Glass Arrives, Casting Storage & Looking forward to 2025! 18 October 2024 Giga Texas Update(07:55AM)

[@billtruttschel]

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ~Yogi Berra

[@RedRouge-j4j]

Yea, it's de ja vu all over again...........

[@sreekanthnlk3468]

our engineers uses your drone footage in office to understand the updates on construction!! u a big deal man!!

[@brycecomer4998]

The covered trailer company Forza Transport Services specializes in US-Mexico transport, according to their website. These could be the Mexico shipments of Cybertrucks. Love the videos, thank you for the regular flying!

[@adelesexton5975]

The covered trucks could be a preventative measure against potential cargo hijacking.

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

Thanks!

[@balaji-kartha]

Great to have you back in Austin, Joe. Your daily flyovers are a part of the daily routine for many people around the world! Thank you again and keep doing what you are so good at . 👌👏👏👏

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

👍😎

[@joserego9210]

Great video. Thanks.

[@melleblanc971]

Easy to get control of all those castings...BUILD MORE VEHICLES!

[@evmike71]

At 19:21: "Established in 2014, Forza Transportation Services Inc has the latest truck model 2020 and newer. All trucks go through intensive maintenance service which allows us to obtain a short downtime a week. This endeavor began in 2007 when our Founder and CEO, Roberto Perez, founded “Roberto Perez Trucking” as an owner operator. While driving his truck, Mr. Perez was responsible for invoicing his Customers, managing maintenance and building his Customer Base. A true one-man operation."

[@benguthrie49]

Thanks Joe. Welcome home.

[@DessieDoolan]

You got a car Ben?

[@benguthrie49]

​@@DessieDoolan I haven't owned a car since the early 70's. Just parking where I live now would be expensive. Taxi's are cheaper in the long run. I'm a lousy driver anyway. Rent occasionally on vacation.

[@DessieDoolan]

@@benguthrie49 I guessed as much. It's completely do-able if there are alternatives. I was just throwing it out there! I find myself caught up in a debate about car ownership below.

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@benguthrie49 Just curious, wouldn't it be better to move to a more car friendly place and enjoy the freedom a car brings? Go anywhere you want, any time you want? Also the same question I asked Dessie.... What if there is some kind of emergency and you need to evacuate? What are you going to do? Call an Uber? In my opinion, it comes down to personal freedom, independence, and peace of mind.

[@benguthrie49]

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nn David, car friendly places tend not to be Ben friendly places. I would never choose to live somewhere where I had to drive.

[@DessieDoolan]

