This is a continuation of some smaller video clips that discuss some aspects of my recent tour inside Giga Texas. My intent is to try to answer several common & frequent questions I get by viewers & also to pass along some new information!
This video concentrates on the casting machine section of Giga Texas, & I do this via illustrations, maps, historical images I’ve taken with the drone over the past 3+ years of construction in this area of the factory, & new info I was able to verify during my visit.
Perhaps the biggest news from this video is the existence of now 8 Giga Presses in the casting machine section (six 6K-ton Giga Presses & two 9K-ton giga presses) & the operation of the new furnaces (or kilns) to recycle scrap aluminum & discarded castings.
Many other nuggets of information in this video, so I hope you find this helpful & informative!
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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
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loved this explanation, Joe!
What a wealth of information you have documented and presented for Tesla investors, Joe! Thank you so much!
Bottom line for this update is significant PROGRESS TOWARD A MASSIVE PRODUCTION RAMP COMING SOON, if I'm not mistaken. Elon has stated that Tesla was preparing for it's next growth phase and this is evidence it is near.
Did you see any van castings?
Great video, thanks!
Thank you, most interesting.
Thanks, Joe. You really provided a lot of information going back in time. It’s going to be really interesting to see what giga Texas is going to make in the months and years ahead. ❤❤❤
Thanks!
Amazing to see the effort that the architects and designers went to planning and building this enormous facility, and the speed at which all this was done. And we know they are quick on their feet and learn on the job, so they must have learnt from Giga Shanghai and incorporated that into the factories here in Texas and Berlin (it would be great if you could make a visit to Giga Berlin and find the similarities and differences between the two factories)
Love this deep dive.
Thanks Joe!
Super report Joe, thanks!
Excellent job explaining this progression of capabilities!
Joe, you showed us a giga cast machine being installed in the die shop. Die shop needs its own machine to make castings and thereby check moulds
Excellent !!!
This was fabulous Joe. The casting machines offer a great way to get a handle on plant capacity. Super helpful as ATreeHugger826 said.
Joe, your videos are always top notch. I appreciate the detailed dialog along with the video editing which makes your production a video masterpiece.
seems like the huge amount of casting we saw them staged outside of the factory is due to the reconfiguration of the casting machine
Hi Joe. Nice work! For the new furnaces, couldn’t you get more details through the air permit? I would think this would be a modification and should be public. Thanks, Steve
Tesla Austin will shortly have at least 9 presses as one (6,000 tonne) is being installed in the die shop for testing new moulds. I wonder if Tesla will use design to limit presses to 6000 tonne as they work twice as fast as 9000 tonne presses.