All bright minds poured into single thought.

Good Day Randy, The main thing that I see from the view at 12:07 is that the east side of the building is near completion because of all of the concrete. The areas to the south and west of the building have most of the areas covered with only asphalt which indicates to me that other changes will be made. The final design will probably have concrete covering all of the areas. This also implies that the areas inside of the building on the east are near or completed for the most part. We know that the west side of the building is only about 20% complete inside. The southern extension is in the future, could be years away, but they installed asphalt for this road which can be easily removed and recycled.

Paving machine is going plaid!

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Ahhh! That would've been an awesome title for the video!

Really love the information from the starting of the clip! thx

The paving and tarmacadam teams are doing amazing job at such an incredible speed.....Bravo

I wonder if there is a site plan of the storm water system for the site that’s available for viewing. It would be interesting to see, it looks like Tesla is setting a new standard for how to manage and remove sediment from storm water for a large site. It would be nice to see more companies willing to use bio filtration to improve water quality in our rivers and lakes.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Kevin, check out Kevin Hoover's question below.

Thanks Randy! We are about to see production soon. All your hard work is about to pay off.

It's sure looking good. Keep doing what you do.

Thanks a lot for these videos mate. I watch all of them but have never commented. Just wanted to say thank you for taking the time out of your day to keep us all informed!

Thank you!

Thanks Randy!

Thanks Randy.

Thanks Randy. Have a good weekend.

Berlin paved their perimeter not long ago. Austin is catching up. I wonder how much is complete inside

Good stuff Randy, thanks

Great music - completion party vibes!

Fantastic video, thank you from Spain

Thanks Randy! Great voiceover

Merci👍👍👍

Freakin amazing. Wow that place is huge. Thank you for your great video!

😍

lets see some ev's rolling out the doors.

Good morning.

@TerafactoryTexas

2 жыл бұрын

Morning!

9:31 Where are those other two pipes going to go? Will they be dug out?

Hey Guys, Its Randy. : ) Just playin man keep up the good work.

Yayayayayay TEXLA RANDY

Great Work Randy, can someone comment on the large rectangular box like - plastic or styrofoam materials installed behind the retaining wall and exactly why they are needed? Are we expecting high water levels and theses are needed for erosion prevention ? Thank You

@ItsLilRobs

2 жыл бұрын

They are being installed to reduce pressure on the wall from soil being packed against it

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Michael Pepe, as Robbie Showers pointed out, the geofoam blocks are to reduce pressure on the wall. Geofoam is usually used in areas with poor soil conditions. The maximum water level in the pond is 13 feet. As determined by the weir in the splitter box. Excess water goes to the river outlet pipes and out the river outfall structure.

@michaelpepe7814

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn poor soil may explain the expensive retaining wall ??

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelpepe7814 Poor soil explains the need for the geofoam blocks, and pilings to support the expensive retaining wall. The wall itself is simply part of an outfall structure to dissipate energy from the water coming out of those 8' diameter pipes.

I wonder when they will start adding some green. So far it's very 100% concrete.

@rb8049

2 жыл бұрын

Green will go in very quickly. They don’t want to damage the green while doing construction so it is after the building, drainage, and roads. You will be pleasantly surprised.

@gentlestorm

2 жыл бұрын

@@rb8049 Cool, will be fun to witness.

What work are they doing in the large parking area

I don't think the big three, Rivian or any of them understand what this completed building is going to do to their profits.

Great work Randy.There doesn't seem to be much in the way of venting etc on the roof compared with Shanghai and Berlin. Is this yet to come or are they using a different system in Austen that doesn't require this?

@rockon7848

2 жыл бұрын

All of that exposed equipment in under roof in Texas, the building has 4 floors. The Shanghai roof gear would be on the 4th, they are supposed to cover the roof in solar to power the whole thing.

@ErikRoesegg

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockon7848 There should still be vents for both exhaust and HVAC somewhere.

@rockon7848

2 жыл бұрын

@@ErikRoesegg The big square structures on the roof are the exhaust vents for the HVAC. You can see the paint shop has the most of the other stacks.sticking out. What I haven't figured out is how they are getting away with not building one of those huge waterfall evaporative chiller towers,like Shanghai, to cool that beast. I wonder if that big complex of water vaults they put in one of the alleys has something to do with the cooling system, like a heat sink. It's HVAC tech I am unaware of anyway.

@hhal9000

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockon7848 Ah.I see.

@Bill_N_ATX

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockon7848 , we've been asking the same question for several months. It looks like that instead of building a large central facility they are building a bunch of smaller wet package systems. For instance the 8 systems in the battery area. That's a lot of cooling. There are still 4 good size water cooling towers in storage across the road near the wall panels. Don't know if the plan changed or they will be installed in the future. Perhaps in the area currently used by contractor trailers between the current building and the cathode plant. That's the area that would make sense.

I'm wondering how the planned 500 ft extension off the south end is going to work now that they're putting in wall panels and the road.

@rockon7848

2 жыл бұрын

My vision is the extension will be the HQ office tower using the pond as a centerpiece. The new road will go underneath between the buildings which will be connected via skybridges.

