From Joe Tegtmeyer.
Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and soon, the Next Generation Car!
Late flight today because I also went to Aalo Atomic to interview the CEO ahead of the grand opening coming up early next week. Because of this, the images and video is going to be coming out later in the day today. Notwithstanding, there was a lot of great progress around the site today and much to talk about in the video.
In the introduction, I talked about the protocol for flag display and how Tesla has chosen the correct orientation and sequencing based on a viewer looking at the factory. With three equal height flagpoles, it is correct to have the US Flag on the left, the Texas flag in the center and the organizational (Tesla) flag on the right. I went through this discussion because of the volume of comments I was receiving from viewers thinking the US flag should be in the center. I truly hope this helps.
I also talk about the announcement that X Corp has officially moved it’s headquarters to Bastrop, Texas and the site of the new structure next to the Boring Company facility and the SpaceX Starlink facility. In addition to Giga Texas and the Tesla headquarters nearby, and the Neuralink Campus about halfway in-between, most of Elon Musk’s companies are headquartered within a 15-mile radius in this part of Texas.
Timestamps:
Drone flight overview with discussion & illustration: 0:06 to 5:51
Drone flight footage & infographics: 6:12 to 32:45
A few highlights in the images and video to look for include:
The south end tunnels are now getting dirt placed on top of the moisture barrier installed on the concrete roof, and additional fill dirt on top of geotextile membranes. This is possibly an indication a driveway along the south end is planned and it might be for emergency vehicles. On the second tire of the terraced graded area, it appears this will be for walkways and on the bottom tire, part of a overflow area for the Cyberpond, in case it were to overflow during heavy rains.
The cooling plant on the southeast side is getting a new and growing cleared section of graded area just to the north. This might be for another concrete apron that will connect the existing apron around the east side of the stamping section and between the extension and cooling plant.
Finally, at the electrical switchyard, more rebar is being prepared by crews for the catch basin. On my previous video we saw the concrete being poured in the bottom of the catch basin and now the central slab that will support the 3rd transformer is being prepared for added concrete.
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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
