Document cars that I’ve had or still have and I’ve added in a documentary of the Tesla Giga-Texas factory site construction and hope to see this through to its completion if all goes well. My hope is that viewers will enjoy my videos, perhaps find them informative and entertaining.
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! I spent the day in Austin giving 18 Robotaxi rides to several people, including Eric who came in from the United Kingdom, Dom from Salt Lake City and…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Today was a busy day at the factory, with production of both the Cybertruck and Model Y’s ramping back up after last week’s production pause! The outbound lot…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Although my later flight did not see production and construction was slow due to the aftereffects of all the rains and flooding, I did see some activity getting…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. To celebrate the 4th of July and the birthday of the United States, I did a 360-degree flight around the main factory at Giga Texas, but with a twist! I hope you enjoy this short video clip and the views of this amazing factory!
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! For today, and in honor of the 4th of July holiday in the United States, I do a grand tour drone flight around most f the sprawling 3,000+…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Today I do an early morning flight so we can look inside most of the full length of the west side of the main factory, and by doing…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Timestamps: Drone flight overview with discussion & illustration: 0:06 to 7:04 Drone flight footage & infographics: 7:27 to 33:09 Beautiful day to fly with two visitors from Europe…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Beautiful day to fly over the factory today on top of some very large and significant news items for Tesla! Three days ago, the Robotaxi service was launched…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. I thought I’d start off the big day where Tesla will officially unveil the new Robotaxi Ride Hailing Service here at the Capitol of Texas in downtown Austin! A lot of hard work, time, training and preparations have led to this major milestone day for Tesla and I’m very fortunate to have…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. On 22 June 2025, Tesla officially unveiled their new Robotaxi ride hailing service. in downtown Austin, Texas! A group of early access people (me included) were offered the chance to experience the first drives and also bring along a passenger to share this world premier event! This took place in a geofenced…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! A gorgeous morning to fly around Giga Texas where we see a lot of interesting developments and new details around the site. My drone flight took place while…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Nice but warm day to fly at the factory today with blue skies. light winds but a lot of humidity. I feel for the workers doing all the…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Great day to fly around Giga Texas today with bright sun, moderate temperatures and no wind. Despite the early morning start, we see production gearing back up after…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! On this Friday the 13th, not much frightening things going on, but mother nature added to the mood with low clouds and muted sunlight around the site, creating…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Heavy rains came through late last night and early this morning, but all was clear with a gorgeous sunrise by the time I arrived to begin flying today!…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! On this slow news day, I’m glad to be able to fly and share some images of the activity going on here at Giga Texas on this cloudy…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Cloudy, light rain on occasion but otherwise good morning to fly around Giga Texas today! I start off the video with a 3-year look back to a nice…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Nice to be back flying at Giga Texas after my week away for Starship Flight 9 … Giga Texas production was paused for the last week also (partly…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. A beautiful day to fly over the Lithium plant, with decent winds, abundant early morning sunshine and great lighting conditions! I start with a run up and over the frontage road giving an expansive overview of the entire site and I hope this helps put into context where all the detailed sections…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Nuclear energy is undergoing a renaissance with many countries & the USA taking significant steps to harness modern nuclear reactor designs to meet rapidly growing energy demands, especially from AI Datacenters. With this comes challenges & opportunities for innovative new companies such as Aalo Atomics I recently talked with CEO Matt Loszak…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Following a big thunderstorm event late last night, this morning turned out to be a beautiful day to fly and I was able to get great images and…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. VIkta Energy is a certified Tesla solar roof installer and they recently partnered with a custom home builder in Austin Texas to do the first of its kind Tesla Solar Wall installation. I was invited by the CEO and Owner of Vista Energy, Carson Palmer to visit the nearly completed home and…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Gorgeous day to fly and following up on a momentous news day yesterday for Tesla, Elon Musk and Giga Texas! For those that did not hear, the Secretary…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Cloudy, a little rain and wind, but otherwise a good day to fly and start the new work week ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend! I did…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Cloudy and windy day and no production because it is a Friday, but that doesn’t mean