Thanks Joe *Sort by Newest First or Top Comments if only the first few lines are visible* 1:52. Southend east, Cooling Tower. Bottom. Large horizontal pipe with the pair of Ts, and the elbow from below ground. Has to be something installed here. The pumps perhaps. Surveyors pegs, flags, and hurdles show more works soon. 8:23. Stamping, apron. Red truck and trailer. A die under the black tarp. 9:21. Southend, east. Tank farm, Level 1. Right. Insulated pipework enters the ground. Level 2. Pair of reflective foil wrapped crates. See 17:28 also. 9:45. Southend, east. Loading platform being dismantled. 10:34. Southend, east. Level 1, inside. Retaining wall complete. Frames for 2 x double pedestrian doors, and a roll-up door behind. Formwork and rebar being placed for the exterior retaining wall on the perimeter grade beam. Top. White insulated pipe originates at 9:21. 11:23. Southend, south. Fire Escape Passages. Concrete ramps complete. 12:21. Southend, west. Excavating to complete the perimeter grade beam. Might lose the view in through that gap also. 13:08. GA, road. Trailer with a pair of large beams. 14:40. Westside, Tunnel Project. 3 formtubes beside the tunnel. Some rebar cages beyond. Top right, 8 bored shafts, set-out pegs and stringlines. Pile footing for a small structure? 14:58 also. 16:37. Westside. Triangular storage yard. Steelwork slowly finding its way inside. See 13:08. 17:28. Westside Storage. Reflective foil wrapped items taper across the short ends, i.e trapezoidal in plan. See 9:21 also. Bottom left. Ductwork lined with refractory material. 21:25. Battery, west. Apron. Shaping works to the compacted earth for the new entrance stair/ramp. Rebar placed for the south retaining wall. 23:33. Northend, carpark. Resurfaced or resealed and marked out for various castings. TRIMMED CT RUB, TRIMMED CT FUB, MY RUB, TRIMMED EMPTY, MY TRIMMED EMPTY. No MY FUB visible. Trimmed only means the removal of the excess from casting, the gates, runners, biscuit etc. Further machining in BIW. 24:16. Casting, diagonal corner. Apron. Bottom left. The yellow furnace tender vehicle. Casting, east. Canopy. Box gutter being lined with membrane. Underside (soffit) of canopy being lined on the cantilever. Baghouse structure. Internally lined ducts installed through the wall. Aiming for heat-exchangers. 25:02. BIW, Roof. Top left Stripped back the roof membrane, insulation and decking. Roof beams visible. 25:51. BIW, apron. Bottom right. OMG! It’s completed! 27:45. Wade Pit. Gates installed either end. 28:48. Cathode, Plant Platform. Grey Shipping Containers may be containerized chillers. Black hoses in and out of both. 29:26. New switchyard/substation. Pond. Purple irrigation pipe placed.

[@eclecticmemes]

somewhere around the 28:00 mark......... Ahhhh JOE! I noticed in one of Brad's last videos that the storage area to the north? of the Battery Test Facility no longer had the mystery tank, nor the red overhead crane beam that had been there for a year? I was sure Joe would mention it, but the drone never pivoted around..... And Joe has always made a wistful comment about when those tanks and overhead crane beam would be installed/utilized.

[@DessieDoolan]

@@eclecticmemes I can see the SS tank in Jeff's last video at 6.22. Can't make out the bridge crane, but it is getting less red and more dusty, so hard to pick from a distance.

[@eclecticmemes]

@@DessieDoolan 15:01 from Brad's 10-15 video.... I was looking in the wrong spot, and yes they are clearly visible. I guess I was just surprised by the cleanup empty areas! Nevermind!

[@DessieDoolan]

@@eclecticmemes There's a definite clean up around the site. The drainage channels seem to be going through a program of completion.

[@DessieDoolan]

9:03. Southend, Cooling Tower. '5 yellow and silver items'. Image search shows them to be IBC hardtop spill pallets. PK Safety is one supplier.

[@Joe44944]

Hello mr. Joe, much appreciated 👍

[@Joe44944]

Thanks!

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

Thank you Joe! 😎

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

Thanks Joe! Data center power: @1:29 130 MW seems possible but 500 MW by 2025? I have my doubts that the new transformer at the substation and the 16 new three-phase circuits going to the south end can provide that much power? Maybe some of the electrical experts on here can tell me if I'm right or wrong? Substation expansion project: @ 29:40 (Bottom right) 3 new switches installed on the structure by the man lift. Circuit breakers.... Notice that the new concrete pad is different from the others. New circuit breakers may be a different style from a different manufacturer, though still rated at 345 kV. A-frame towers.... They still have to bore 8 holes for concrete piles to support 2 new towers.

[@JoachimFrey-y3i]

Thanks Joe. Very interesting update.

[@rory-red]

Thank you Joe for all the commentary...

[@alanrivaldo-h]

18:49 That is an additional 84 transformers, not 72.

[@BridgetWolfe]

Those wrapped things in West side storage area perfectly sized for server rack cabinets and ac CRAC units in a DC.

[@AbideVibe]

CRAC = computer room air conditioning

[@YouT-DJ]

The Mexican FORZA truck line is probably taking the CTs to Mexico.

[@wrk8999]

@18:50 I see 84 xformers.

[@accumapmodels]

Thanks Joe!

