This is the link to a tweet on X from Elon Musk that shows an 18 second video clip of the “Cortex” data center at Gigafactory Texas. We have not seen any of the hundreds of racks of computers shown in this clip being delivered and installed st GF Texas. Therefore I stated that I
(Read More…)
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/portion-of-teslas-taxes-to-be-invested-into-community Some info from Joe T Patreon NEWS: Tesla has revealed a 120-acre Giga Texas ecological uplift project. Planting: Restoring natural habitats in historically depleted mining site Soil Amendment: Restructuring of depleted soil to bring into healthy state to support plant restoration Shallow Water Habitat Grading Water Usage
Th governor of Nuevo León says the permits are done. The new generation of low cost Tesla EVs will be made here. I wonder how many Tesla EVs are currently being sold in Mexico and other countries south of the border. I suspect not very many. They’re a lot more expensive than other cars there.
(Read More…)
This is a short tour of the gigafactory Texas during the Cyber Rodeo public event, 15 thousand visitors. Shows robotic arms on the assembly lines. QR codes in a stripe on the floor to guide the autonomous transporters. A few seconds of Arc Attack’s presentation. Very up close shots of the 9000 long tonne Gigapress.
(Read More…)
Woo-hoo! This 4.4 minute drone video on YouTube flies through seemingly impossible places! Through the stamping presses, through the robotic welders, the paint shop, the assembly lines, everywhere! I had to slow it down to 0.5 speed to see what’s happening! This is what I’ve been waiting for, wanting to see things close up and
(Read More…)
Fab Lab = fabrication laboratory Do It Yourself. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/20/fab-labs-or-gigafactories-or-both/
Panasonic announced it will start a new production line in Giga Nevada to make 4680 cells. Also new cell chemistry. https://www.tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmanian-blog/panasonic-launches-new-battery-production-line-in-tesla-giga-nevada-in-august-prototype-production-of-4680-cells-begins-in-2021-in-japan
This article is a list of Tesla gigafactories, current and rumored. https://electrek.co/2021/07/14/tesla-factory-locations-where-they-are-and-could-soon-be/
From Joe’s video of Jan 29. https://youtu.be/Ww54M6XRrO8
