Just returned home to Dallas from a weekend drive trip to San Antonio. Driving home we went by the site. Wow! It looks so big on my 32" monitor but in person it is unbelievable. Such a great and exciting time it was to drive by the magnificient construction site and see it in person. Thanks to both Randy and Joe for their wonderful work. As a Tesla owner and stock holder I am so excited to see this site grown into its amazing potential.

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael! It really is a site to see for a legitimate good minute while you zip by at 75-80 mph!

@mikefendel

2 жыл бұрын

@@TerafactoryTexas We actually got off at Harold Green and stopped a couple if places for pictures before security ran us off. Well worth it!

Very, very nice. Really enjoy your updates. Wish I could remember where all the pipes were buried.

Thanks Randy. 4:16. North alleyway. Space frame. The completion of the roof sheeting draws my eye to the top right connection of the space frame. The connection is a column thickness further north than the connection on the left side. Landing on the beam, not a bracket on the column. 6:30. Casting, underside of roof. Deep into casting it looks as if some HVAC gear has been hung from the roof underneath the roof curbs/kerbs/upstands. 11:17. East side GA footings. Nice shot showing the progression of busting out the concrete around the sheathed rebar that was buried in the GA footings (on the left) to the construction of a rebar cage for a column pedestal at the north end (on the right). Still the question of the purpose of the bored reinforced concrete piles down the same line as the removed black drain pipes. 11:25. West side BIW footings. Geopiers visible in the vertical face of the excavation. 12:12. South end. Black pipe being connected to the fire loop. Green pipe I think just being used as warning bollards. A number of bored piles visible across this opening. 15:38. West side GA. There’ll be triple height glazing on the ground floor as well presumably. 15:53. West side GA. Triple height glazed units. Cut and paste from Jeff’s Day 422. How big. Column spacing is 550” 45’10” 13.97m. 5 glazed units per column spacing gives a width of 9’2” 2.79m per unit. Jeff’s Day 419 at 11:32. Glazed unit is being hoisted and is more or less perpendicular to the camera. Width to height ratio measured on screen is 3.42. Which gives a height of 31’3’ 375” 9.54m. How heavy (shrugs shoulders). The vacuum lifting rig is a VSG Konter supplied or manufactured by Heavydrive. The counterweights from what I can tell are all 1000kg. There’s 4 on the rig here and they get driven well back past the hook of the crane. The unit appears to be the VSG 8000 as shown on the website. Based entirely on the number of suction cups and the pair of boxes at the end of the counter beam. 16:41. West side battery. Stacks of what appears to be grey painted steel door frames. 17:35. Battery roof. Roof curbs/kerbs/upstands been temporarily given a membrane cover.

@musaran2

2 жыл бұрын

4:16 I always wonder how much of this is CAD vs improvised on the spot. 15:53 Basically 3 story high. It's a wonder (relatively) thin glass can hold it's weight and wind spikes.

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@musaran2 4:16. Certainly some quick design goes on. The space frame components would be a unique length for that corner. 15:53. I don't know much about glass. I guess it might be triple glazed, and possibly laminated. Certainly got a fancy reflective finish as well. I was hoping some mathematician would pick up on the counterweights and be able to estimate the weight from that. Elsewhere I questioned the rationale behind using such large panels. Might put that on the list of questions for the site manager (should any of the quad squad land an interview and ask for question suggestions).

@musaran2

2 жыл бұрын

@@DessieDoolan Jeff's 419, not 219: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nX-pvI9_hZO-fZc.html Glass is basically quartz, but amorphic & crackless. It is the hardest common rock: surprisingly tough, but brittle. I ruler-on-screen the rig's counterweight lever at ~1.3, but accounting for the weight of the suction cup structure it should even out towards ~1. So 4~5T panels. Standard 4mm glass is ~10kg per m². 4~5T ÷ ~27m² = 148~185kg per m². For equal 3× glazing that means 5~6× thickness (20~24 mm). Seems too much, but is still standard thickness. Let me also point that when suction lifted, only one of the glazing is holding the other 2, and only through the perimeter. No doubt it is engineered to allow that. That might be limited to the thickest layer, presumably the outside one.

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@musaran2 I edited the day. The VSG 8000 weighs 2700kg according to the website. Most the weight would be in the counter-beam I would guess. Good point about being lifted from the outer pane only. These must already be in frame (a channel). I once had to replace the roof on an octagonal sun-room that had a glass roof of double glazed units. The top panes were detaching and sliding off, not good!