there was a lack of activity, far from it actually! Timestamps: Drone…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. There is always construction going on at Giga Texas, but recently several dozens of new permits have been filed that provide us a glimpse into the work going on inside and outside of the factory to expand the capabilities of the factory, add new production lines, replace older production lines, prepare for…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Nice morning to fly, a little windy, but otherwise not too bad and we get to see a lot more interesting developments around the site today, especially the…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Perfect day to fly around Giga Texas this morning, with nice temperatures, no wind and great lighting! Permits is the name of the game today in this video,…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Early morning flight in beautiful conditions because I had a follow-up Tesla event later in the morning I had to get to and one I think you might…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! A beautiful morning to fly and we can see the aftereffects of heavy rains that came through the area yesterday all over and in the water detention ponds.…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! It was a gorgeous morning to fly today over Giga Texas, and this was especially nice because heavy rains were forecasted (and did start coming through) just after…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! A great morning to fly with a nice sunrise and for a while, clear skies, but the clouds began to roll back in ahead of thunderstorms forecast for the afternoon.…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! Windy morning to fly, but otherwise conditions were good enough to see much of the site and check up on the activity and changes since my last flight about a…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. It was an honor to speak at the Tesla OwnersF FloridaTesla Space Jam event today at the Kennedy Space Center! What better than talking about orbital refilling operations & future tanker spacecraft than doing so at the Center for Space Education to a bunch of Tesla & SpaceX fans!
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! Another gorgeous day to fly at Giga Texas and we may have a bit of big news from my flight near the casting machine section! I believe I saw several…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! A nice sunrise and a big surprise today at Giga Texas as I caught a close look at the first Long Range, Rear Wheel Drive (LR RWD) Cybertrucks being produced.…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! The morning started off with low clouds and mist, but fortunately rapidly improved and by the end of the video became a nice sunny day. Such is the weather patterns…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! For today I began flying well before the sun came up and took advantage of the perfect conditions to view a well-lit Giga Texas, the support areas, heavy traffic on…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Tesla just announced the new Long Range Rear Wheel Drive Cybertruck and it comes in at $69,990 or about $10K less than the All Wheel Drive version, but with a lot of missing features. This has sparked a lot of reactions within the Cybertruck community, on line and with prospective purchasers. Is…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! What a gorgeous day to fly and there were so many Cybertrucks on the lot today! I’m not sure if the numbers of Cybertrucks I saw were related in any…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. I recently attended the World Premier of the Aalo-0 Nuclear Reactor Pathfinder, Aalo Nuclear factory & the unveiling of the new Aalo Pod Small Modular Reactor (SMR) built right here in Austin, Texas! For this video, I was fortunate to be able to talk with the CTO and Co-Founder of Aalo Atomics,…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! Great Day to fly and see another big milestone for Giga Texas with the 400,000th Model Y produced since production began officially almost exactly 3 years ago! The Tesla team…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! Great day to fly and I captured a lot of new information and developments despite having to alter my routes and timing because of my visit to Aalo Atomics later…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! I beat the rains, just barely this morning! Despite the constant threat of the wet stuff in the skies, I was able to capture a lot of great progress with…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, Cyber Truck the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot production happens in 2025! Today we found out Tesla produced over 362,000 vehicles and delivered more than 336,000 worldwide, while also installing a record 10.4 Gwh of energy storage across the globe. The lower-than-expected…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! I just got back from an awesome weekend in Tennessee while I was at the Chattanooga Charge Tesal event! So many great people, events, speaker panel discussions, product…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Busy day with many interesting developments across the site. Perhaps the most important of these developments is the obvious significant uptick in Model Y production, as we see…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! In the video intro, I discuss some new information and updates about the Cybercab production and equipment installation here at Giga Texas and Tesla’s Robotaxi service rollout in…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Great day to fly and we have a slew of news coming out of the unexpected Tesla All Hands meeting last night which, for the first time ever,…
From Joe Tegtmeyer. Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and in 2025, the Next Generation Car(s), Cybercab & the Optimus Robot! Windy day around the site, but that didn’t stop the progress! Cybertruck production seems to be ramping back up with somewhere around 350 to 400 Cybertrucks in the…