful! Please keep providing the renderings of the future plant: they're handy as references. Thank you for these videos!
Thanks for the tips!
Never seen the yellow used before.
Thanks you fro video, FANTASTIC, from Spain
You are welcome. Love the international reach of this platform.
Cool. You have permission to flyover now? Nice!
Great job, thanks for the updates
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the video.
Letting us know the temperature at the site when you were filming would be nice. I couldn't imagine working all day on that job site when it's over 100 degrees.
A sign steelwork is imminent will be cranes, but also the dirt will be filled in around the column footings to provide safe and efficient access to the footings to erect the steel.
Given the pace and efficiency of the work we have a top class builder on the job.
pulchritudinous -- just increased my vocabulary. 🙂
I take it U have received official permission for over flights? (missed that)
Thank you so much for this!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your video's and time-dedication !!!! If I may suggest, have a listen to Joe tegtmeyer's video as this will teach you a LOT of correct acronyms. For really great video's (basically the best Gigatexas video graphically) is Brad Sloan. Magnificent flying and music.
I’ve been following Joe for years. Doesn’t mean I can be half as good but I’ll keep trying to improve.
Suggestion - Always start with a framing shot (and/or a map/diagram) - i.e., a zoomed out shot covering the entire site - including a compass icon. Basically, something to orient the viewer to the site and its relation to the battery factory. The semi factory is not laid out on a north-south or east-west axis and it is confusing when you talk about east/west side and we don't know which side that is.
The framing shots (if shot from the same vantage point), will also serve you well in the future when you show a time lapse of the build site from start to finish.
Man great suggestion. I aim to improve the production as the reach of these videos expands. If I was measured like Tesla and Rivian, they would say Im losing $350 on every video I produce. I am in the production line ramp phase and need to get to higher volume to be profitable.
Thanks for the fly overs! You probably know that you left the place holder text in your video, rather than some other caption.
Awesome!
Actually, even before the floor slab goes down, the footings maybe cross-connected with a network of reinforced concrete beams, cast in-situ. This being to prevent any lateral movement of the footings/column bases.
Could then be another month yet before any structural steelwork goes in.
Love the comments , 100% correct on Joes work.
Right on
I have a suggestion. During this video, it was great when you focused in on some interesting aspect or object or work going on and discussed it while we were looking at it. But often in other videos and occasionally here, you begin to explain or point out something just as it leaves the video view to the right or left. I just assume you add the audio to the video later (but maybe you are talking into a microphone as the drone flies). In either case, during video editing before posting, you might watch for this and move the audio track backwards to the point in the video where the action or object enters the scene.
Awesome video. 😀
Thanks! 😀
Would be awesome if there was an option for semi to have Jake brake sound effects when regen braking down a mountain or large hill … acts as a warning and reminder to cars of the heavy weight and potential for trouble
Pulchritudinous? Wow.
Zanegler -- Title Text Here..........Love the new Channel Name 🤣
Cement mixes the water and binders and goes through a chemical reaction that decides the final strength of the concrete. If water evaporates from the mix, the strength weakens. Those yellow blankets might kept wet to avoid this evaporation.
At 3:18 you can see what looks like the American Flag in one of the holes but on re studying it is not I don't think. What do you reckon? Great vlogs by the way. Keep it up.
Hey Zane, great content. I think since the videos are starting to pick up steam, you might want to work on the music and text on the screen. For instance, there is no need to have "Title text here" taking that much space, a simple logo, or your name might be enaugh.
Anyway, just my personal thoughts, I enjoy your videos. Good luck and thank you.
Thanks for the tip
Where are the major Freeways in relation to this site?
❤❤
I'm a fan of the Tesla Semi as well. I am a bit disappointed in the timeline though. In my opinion, they should have been building this factory three years ago. I know there was a lot going on then, but it would have been a relatively small capital expense to get this going.
Really great new views of the progress by flying directly over the site. It looks like the semi factory will go up faster than the original factory. Is it just a less complex building to construct ? Also, I still think they should run a rail spur to both buildings. It looks like it would only be two and a half miles of rail line.
It appears you are now taking video directly over the site. Has your authorization level from Tesla changed?
Please!!! List off contractors lol if that's not illegal of course 😅
Zanegler will be the next Tegtmeier
KAMALA 🗳️💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Little Reno/Sparks, about to takeover Global trucking!!
Title text here come on!
Kinda think that having some many footing sizes is clever more than smart. Standardizing to on full size would simplify construction and allow major modifications across the factory in future years.
Anyone on site? How tall of a building?
Moving pretty quick compared to building on a swamp in Austin.
Rather watch construction vs. destruction. This building project should get interesting soon... when the cranes show up.
Gigafactory Texas is not on a swamp, but rather a series of hills and ponds.