Nice work as always! Always appreciate the key takeaways at the beginning 👍👌

The GM assembly plant I worked/retired from in Arlington, Texas is the largest in North American but it looks like they gonna lose that status soon :(

Thanks Randy. Really enjoying the evening video. So glad you are coaching the kids football as they will be grown up before you know it!! Keep up the good work!

Thanks Randy!! Hope you have a relaxing weekend.

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm about to get right on that relaxing part!

At 11:00 beautiful, stark contrast between the brown dirt and the periwinkle blue and green and yellow walls.

6:45 roofing material to finish the casting roof!!

Thanks. Really great coverage (as usual) 3:58 : I didn't notice the slanted beams behind the scaffolding. I wonder what the facade will look like. 4:07 : Those steps between the battery area and the new bridge crane aisle look permanent. Wonder if the new area has something to do with battery production? 7:22 : The East side supercharger stall have been empty recently. The West side chargers are usually in use. 10:59: OMG so many colors in the sidings, 4 shades of green, 3 yellows and 3 blues. 13:32: Explorers !!

pure poetry & focus as usual thnx randy 🇦🇺

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks and have a great weekend!

@pbsanstead

2 жыл бұрын

@@TerafactoryTexas - "pure poetry" - yes, Randy, I've been trying to figure out how to phrase my praise of your beautiful way with words. Do you read a lot of poetry? Your intro descriptions always make me smile. Thanks!

Thanks Randy for a Saturday video!

Nice shots of the Gigapress area. Looks like the lighting today was perfect!

#1212 👌 Yea!

Thank you!

Your insights are awesome Randy -- great work as always!!

We are so close to completion , wow. What a masterpiece

Yay! A new video. :-) But Randy - your voice sounds very tired. We appreciate all you do, but do take care of yourself.

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Priscilla and will do! I had to complete this one in two parts as I had to get a few hours of sleep due to being so tired, so what you hear is me waking up at 5 a.m. to knock out the rest of it. I'm taking it easy this weekend for sure and should be able to have a better schedule down after this next week when our flag football practice goes to one day a week for each team. Have a great weekend!

@pbsanstead

2 жыл бұрын

@@TerafactoryTexas - your kids come first. We'll survive with fewer videos for a bit.

@patrickkenny2077

2 жыл бұрын

…and here I thought Randy sounded rested! Sorry to hear the reality, Randy.

Loving the sunset footage!

Thank you Randy

It’s interesting to compare GF Texas with GF Shanghai and GF Berlin- one thing I think I notice is that GF Shanghai has most of its Utility piping running along the roof, and stormwater seems to drain directly into the open streams that run along at least two sides. I wonder if this is part of the explanation of the speed to completion/Production at GFS

Who else has been noticing the signature Cybertruck-angle slanted beams on the left and right walls at 3:30? Looks like there will be more windows with a design feature that references what this factory makes. Cool!

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Priscilla, I have been watching this feature. If you pan to the right to 3:41 you can see where the two rows of windows stop on the front of the battery area. Cannot see how the angled part near casting will connect.

@pbsanstead

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 - yes, saw that. I'd give a bundle to see the rendering of the finished site. Kudos to all keeping the Big Secrets :-)

As I understand it, the foundation across the freeway is for a Starlink user terminal factory. I imagine there will also be a significant up/downlink facility tying into local fiber backbone. I think that the potential applications of widespread access to affordable phased array technology as implied by this factory is a watershed event. Thousands of tinkerers will come up with novel and surprising uses like consumer scale steerable multi beam radar for drone detection and interdiction and who knows what else. We live in interesting times indeed.

@Nphen

2 жыл бұрын

Hugely underrated that there's going to be a factory building Starlink user terminals on site. I am ready to get one in addition to my home internet for use on the road, on vacations, and when multiple users are on the network. I have a Ubiqiti long-range wifi system with extenders. A Starlink terminal could turn my future Cybertruck into a mobile broadcasting unit. With small battery packs (or an indoor socket) to power the range extenders, I could a have a full-speed wifi node 600mbps at a distance of 200+ meters away from the vehicle. Have your personal wifi at national parks, at ballgames, at campgrounds. Plug in a range extender in your hotel room to connect to the one in your vehicle.

