Tesla Gigafactory Texas 13 January 2021 Cyber Truck & Model Y Factory Construction Update (08:30AM)
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 Published On Jan 13, 2021

Gigafactory Texas on 13 January 2021! This is where the Cyber Truck and Model Y will be built!
Great day to fly and see progress at Giga Texas today!

Here are highlights for the day:
- There are new deliveries of heavily plastic wrapped electronic components up at the old plant, and a lot are now stored under the carport area. In addition, we take another look at the Evapco parts delivered a few days ago.
- Just south of the old plant, more land fill, levelling and drilling (for possible foundation support pillars and/or testing of the soil compaction) is underway. I'm not yet sure, but insider information has indicated the plans for the electric switchyard has changed from a Air Insulated (external) to an Internal design, which may indicate this area may be for the building that will house the electricity supply for the factory
- The casting machine area now had three well-defined basic foundations with the supporting frame installed. Next, we should see more rebar to expand out the shape to a more “square” shape ahead of concrete application. Still waiting to see more constructed so we can know definitively the final number.
- The east expansion of the paint shop steel building has grown significantly in the past 48 hours and had a bean-reinforced roof structure on all of it
- The new third steel structure just south of the paint shop building, has also grown tremendously in 48 hours, including the addition of a very tall second floor. This building appears to be growing west and south.
- The concrete structure surrounding the stamping machine foundations now has all, but one column installed (and the last one is out to allow crane access). We see the reason for the bracing of the interior walls of the isolation foundation in this area was to help support it while the crane drove in to hoist up the roof beams and panels.
- There continues to be work between the big and small stamping machine foundations in the form of reinforced trench work on the western "wall" area and they are constructing a perimeter grade beam (or wall base) on the exterior of the west wall area
- The southern-most section of the west foundation has been cleared of materials and extra equipment to allow GeoPier work to commence in this area which when completed, will allow footing construction to extend all the way to the south wall
- More footings continue to be installed on the western foundation extending south towards where GeoPier work is underway at the south
- The west steel structure has grown some more on the north and south sides and has a eastern projection that is just one "square" section away from joining the paint shop structure
- Steel materials and supplies are stored all over the site and on the eastern temporary area just north of the small water detention pond
- They appear to be constructing a third water detention pond just south of the stamping machine concrete structure

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Timestamps:
Discussion of Six supporting contractors and their roles: 0:16 to 5:10
Drone flight footage & infographics: 5:16 to 26:27

Sources used in this video:
https://www.evapco.com/products/cooli...
https://www.evapco.com/sites/evapco.c...
https://atngmbh.com/en/
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigaf...
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https://www.schulergroup.com/major/do...
   • IDRA Giga Press  
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/l...
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Drone flight over Giga Texas is with permission of Tesla and CEO Elon Musk

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