[@peterjohn5834]

Great report Joe.

[@seussiii]

He returns! Hoping my vin is dropping soon

[@ChristianBlueChimp]

Next year will be very interesting! Can't wait to see more optimus robots walking out of this factory.

[@w3072]

good job

[@andreandre1051]

Merci👍👍👍

[@mikefendel]

A question: Since we heard the robotaxi prototypes demonstrated in California were built at the development site in Hawthorne, CA, what do you think they are protecting with the temorary walls around the ground level of the multi-level parking garage? Humm.....very interesting!

[@clarkkent1227]

Eventually we know the big-little-kid Geeks will come up with an “Octovalve” or other unique method of routing the Cortex energy/cooling requirements “at the drop of the hat, spin of the dime, and one Tweet” 🚀

[@patricksterl6176]

At 18:45, there is still 84 transformers. Maybe there will be twelve more at the south if their number need to match

[@memrjohnno]

Just in, and 3 minutes in. The cluster size is restricted by the power available to operate it along with the ability to maintain a seriously stable temperature. The pipework going up to the Sandhill gas turbine plant will add to local availability in a general sense. Austin and indeed TX, is doing well for itself.

[@danh8753]

Forza trucking transports products between the US and Mexico so it would seem to make sense the Cybertrucks being loaded into the trailers are going to Mexico

[@JohnBrown-pw3bz]

An automatic storage and retrieval system called an a s r s is ideal for those troublesome castings. I can't imagine anything more boring. Then driving a forklift over and over again to move a bunch of castings around when there's automatic machinery already. Used by industry.

[@nooneyouknow7036]

Yes, I think they even have such a system in Fremont

[@judilloyd7065]

Forza delivers trucks to customers in Mexico

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

🙋‍♂️JOE ,GREAT YOU GOT TO GO🤗💚💚👍

[@ParkourBrian]

FINALLY!! Welcome Home, Joe! Edit: I foresee a CyberCab (FWD, formed roof, framed door windows, no frunk) being the basis of the ‘25k tesla’, but otherwise being completely based on the Model 3 or Y internally. Edit 2: Privacy fence more likely for Driven products, or for Inductive projects? 🤨 😉

[@ParkourBrian]

Side note: why does Joe always pretend to not fly his drone over the highways? Is there some kind of restriction over specific roadways that he’s trying to appear to adhere to?

[@alanrivaldo-h]

@@ParkourBrian I've wondered the same thing as well. Might also be to keep the video short? I'd like to see a highway flyover once in a while. He has said that he has to change batteries. Maybe he does it before he flies to the other side?

[@stevenbrennick8003]

I looked up forza and they are a trucking company based in Laredo Texas. They specialize in transport to Mexico. Seems to me these cybertrucks are going to Mexico.

[@ChristopherACorn]

Vandalism problems south of the border with open transport also firearm smuggling is quite frequent going into Mexico.

[@jax7585]

The fork isn't actually in the road so it might mean "Stick a fork in it, it's done" to signify that FSD SW is completed

[@scottgaree7667]

Many thousands of people can reliably guarantee, FSD is not completed.

[@gilbertfagley7837]

17:50 - based on the size and shape, i'll say that they are the computer racks for the data center.

[@MongoosePreservationSociety]

New model we haven't seen by 2025!!

[@alanrivaldo-h]

😲

[@bruceburnworth8082]

Maybe silver boxes are cabinets for the supercomputer?

[@aminesaib]

Forza. going to Mexico

[@brainboy71]

Those silver wrapped objects could be cortex parts some are the size of server rack and cooling aisles

[@TeslaElonSpaceXFan]

❤

[@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461]

🤗🧐GOOD THOUGHTS 👍

[@felipecogo4671]

First to arrive!

[@xploration1437]

This isn’t a children’s channel. Go back to Nickelodeon.

[@ChristopherACorn]

I'm a big kid too!

[@chucknorris99111]

The fork should be in the road

[@DessieDoolan]

Good point!