@larrybuzbee7344

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nphen Provide remote access as a service to other campers wherever you are to defray costs and evangelize. Maybe act as a sales agent. Here's my wild idea; V2 terminals are apparently rectangular and so large close packed arrays are possible given sufficient supply. As long as the inxividual units, which are themselvs arrays, are assembled together such that the spacing between them is some small even multiple of the active wavelength, with proper software the whole array can be the equivalent to the flat panel units on modern warships. Likewise, many low power emitters can be focused together on say small moving targets with sufficient energy to interfere with unshielded electronics, i.e. an Iron Drone Dome for your home or business.

Thanks Randy!

Merci👍👍👍

It's confusing to me that the trucking docks on the west side have the parking lot painted for car parking in front of them.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

It is temporary parking for employees. At some point the permanent lots will be paved and the employees will park there.

I understand the need for your Patreon account, but DAMN, Elon Musk oughta be giving you big bucks. After all, you are providing him great footage, which he can use in a number of ways. Plus your channel engenders a lot of interest in the Terafactory and by extension Tesla as a whole. If he ain't paying you he's getting a lot of mileage out of something he has no investment in. And Elon is a lot of things, but stupid ain't one of them.

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he has his accountant or someone like that secretly giving a few bucks to some of the better Tesla channels without the content producers finding out.

was getting a little tired of those gaps tbh :)

Was interesting to see a closeup of the columns of the casting hall. Have you got any detail of how the wall panels are attached to the columns?

@TheJeffcurran

2 жыл бұрын

They weld receivers to the steel plates on the columns.

Any idea what the southern gap is going to be used for? Looks like its most likely going to be made of concrete instead of steel with it's longer spans between footings.

I have a question about the portion of the factory shown at around the 5:05 section. Will that be for the Cybertruck or the Model Y?

Thanks Randy, great content as usual, one aspect of the videos I wonder about is the changing colour of the ground, it's looks orange most of the time, but lately it's been a greyer colour any reason? Fantastic progress!

It amazes me how many times they dig a hole, patch it up, dig a hole again at the same place, patch it up, pave it, break it just to dig a hole again and then pave it again............

Where is everybody? Is it a holiday there?

these electric line towers ,,,are they not in the way?

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

There is an easement or right of way through the property. Tesla has to build around them.

@patrickkenny2077

2 жыл бұрын

I would expect the trellis tower where the line changes angle to go parallel to the building to eventually get replaced with a monopole, and maybe a few others depending on how the roadway and loading docks evolve. The monopoles are much easier to protect, and they take up about 10% of the ground space. The routing is pretty much fixed, but minor tweaks could help improve factory flow.

@acmefixer1

2 жыл бұрын

@@patrickkenny2077 That would be nice, but can they convince the utility to do the work and pay for it? Or will Tesla have to pay?

@patrickkenny2077

2 жыл бұрын

@@acmefixer1 Pole replacements like that are not too expensive (relatively)- maybe $100-150k each. It may (or may not) have sufficient value to Tesla…

Randy new video???

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be going out today. My schedule has changed slightly due to starting coaching my kids flag football teams last week. I'm planning to have videos of Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week available, barring any unforeseen changes. Thanks!

@jozsefterdik9049

2 жыл бұрын

@@TerafactoryTexas thanks, have a nice week from Hungary Randy

@ 11:45 Can anyone see what is in the trench?

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

I think its the fire service main. Looks like black pipe.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinasVepstas Thanks! The resolution on my 22 inch monitor sucks.

#NowYouKnow sent me to tell you to contact your congressman today and beg them pass the electric vehicle $7500-$12000 discount renewal bill in it's *current form* (not reduced model eligibility) and threaten to not re-elect them next year if they don't. Cheers!

Luv, the coverage, Randy. . . but I’m still getting stuttering of sound and video. . . currently watching on a Chromecast and a Toshiba TV at my girlfriend’s, as opposed to Chromecast and a Sony at home. This is a problem unique to your videos. . . I don’t experience this with Joe’s or Jeff’s videos. . .

@paulstubbs7678

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a bandwidth issue with Randy's 4K, vs WiFi at that location, try dropping the res to see if that helps

@johnclark5148

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulstubbs7678 Good point. I have high speed fiber and no stuttering of sound or video

@acmefixer1

2 жыл бұрын

I have had no problems with any of the videos, and I have low bandwidth service. But I can't receive better than 1080p. I think your problem will be gone if you reduce the resolution.

This still looks 8-12 months off

@acmefixer1

2 жыл бұрын

They're already making model Ys pre-production and plan on first production next month, October.

@thosoz3431

2 жыл бұрын

2500 cars in the car park on any weekday means there is huge amounts of work going on inside.