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S Wall Panels, Prufrock TBM Disassembly & IDRA
S Wall Panels, Prufrock TBM Disassembly & IDRA Deliveries! 12 June 2024 Giga Texas Update (07:35AM)
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“Joe Tegtmeyer”
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,…
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It would make sense to add a second tunnel where Model Y end of line is, same as Cybertruck. It's also difficult to bring Model Y to the new outbound parking lot with the highway in the middle. We will see, for sure!
What ever happened to the "CyberPlanters"
I think the three cutaways on the south end are simply entrances and exits for people. They connect directly to stairways and elevators and building codes requires a certain amount of emergency exits. Without these three openings there would be zero exits on this end of this big building.
Also the four entrances to the parking structure correspond to the four ramps inside. Although it looks like there’s only two ramps for cars from above, they were actually two sets of intertwined ramps. 4 total.
Thanks 🙏 for the information far better than lift music
Joe, with all those Model Y orders due to recent 0.99 APR any info on why they are producing very less Model Y's?
Man, when this factory ramps it will truly be impressive to see! Cybertrucks going thru a tunnel and popping up in the outbound lot all day long! MYs too
Dear Joe. Smaller IDRA casting units doesnt seem to be meant for the Cybertruck production. I wonder if what we are seeing, is actually the production equipment for the Compact and maybe the Robo, is comming in at the moment? Keep up the good work my friend. Per in Denmark 😎🇩🇰
I'm really hoping those three tunnels are going to be Boring tunnels with car elevators and the south extension will be more of a visitor's center with connections up SH-130 to downtown Austin but maybe that's just me dreaming!
Regarding the IDRA part, if you look at the tire tracks from the truck, it looks like it's coming out of the Die Shop, maybe not a delivery don't know if this means anything or not, just thought I'd point it out
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Thanks Joe, been watching your videos for almost four years now, any idea when they will start wrapping the cybertrucks since that is appearing as an option
Jeff's video last week showed an IDRA delivery to the factory so perhaps the 'hinge block?' at the die shop is for refurbishment.
Why didn't they put the die shop in the main building?
Surprised to see so many cars in the employee parking lots considering Model Y production has been so light for multiple weeks. It's doubtful, but I hope they're secretly setting up the Juniper lines!
Tunnel NO. 2. The only likly use would be at the end of line for model Y. BUT, there was no provision for it in the initial factory build, and no way to get pruff rock out. That leaves coming up outside of the building. We will see..
Thanks Joe
3:36. Die Shop. Gigapress moving platen. Tyre marks suggest leaving the Die Shop. Crate marked DCM#6. May have been delivered prior to 26 May when a couple of IDRA crates were seen here in Jeff’s video.
5:10. Southend, south. Large excavator fitted with a screw head delivered. Exacavations in front of the 3 fire escape passages are flagged with mulitiple orange flags to show screw/auger piles locations.
More passage likely to be built outside the building line. Prefab rebar by the road to the right of the excavator about the right size. 10:08 left also.
5:40. Southend, east. Level 1. Under the mezzanine, trench for the pipes to the Cooling Tower.
6:14. Southend, Cooling Tower. Access stairs being constructed at the north end.
Southend, east. New scaffold loading platform. Window line raker beams installation disrupted.
7:47. Parking Garage. North-south road intersections paved. Asphalt at the north.
Concrete at the south opposite the crossing to the factory apron.
8:59. Stamping, apron. Pair of tanks. One labelled ‘Ecsar’. Tanks and Cybertruck prototypes a speciality.
11:15. Southend, south. Central fire escape passage. Setting up the track mounted demolition saw to cut across the top of the opening.
12:06. Southend, west. Apron. Green truck. Filters, possibly associated with the pumps on Level 1 centre screen.
12:55. Southend, Tunnel Project. With the benefit of Joe’s late posting on Patreon, the TBM is being loaded onto “The Monster”, a transport and launch cradle.
Tunnel length as measured on Google Earth is 1330' 404m.
12:55. Southend, west. Level 2. Arrangement of large pipes doesn’t seem to be permanent. Temporary runs perhaps for the commissioning works.
13:35. Southend, west. Level 1. Puzzling loading platform. Doesn’t correspond with a building floor.
14:20. GA, loading platform. Red item. Alimak (construction elevator).
