Tesla Gigafactory Texas 20 August 2021 Cyber Truck & Model Y Factory Construction Update (07:45AM)

Gigafactory Texas on 20 August 2021! This is where the Cyber Truck and Model Y will be built!

Incredibly busy day and progress everywhere you looked! It’s almost like Giga Texas wanted to make sure everyone knew they were working just as hard as the Tesla AI team and all the amazing and exciting progress they discussed at AI last night! In addition to Full Self Driving, DOJO computers and the Tesla Robot, we also learned something new about the Cybertruck … it will have the 2nd version of FDS and Hardware 4 installed when it is produced, making it the first Tesla with these upgrades!

The main factory building is really beginning to look like it will when completed, with supporting infrastructure like roads, parking, utilities, charging infrastructure and more coming along quickly in addition to all the work going on inside to prepare for production start in a few more months!

So much was going on I couldn’t capture everything, but I did try! I hope you find this video and the supporting information helpful!

Timestamps:
Drone flight overview, AI Day Cybertruck reveal & illustrations: 0:06 to 2:50
Drone flight footage & infographics: 3:14 to 24:01

Here are the highlights from today's video:
- Plenty of work on the west side of the General Assembly structure, including more angular wall panels … the final window design is becoming very clear now! Some loading docks on the west side appear to be completed and operational now, while the paved paring and driving areas now extend completely to the south end.
- The battery cell structure roofing insulation and weatherproofing material installation is now about 85% completed, and we see on the north face, more triangular wall panel and window openings being installed. Exterior wall panel installation is now about 80% completed, while more and more interior walls are going up, along with more equipment, fixtures, utilities and more on the inside!
- The Body-in-White east side is also getting wall panels installed where the temporary loading platform was located, finishing off this side are of the structure.
- The Stamping machine structure has had two large sections of wall panels removed on the west side adjacent to the central area ... probably in preparation for some construction to joing the structures internally in this location. Since the wall panels were removed, we take the opportunity and look inside to see one of the stamping machine assemblies looking nearly complete and operational.
- The central area pit continues growing to the south, now appearing to nearly reach the south end. Crews continue to drill deep cementitious pilings which will support large column footings. These appear to be in a clear alignment with the steel structure columns just to the north. In addition, the steel structure is also getting more roof & floor decking installed.
- The casting machine area roof got another cement section poured, the casting machine foundation now has the mounting frame installed, and a large slab area has been poured and crosscut now. We also see a very large amount of Model Y front and rear castings in the NE area as well.
- There is road work in many places around the site and across the highway and some activity on the south end of the foundation over there as well.
- We see utilities trenching all over and conduit installation as well. Truly so much going on, I couldn't capture it all!

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Drones used are DJI Mavic Mini and Mavic Air 2.

Drone flight over Giga Texas is with permission of Tesla and CEO Elon Musk

[DessieDoolan]

Thanks Joe. Amazing amount of work happening.
5:32.Casting roof. Starter bars for the column extensions visible on the northern most columns.
7:05. Space frames. Small posts welded to the top of the frames on the right hand side, infill with additional posts on one frame. Other infills on the ground. These little posts will correspond with those already installed on the conventionally framed section of the roof in the north alleyway. Likely to be part of the fire separation wall that extends above the roofline. See 15:02.
9:09. West side battery. Bottom of screen. Mini tracked crane.
12:56. South alleyway. Yellow crane. Second piling rig? Augers on ground to right.
13:19. South alleyway. Digging up the fire loop. Change of plans. Excavation of pit to extend west perhaps.
Difficult to see where the piles have been placed in the pit.
13:40. West corner stamping. Stud wall inside still not sheeted on one face.
Red oxide painted steel. Might be for whatever infill structure is planned for this opening.
Stud wall outside, bulk insulation poking out towards the bottom
15:25. Note the height of the parapet above the roof on the far right where the ridge meets the outside wall. 12” 0.33m or so. See 4:39 for the ridge at the paint/casting wall where the parapet is orange bollard height, 48” 1.2m.
21:58. East side storage. Space frame components.

[jgill]

In the stamping area, it looks like we can a blanking line. It’s the press that takes coils of steel and blanks out the parts that will later be formed on other presses. The part we can see is where a magnet line drops the blanks off. I ran something very similar when I worked for Magna

[kstaxman]

So much work to cover. Thanks for all your effort not only filming everything but also explaining things.

[killerseb]

I think they took down the walls just so Joe could film inside the stamping machine area.

[chris]

I've watched this construction since they broke ground, can't believe I'm still interested enough to keep coming back! Good work, Joe. There's going to have to be a super-edit at some point, to show the full transformation. Impressive.

[bikesqump]

really like your music too, it's like the Grateful Dead did musak for an elevator in the Haight Ashbury hotel! haha

[gilgameshgabriel]

The new shape of the windows at the west part are representing the Tesla logo T.

[kkarllwt]

The concrete pouring has been moved from 97 deg. days to 80 deg. nights. Both the SW road and the casting roof were poured last night. A lot easier on the guys and slower surface set.

[josepecanocano]

Joe, thanks you, fantastic video, from Spain

[phid]

I believe that the new "Pipe Storage Area" at the end of todays video is sections of spaceframe tubing.
keep up the good work Joe, your flying/video skills are SUPERIOR to 'others'.

[NinetooNine]

Could the spaceframe be a skylight for one of the alleyways? Looks like a great fit for the plastics area.

[jameshoffman]

9:47 In order to make the central motif symmetric (with tall windows on the second level), they will need to peel back part of upper facade of the completed mid section by about two spans.

[mariusmeyer]

Space frames maybe for an entrance at the start of the alleyway?

[mikefendel]

I am sure you have been asked before Joe but on an average day, any idea how many people are at work on the site? Thanks in advance and keep up the wonderful job. I am sure many more folks watch your videos than remember to punch the like button!

[kkarllwt]

That is good progress filling the west side median with black dirt.

[acmefixer]

Joe: The closeups down low are just like being there - they're fabulous!

After 13:00 something serious is happening in this long pit! Are we going to see a lot of concrete forms and work like they did for the stamping press area?

At 18:44 there are stacks of windows waiting to be put in. Are they going to get those in before the end of the month?

Thanks, Joe! Amazing closeup views!

[jamesbarnett]

Space frames probably are skylights for forging alley.

[gtbproductions]

@ 12:15 I wonder if the connected asphalt is where there will be an entrance gate house and this provides a u-turn for unauthorized viehels

[robertshaffner]

Come on Joe, you can’t say bridge crane railings. It’s just rails. That would be like saying a locomotive rides on the railings!😂😂😂

[a..d]

Thanks Joe, very comprehensive intro and flyover notes. At 12:04 do you have any idea about the dogleg in the east bound lane just before the road goes under the highway?
Thanks!