[@alanrivaldo-h]

The fork would look better in the center of the cyber roundabout

[@mjc3985]

Hello Joe just checked the forza trailers and google says the company is a door to door transporter from the USA to Mexico

[@universeisundernoobligatio3283]

Why is the heat from that goes into the cooling plant just being thrown away, could it not be used some ware, put it into a large sand battery to be used later.

[@Haffy1952]

You don't think that all those silver wrapped packages could be more solar panels to go with all the new transformers?

[@balaji-kartha]

They look more than panels, they were more solid, so Joe’s guess that they could be part of a new assembly line sounds more like it.

[@RichardMott-g6c]

HVAC systems common in data centers expel warm air outdoors, creating a consistent, untapped wind resource that can be converted into electricity. In a case study of a Colombian data center, researchers used vertical axis Tesup V7 wind turbines to capture this man-made waste wind. The turbines, installed atop chillers, were chosen because they minimized size and weight while maximizing electricity generation. The amount of gross electricity produced annually by six wind turbines was 513.82MWh from artificial airflow, exceeding the energy consumption of the facility's fans, and providing a surplus of 131.2MWh. Is Tesla considering such a system?

[@eclecticcyclist]

Covered trailers for transport of Cybertruchs were last seen just before the Mexico launch. As VINs have recently issued to Canadian buyers I would imagine that the Canadian launch is imminent and that's Where the covered trailers are hearded

[@peteregan3862]

All that vent equipment on the roof above the 4680 cell production area may mean they have installed a wet cathode line. Elon obviously keeps focus on key production processes under development. Long lead time equipment is obviously bought early to get best market price and use Tesla's money in the bank to fund early delivery. But it appears Tesla is very reluctant to spend money on things that cut costs by avoiding waste - keeping a neat and tidy site. They could have converted parking lot to casting storage months ago. Working in mud and randomly located stuff has hidden costs. The Austin plant manager needs budget to keep things neat and tidy so plant investment can reap the benefits of faster work, less rework, less write-off of damaged stuff, less cleaning etc. All Tesla plants in Fremont, Shanghai, Berlin and Austin have suffered in this way. The new Semi plant construction goes far better as it is far more neat and tidy.

[@joserego9210]

Wow this is huge. Watching all of this makes me wanted to ask. Elon is not going to live for ever and once he’s not able to run this monster. Who’s going to be able to replace the genius? How’s a human of my time is capable to create, build so much on his own? Petty incredible.

[@georgedoolittle7574]

I'm going back one day come what may on Blue Bayou where you sleep all day and the catfish play on Blue Bayou

[@enighostmaster]

How many of those panels need to be installed in the tunnel?

[@dancerfrankfurt]

what about the fork at the beginning??

[@staudtj1]

Where is this 500MW going to be produced? That's a Power Plant unto itself.

[@bleekstraat6]

looks more like server racks. for data center.

[@reddog9978]

what is the blast wall for?

[@DessieDoolan]

29:56. Protects the adjacent transformer from fire.

[@richardereed9205]

Maybe I'm just ignorant. But how is it that the Boring Company in Las Vegas has had no trouble with broken roadway sections but GigaTexas had to remove and replace all of the roadway pieces. Were they trying to cut corners in Texas?

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

You could review my 2-part video on this (in my playlists) to understand this was seen as a test tunnel and they were doing a number of tests here, including using different materials, thicknesses and proceedures.

[@rory-red]

cooling towers

[@thecatsupdog]

remotely controlled robot upper bodies is perfect for military operation. we're going to have an army of tesla bots. for reals.

[@alanrivaldo-h]

3:44 4:00 Wait... what?

[@davefroman4700]

Im really surprised that they have not put solar on the end of line facility. There is no reason in the world that place cannot be self sufficient.

[@rory-red]

Tesla will need the approval for steering wheel-less and pedal-less autonomous car. to be on the roads so I doubt they build it 1st without the states approvals so good luck Tesla on that.