@boostav

2 жыл бұрын

Wall panels are easily removed, the extension is a future expansion so it's not like they were going to leave it open. Same goes for asphalt, can be quite easily removed.

@dahur

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockon7848 It occurred to me also they will be building over the road. There has to be a way around the factory so the road stays.

@empebee

2 жыл бұрын

The road is there on the expansion plan documents so I think it will stay. Perhaps moved a few meters.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@empebee They have already deviated from the plans a lot on the ponds. So plans can change.

Looks great! The doors with ramps have to be where the completed vehicles emerge. Does that mean one of the roads on the side is the test track? I think as soon as we see a test track and a holding area for completed cars, they can begin low volume serial production.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Ami, Tesla has about 3,000 acres of land here. I doubt that a test track or storage location will effect production. Could you indicate where the doors you are referring to are ? I know of only one ramp on the west side.

@AmiGanguli

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 The test track and storage would be needed in order to test the cars and store them as they come off the line. The ramps are fairly close to each other. You can see both in the same frame at 16:58.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@AmiGanguli Ami, the ramp on the left goes into the cell production area. The one on the right could be used for the exit since it could connect to GA. The roads on the west side and the road that connects to Hwy 973 could be used for the road test, all still on Tesla land. Storage of new products could be many places during the ramp up of production. Permeant test track and storage can be developed in about two weeks by the crews on site. Really not a problem. The land next to the river is within the 100 year flood plain and would make a good area for test track and storage. There are other lots in this area that are empty now.

I wish I understood the function of those interesting pond structures.

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

Elton Ray has a good explanation of the ponds. Maybe he can repost it here.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

David, I have several explanations. This is for the water for the entire building and is rather long. The splitter box has two functions, water collection and overflow for pond 1. The lower 8’ pipe on the NW side collects water from west parking areas south of the Cyber wall. The other 8’ pipe on this side collects water from the west roof and parking. The 6’ pipe on the SE side collects water from the building center “H” area overflow. Some is diverted into the “H” for process water if required. The vaults will hold about .5 acre feet of water. Treated wastewater is added to this flow. The 8’ pipe on this side collects water from the bottom half of the east side, roof and south of the building. All of these flows leave the box through two 8’ pipes on the SE side to pond 1. Pond 1, the Wet Pond, has two areas, Forebay, which collects sediment and the Main Pool, together both act as a retention basin. At the start of a rain the retention area will be between 0’ and 6’ depth which is 14 acre feet of water. The water flow will enter the forebay and flow across a berm into the main pool. Above 6’ water will start draining through three 1’ pipes to the river and the pond is in detention phase with 27 acre/feet additional capacity. As water continues flow into the pond if it reaches 13’ pond level it will start overflowing the wall “weir” in the splitter box to the river through two 8’ and one 6’ pipes on the SW side of the box. The three 1’ pipes are still flowing and at rains end will drop the level to 6’ ready for the next rain event. The pond system is lined with a non-permeable membrane. The pond will empty through evaporation and use by the 3,590 plants to be planted in it. Treated wastewater will help water the plants during dry times. Pond 2, a Bio-Filtration pond has two areas, a sedimentation basin and a bio-filtration basin. The filtration basin has a network of 6” PVC pipes that collect filtered water which flows to the outlet channel through a 6” PVC pipe. Both basins retain about 4.3 acre/feet of water when at 6’ level. This level will slowly drop because of the filtration drain. Water enters the pond from an 8’ pipe that drains from the Cyber wall across the north end and half way down the east side of the building. The second 8’ pipe drains the north parking lot and along the utility corridor. During rain the water will flow down the distribution channel and across the sedimentation basin to the bio-filtration basin. When the level reaches 6’ overflow will start through the two 2’ pipes to the channel and the pond will be in detention mode with an additional 5 acre feet of detention capacity. If the level reaches 10’ the pond will overflow to the channel to an existing pond near the river. At rains end the two 2’ overflows will drop the level to 6’ ready for the next rain. The 6” drain will flow until the pond is empty.

@Arfshesaid457

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 Fantastic! Thanks.

@FutureAZA

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 WOW! That is comprehensive, thank you!

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 The question about the ponds comes up often. Thanks!

17:30 Anyone else notice something peculiar about the road here? Is this permanent?

@DavidJohnson-tv2nn

2 жыл бұрын

No. They still have to construct a retaining wall. The finished road will have three lanes. Two southbound, and one northbound. And the stupid fire hydrant will be moved to the side.

@robertcase4995

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn Good I want that fire hydrant moved so bad!

Love the videos but, the stuttering of the video at the end is very distracting. I know some may think it is artistic but it is annoying to me. I am subscribed and a follower.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

Mike I just reviewed the end of the video and had no problem. You might have a buffering problem on your end.

@mikearnold9363

2 жыл бұрын

@@eltonray2934 No the music plays continuously and the video picture pauses and the jumps ahead. No other videos are affected. I thought he was just trying to add an artistic flair.

@eltonray2934

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikearnold9363 Actually the video and audio are handled separately. Audio only uses a small bandwidth but the video is compressed to limit its bandwidth. Because of this only changes in the picture are updated and can cause "tearing" and many other strange effects. Try to use some other device to narrow down the problem.