Thanks for flying at sunset. We get great views of the inside of the factory.

Thanks Randy. 6:21. Casting roof. Final column extension to be installed. On ground nearby. 7:07. East side BIW. Mobile tanker backing up to the temporary water tank. 9:21. South alleyway footings. East side GA. New excavation on the south line of the column pedestals, and another to the left. 10:00. South alleyway north end. Wide variety of bolt patterns on the footings. Top left near the excavator are 8, next footings to the right have 4. Footings down the west and east sides have 4. Column pedestals have 16. The column pedestals must be set up for 2 columns. If it were 1 column (concrete or steel) the central bolts would be inaccessible. 10:20. East side GA. On second thoughts the excavation to the right might be where the drain reconnects to the 8’ black drains. 11:14. Under the transmission lines. The lone precast wall panel that was stored on a trailer there for 5 or 6 months (since the northwest corner of stamping was originally opened up) has finally been removed.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

4:24 you can see sunlight and blue sky under the column extensions. That sure feels wrong to me.

@zacadams7070

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinasVepstas I think they have to grout them in. Maybe they are waiting till all are installed to grout them?

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinasVepstas That pair haven't been grouted yet. I think all the east side has been.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

@@zacadams7070 They do, but I always imagined that they were flush up against whatever they're sitting on. For grouting, they have these (plastic) tubes coming out the sides, which connect up to the holes where the rebar is threaded. They pump the grout into those tubes... There's at least a dozen YT videos on exactly this... and there are more than a few different ways of doing it! Surprisingly high-tech. Like everything these days...

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@LinasVepstas At 5:22 there's glimpse of the dark grout line around the base of all the extensions on the east side.

Very nice background music 👍🏼

Good job Randy … the yellow crane on the south end arrived in sections yesterday morning via truck, so I think they are assembling it, not disassembling it. Progress in just a day is still awesome to watch.

@Dominus_Maximus

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much longer it’ll be to complete this… I’m waiting to order my model Y until I know for sure it will come from this factory. I live in Austin, so I just want to go down and pick it up myself and experience the new car process wherever they have it for these models EDIT: I really hope they have a section at the new factory for local buyers to come and pick up new cars. It’d be on another level if they have some amazing “new buyer”parking lot that was really well lit so if you pick it up at night, you can still inspect the car and someone’s always there to go over the car with you that works at the factory.

@Dominus_Maximus

2 жыл бұрын

@@d.stamand oh wow. I thought they’d be done by the end of this year. 😖

@flubalubaful

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dominus_Maximus we all thought that but it looks like the first batch of customer vehicles will be end of next year and cybertruck in 2023-2024. Sadly American manufacturing is very poor and tesla needs to improve the quality of there build to what Scandinavian countries put together, if they can even reach that high quality.

@Dominus_Maximus

2 жыл бұрын

@@flubalubaful thanks for the update. The first time I’ve actually got an real response. When I went to the Tesla show room in the domain, the workers had no idea when it we finished. At least this gives me a rough estimate now.

@dalerichardson7202

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dominus_Maximus Don't know who this @dstamand knucklehead is but he is blowing smoke, dominus. They have already started pilot production on the Y in Austin, and will probably be ready for first deliveries by during Q4, or at the latest January 2022. If you order a Y now, the delay is so long, that you won't be able to get it till March next year anyway, so it's 100% assured you can get a Texas Y by the time it arrives. The problem is, we don't know which model Y spec is going to be first in Texas, so ask your sales rep before delivery where it comes from.

Thanks Randy for my updated adolescent buzz - I'm in my seventies but see my grandchildren's future being built here - heartwarming.

Hi to you as well, cool workers waving at the camera at 6:10

@ 8:45 I find it hard to believe that is the only roof access. If so, I hope they have electric carts to travel from one end to the other.

👋 back to the guys at 6:10

It is not uncommon toward the end of a big job for miscounted orders to show up. Either the inital order was counted incorrectly at the design shop, or the supplier messed up. Or they have some other destination on site and everyone got it right. Having prepared too many BoM's to count I can tell you that sometimes there is a hard deadline, it's very late and stuff happens.

Wunderbar

I count 24 docks missing a gate, and 35 gates in the pile. Maybe there are 11 more to be built in the unfinished walls?

At 1:11 and 10:13 those footings are rectangular, so I'm assuming that they are not for the square steel columns, but they're for the heavy rectangular concrete columns used in the Gigapress areas. At 13:54 there are those light green wrapped pallets that others were speculating about. Still unopened. At 16:06 there are some pipes laying on the ground in a straight line. Looks like they're going to bury some new gas line. I wonder if it's a replacement for the old line? Thanks, Randy for the great video.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding 1:11 and 1:13 My guess is that the column pedestals will support either concrete columns or double steel columns.

Sunset is always magic!

Thanks Randy.

Thanks Randy. Excellent job.

Where do you think is the front door of the building?

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

My guess would be the west-facing side where the tall windows are being installed will be the official "front" of the building.

Thanks Randy, great video and you have a knack for hitting high spots. They seem to be replacing the natural gas line either due to corrosion (there was a lot of repair work on the west side for awhile) or possibly upsizing the line. There is pipe laid out west of the concrete batch plant and much more south of there.

17:35 Great to see them cleaning up the old concrete spoil piles. Will they be able to use that material in their own batch plant? Or does it need to go off-site for more processing? Hopefully they will move the MM batch plant soon.

@MM-fe9mz

2 жыл бұрын

That was just trees n dirt, they haven't touched anything at the concrete plant yet

Great video, lovely evening light, thanks Randy! 18:42 thanks for a look at the tool sheds/storage at the northeast end of Harlod Green rd, that little area doesn't get much attention.