[@leonardlackey2813]

The tires on the robo-taxi do not appear to be pneumatic. Will pneumatic tires be available?

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

If you mean inflated with air, then that’s what is on the cars now, at least the ones at the We, Robot had air in their tires.

[@rudivandoornegat2371]

Robotaxi looks a lot better than the initial leaked mock ups, but still is the ugliest duckling in the Tesla range. I hope there will be a separate factory in this area for robotaxi and Optimus, because construction things seem to be coming to an end soon. Although of course I don't know how much is not utilized in the existing factory building. And I'm also waiting for when the Boring Co will start with the tunnel that will cross the Colorado river.

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

"Fork in the road" So Tesla is going to divert from their core business of building cars and "saving the earth"?

[@JoeTegtmeyer]

I think I cover this well in my intro.

[@carl-Sp]

Robotaxi kills tailpipes faster. You kill 5 tailpipes and many parking spaces with one tiny Cybercab. Hopefully town planners use the old parking lots for green space and bikeways. 👍

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@carl-Sp Not going to happen. Do you really think people are going to give up their private cars and pay Musk for every ride?

[@DavidJohnson-tv2nn]

@@JoeTegtmeyer You cover it in the intro but that doesn't show that it is a good idea. First, diverting from their core business and using 500 MW seems to be the opposite of "saving the earth"! Am I wrong? Second, aren't they risking the company on unproven technology that may not be approved by the regulators?

[@buddy48716]

@@DavidJohnson-tv2nnDo you really think people are going to give up their horse for something that is noisy and requires refilling fuel often?

[@RichardJansen-j6q]

vote against eugene vindman - TRUMP 2024 - Preserve Freedom & Your Child's Life Span.

[@melleblanc971]

No one can actual believe that is a taxi, come on.

[@montymonto6430]

No one? I believe and so many others!

[@TheJeffcurran]

So here's where I'm at Joe. I'm 65 years old. And I work in a highly techical job. But the whole concept of Megawatts doesn't mean anything.This a new measurement scale that myself or especially the average person cannot make a comparison to is extremely confusing to be honest. Pesrsonally I belive that the proponents of electrification don't give us a suitable means of comparison. So you say that the current situation is 150MW versus a future of 500MW. What does that even mean to me or the average person? This is a big problem that I have with the justication of electrification. The pro-electrication community offers no information about how this compares to the current situation. And I hate to say this, and I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but it's the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Just what if somebody decides to unleash an EMP weapon? Which is not fiction. All of this will come crashing down.

[@steinwaymodelb]

I'm not sure how you can consider watts/kilowatts/megawatts/gigawatts a 'new measurement scale'... it's been one of the common standard units of energy measurement for hundreds of years. What other unit of measurement are you comparing it to that you find inscrutable? EMP attacks are an equal threat to combustion vehicles. It's just a matter of shielding critical components properly.

[@stephenj6837]

@@steinwaymodelbHundreds of years? Man are you the clueless one! Electricity hasn’t been around that long! Here is the actual info! The "kilowatt" unit of energy measurement was coined around 1890 by James Prescott Joule, with the "watt" itself being named after the Scottish scientist James Watt who invented the steam engine; essentially, a kilowatt is simply 1,000 watts.

[@alanrivaldo-h]

@@stephenj6837 That's 134 years... so it goes back 5 or 6 generations, past anyone's lifespan, so yeah, it's not 'new' by any human measure.

[@alanrivaldo-h]

Do the concepts of British thermal units (BTU), kilowatt-hours (kWh), or megajoules (MJ) make any sense to you? Because all those are the units of measurement for energy, such as that that produced by burning gasoline. BTU: One gallon of gasoline contains 115,000 BTU; kWh: One gallon of gasoline contains 33.7 kWh; MJ: One gallon of gasoline contains 121.3 MJ. Source: Google AI, via the US EPA.

[@MrDeikas]

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