Boring Co Tunnel Progress, Electric Upgrades, DIE load sys! 15 Nov 2024 Giga Texas Update (07:45AM)

Gigafactory Texas! This is where Model Y’s, and Cyber Truck production happens and soon, the Next Generation Car!

Another nice, but cooler day to fly at Giga Texas today and once again, a lot of interesting developments to see and discuss around the site!

As a reminder, I will be travelling to Starbase on Saturday through most of next week to cover the 6th launch of Starship! I will be live streaming with Ellie in Space on her channel again and I'll be producing additional content before, during and after the launch plus some updates about Starbase itself.

Also, I'll be stopping at the Tesla Lithium Plan near Corpus Christi, Texas to get an updated video and see what has changed since my last stop at the site back in October.

Timestamps:
Drone flight overview with discussion & illustration: 0:06 to 5:03
Drone flight footage & infographics: 5:25 to 29:45

A few highlights to look for in the images and the video today include:

The boring Company crews continue preparing the exit drive path from the Giga Texas W tunnel exit, with forms being installed to create an exit pathway while most of the paved roadway are finished. It looks like piers are going in near the tunnel as well.

Work continues to expand out the Giga Texas electrical system & a lot of this is at the S switchyard area where the graded area has now doubled in size in the past 48 hours. More work on the large slab & catchment for the huge 3rd transformer as well.

Tesla had a nice display of Cybertrucks at the Giga Texas flagpole area today, with the one decked out in Veterans Day regalia taking up the centerpiece position! Very cool to see this honoring the veterans that Tesla employs!

More work continues at the west exit point of the General Assembly section of the main factory that is used for the Model Ys including additional work on the perimeter grade beam and load levelling systems for the newly-cut in receiving doors

At the Cortex cooling plant, we see the new concrete apron around the huge pipes coming out of the ground has been cross cut, while more work on the ground floor systems continues.

Nearby, the natural gas pipe installation along the road continues and emergency repairs appear completed following a large gas leak on Wednesday. This was caused, I have heard by some crews working on hydrodynamic testing of the cooling plant pipes puncturing one of the gas pipes. No injuries and work stoppage was only for a few hours.

Finally, at the east side of casting under the new steel awning structure, we see installation of the new casting machine DIE loading system! This large red and gray system is used for accepting delivery of, and preparing for pickup of large dies used in the casting machines. These are loaded up and moved to the DIE shop for maintenance, repairs and even manufacturing.

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Video, photos, illustrations, and commentary on this video is by me, Joe Tegtmeyer unless otherwise annotated.

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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