Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and soon, the Next Generation Car!
The weather held out long enough for me to get a drone flight in this morning, and I’m glad it did because we see a lot of prep work for the momentous Shareholders Day tomorrow, concrete wall panels going up on the south extension, the Prufrock 3 TBM & west side tunneling operations disassembly in progress, asphalt paving on the west side, & more large deliveries of IDRA equipment at the DIE shop!
Timestamps:
Drone flight overview with discussion & illustration: 0:06 to 4:05
Drone flight footage & infographics: 4:22 to 27:15
In the video introduction, I talk about the Shareholders meeting and some of the key items up for voting, and I provide additional details about the south end extension progress.
In addition to the work mentioned above, we also see foundation work is continuing on the east side of the casting machine structure, with more rebar, forms and poured concrete on the main slab, and earthwork on the second slab just to the north. Crews are also working on reconfiguring and widening receiving doors on the east and north sides of the casting machine area, while hundreds of castings are arranged along almost half the length of the main factory on the east and some on the north end.
Most of the conduit installation on the north end of the casting structure, under the north parking lot and Tesla Road, and the area just north of Tesla Road appears nearly completed, with just a small section between the parking lot and concrete vaults just north of the casting section. Work here seems to have slowed, perhaps until after the shareholders meeting.
The multi-level parking garage looks almost ready for operation, with roads, painted markings, lights and landscaping work underway. I had thought this might be used for the Shareholders tomorrow, but that is not the case as the old temporary outbound lot is being set up for that event.
Work on the roof of the Body-in-White part of the main factory continues, with some more duct work, grate roofing materials and more over the opening in the roof. This is by permit to serve as a cooling structure for a datacenter in this area of the factory. Nearby, crews were running electrical cable along the parapet wall on the east side of the main factory, installing this onto the cable racking system along the length of the building.
I’ll be attending the shareholders meeting tomorrow and I hope to get a lot of video and photos (that I am allowed to get in designated areas) and then share with you after the event. I may also be attending a post-party sponsored by the local Austin Tesla Owners Club after the Shareholders meeting, so it’ll be a long day! I’ll do my best to publish what I can on social media during the event and then via regular channels on Friday.
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Video, photos, illustrations, and commentary on this video is by me, Joe Tegtmeyer unless otherwise annotated.
Music in this video is obtained from the YouTube free and unrestricted and royalty-free use library. Ending song is Mr. Sunny Face – Wayne Jones
Drones used are DJI Mini 2, Mavic Air 2 & Air 3.
Drone flight over Giga Texas is with permission of Tesla and CEO Elon Musk