15:12. Westside, Tunnel Project. TBM cradle gone. Presumably it is part of “The Monster” assembly. Stacks of precast tunnel road decks. Some 'boney' examples closest.
21:30. Battery, north. Level 3 Loading platform. Acrylic render/stucco on the wall sheeting. Painted for tomorrow’s event.
21:47. Casting, north. New door posts in the soon to be narrowed opening.
22:47. BIW, apron. Pair of tankers beside the water storage trailers at the Sanitary Sewer lift station.
Joe, it feels like since the start of 2024 it appears there is constantly rain adn storms and the site can barely ever really dry out and make work easier. Is this normal for Austin. I always thought it was a sunny location but the weather in your videos seem not really inviting and we are in June already. ALso, some people have argued that there are underpath under the interstate. Why could that not have been used and a tunnel was preferred?
For those who don't know, Tesla is asking for your vote, positive or negative
I’m sitting on a plane in Phoenix heading to Austin. Hope to see you tomorrow
Terminology update: Although the phrase "Spoils of war" is correct, the earth dug out by the Prufrock III is "Spoil" with no terminal S. Mining term dating back many years.
351 CTs
Do we know or are we very confident that the ventilation system atop GT proper is for a data centre?
When i look at the outbound lots I almost wonder if tesla is even making Model Ys anymore.
I've never seen so many birds
is elon trying to tank the share price? i guess the 50bn pay day vote is symbolic, but thwats the symbolism trying to say? That musk is worth more than everyone at tesla combined? If i worked for the company, id be slightly pissed..
Elon recently shared the amount of cooling needed for the computers. How does that relate to the cooling tower capacity and the underground access points into the southern extension?
Thanks Joe! BTW, you mention "mezzanine" for the data center. The datacenter has three (roughly) equal-height floors, while the rest of the structure has two equal-height floors (see 26 Apr for example). I think what most people would call a mezzanine is usually an additional floor added to split an existing level into two levels…which this is not. But I'm not 100% sure, maybe someone in construction can clarify what a mezzanine actually is?
Ask the "Shareholders" if they liked the 40% drop in their share price this year!!!
Merci👍👍👍
I think those cutaways from the perimeter are probably for the cooling pipework to get into and out of the building and transfer to the cooling towers – but we'll see.
So are all current employees going be parking the Car Garage completely emptying out parking lots and overflow lots too, its going look awfully empty when when that happens.
Thanks Joe!
Cooling tower:
@ 5:52 The black boxes mounted on the white torque tubes in the center of the large circles are the fan gearboxes.
@ 9:31 A good view of the concrete pipe saddles at ground level between the columns.
Rooftop cable trays:
@ 8:42 (By the parapet wall) Cables can be seen along the cable trays.
@ 8:49 Cable being pulled off a cable spool.
About 3,000 feet to the north….
@ 22:36 The end of the cable pull.
@ 22:38 The main switchgear room is below.
South expansion:
@ 12:18 Crane ready to lift another wall panel.
@ 13:03 A view into the 2nd level.
@ 13:38 TBM separated from the tunnel lining. Not much change.
New power supply to the building:
@ 21:51 No change.
Ask The Grinch what he did with Giga Texas Christmas trees and bulbs last December!!
Alot of birds today.
Joe, I hope to see you tomorrow at the shareholder's meeting. This is my first opurtunity to visit the Tesla site in person and I can hardly wait to get there and see as much of the grounds and plant as allowed.
Do you know the length of the tunnel?
I enjoy your updates, Joe, and If I had a Dream Job it would be as Project Manager here. Incredible use of talented labor in a relatively Timely Manner – Legos. WOW
Thanks Joe. Have a good day tomorrow shareholder.
was that your Porsche ? which model/year and how long have you had it 🙂
Joe, if you hear about the findings of Prufrock 3 now that the tunnel is bored, share a link or share your thoughts and interpretations on how well Prufrock 3 did in it's initial boring. Your other videos were interesting and informative. I feel a review of Prufrock 3 would give us the same. Great reporting all around.
While you were at SpaceX another of the Gigapresses was delivered to the casting area. They may have just stuck this load into the die shop for safe keeping to keep it out of the rain.
Birds were angry near the tunnel 😂😅 probably some new nests there. 😅