Why did they close up all those dock openings anyway? Change of interior setup? And they installed chargers and parking lots in front of the old docks. Maybe they will use them as such only temporarily, store the dock levelers and install them later down the road. Strange....

@donbowie6526

2 жыл бұрын

My guess is that the had to create a "clean zone" separate from construction for the new factory workers. They had to have everything right next to the factory. I suspect once Tesla employee parking is created elsewhere the chargers will be removed, the asphalt lifted and this area concreted and the docks brought into use.

Yay Randy. Nice review.

Thanks Randyyy

your videos are fyeeeee

Thank you!

I can't believe they have been sending cranes away when they haven't even started the bobcat construction nor have they started the building on the west side of the highway. Speaking of which, how are they going to produce anything without the cathode facility. Sorry to complain but the logistics of this operation must be in the hands of someone that isn't in a hurry to finish anything. If it was my project there would be several buildings under construction at the same time.

@sammyk874

2 жыл бұрын

Without inside knowledge, you don't know what is going on or what the actual timeline is. The cranes are rented as needed. The only contractor that seems to have their own cranes is the one doing wall panels.

@t.d.bowman9585

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammyk874 i do know what's going on. CyberTruck production keeps getting pushed back and the video evidence makes it clear why.

@sammyk874

2 жыл бұрын

@@t.d.bowman9585 So basically you know nothing more than what is publicly reported. How do you know the delay is not engineering related? If they wanted to build the CT portion quickly they could have. Look how quickly the battery building came up.

@t.d.bowman9585

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammyk874 well that wouldn't surprise me since Engineers a good f****** s*** up

Merci👍👍👍

Randy, the cooling units at 21:00 are Trane units that have compressors and condensers that operate with R410a gas. The units appeared to be temporary at first but may be permeant. They probably have the capacity to cool the whole plant. Of course they have to expel the heat somewhere and it appears to be thru the roof. The air intakes may be thru the wall as seen at 21:09. The chillers located on the top floor of the battery area cool water by direct contact and evaporation. They probably will be used to cool some process and are not part of HVAC.

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

The capacity to cool the whole plant?

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Regarding 21:00 and 21:09 If that is permanent, isn't that a rather jury rigged setup? Why not place the Trane units on the roof, instead of cutting a large hole in the roof?

@DessieDoolan

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Not to mention the wasted real estate. That floor is 40' below. Temporary for sure.

I have been so confused with the docks on the west side. They have the concrete covers in and the chargers are directly in front of the loading bays. I don’t get what is happening with them. Unless those chargers can be removed and the docks can be used as needed. But it seems weird to me.

@flubalubaful

2 жыл бұрын

Very easy to remove chargers, could remove them all in a few hours. Docks could take a while to get ready for use, possibly months.

@donbowie6526

2 жыл бұрын

My guess is that the had to create a "clean zone" separate from construction for the new factory workers. They had to have everything right next to the factory. I suspect once Tesla employee parking is created elsewhere the chargers will be removed, the asphalt lifted and this area concreted and the docks brought into use.

@patrickkenny2077

2 жыл бұрын

@@donbowie6526 My guess is that it will remain until the office building is built across the highway. Even when the factory is up and running, you try to segregate employee from production traffic as best you can.

What's the elevation at the factory site in texas

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

About 416 feet, the river is 381.

@johnpublic168

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 no need to worry about Greenland melting.

Did the green wrapped Cybertruck reappear at 13:55?

Looks like there is enough space to build at least 8 more gigafactories, but why would they, to be honest they made a big mistake using texas to buil, with there biggest issues being water and electricity supplies through the year, even mild weather can disrupt water supplies......and electricity is up to when the suppliers want to price gouge... Then again it seems like Elon is in full support of the republicans and has probably managed to get them in his pocket to allow him to overcome these issues by tapping into emergency supplies and having infrastructure around the site updated while the rest of the state is a complete mess. I believe this is the only thong that will prevent full adoption of tesla in the country and why the government right now supports the big manufacturers over tesla...

@dalerichardson7202

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are fake news. NPC. Did you short Tesla and now no longer have any money left? Don't worry, you can always go back and live in your mom's basement as a fallback.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Musk is a Republican. That became clear when he showed his love for Covid and opposition to all measures meant to bring the pandemic under control. His pro Covid philosophy continues today. If anyone remembers the drone videos through the windows.... Could the chairs at the tables be any closer together? This is in a state that bans mask mandates!

@favesongslist

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Google FUNERAL DIRECTOR JOHN O'LOONEY INTERVIEWED BY LINDA NAUGHTON

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@favesongslist I have an idea where this is going. More anti-vax or Covid denialism. So Can you please give a timestamp for the relevant point you wish to make. So I don't have to sit through a 30 minute video. Thanks. Then I will reply to your point. The internet is littered with misinformation about Covid and vaccines.

@LinasVepstas

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Republicans in Texas have ... I want to call it a mental disease. It's hard to tell if they're actually delusional, or just pretending, to get the votes. I've been reading up on cults, brainwashing, misinformation. As far as I can tell, (political) craziness is a communicable disease; people need to be more careful about exposing themselves to wacky ideas. BTW, safest way to study this stuff is to look at flat-earth, moon-landing denialism, 911-denialism, etc. That stuff is apolitical (politically neutral) and safe to talk about. Take what you learn there, and ask "how would this work, if applied to politics?" Ain't sayin that the Democrats don't have some nutty ideas, but it seems nowhere near as bad as GOP.