Thanks Zanegler. I think that deep foundation is for a stamping press. In the render it shows the stamping hall roof raised above the main building.This is just like Berlin.
@@kkarllwt I was just wondering since the number volume for the semi will be a fraction of what the automotive side is. Sometimes it is more economically wise to outsource some Items.
2:06. Left. Above roof structure. Elevator/lift possibly. 2:13. Deep footing. Stamping press, no doubt. Rebar starters for concrete column pedestals. Rebar starters for the walls. Formwork shuttering panels stacked on the road to the right. 2:37. Un-reinforced concrete mud base to the right. Helps with setting up the rebar. 3:06. Plastic laid over the fresh concrete as a curing aid. 3:15. Left. Mid height deep section beam on the perimeter. Mezzanine floor here. To the right, steel prefab staircase. 7:14. The Sentinel.
I’ve been anxiously awaiting this video all week, like a proper Tesla/Zanegler fanboy! Thank you so much for this great work. If we’re ever at the same bar at the same time there will be several tequilas on me there too…
Zanegler: Thank you for your video and your comments. I hope that you are alright. Given the new foundation shape and size, from previous videos from Giga Texas and Giga Shangai, similar works were done to prepare the sections where stampiing machines were then installed, as this kind of foundations are needed to manage noise and vibrations. Please, refer to Joe Tegtmayer (Giga Texas) and Wu Wa (Giga Shangai) videos for more information. These must been from at least 2 or 3 years ago, as this happened before these sections were built. Thanks again for your time and attention. All the best to us all. Best regards, Matías Pejko, (ma++)
That big deep foundation looks like the stamping machine foundations at Giga Texas. Go to the earliest videos of Texas earthwork and you will see them. The cab shell, doors, floor, and future van or whatever will require stampings. It may stand alone to provide new production for the Giga Nevada building.
The high roof section in the factory concept could be a stamping press line or a AS/RS building for parts storage. Fremont has added two similar AS/RS facilities and some of the internal videos of the existing Nevada factory shows this as well.
Mr. Zanegler, one question comes to my mind regarding the structural frame resistance to lateral loads such as wind and seismic is, why there is no lateral x-bracing on the perimeter? This is commonly seen on typical industrial construction but it seems like they are using a different system here. Can you explain that?
Type of frame here is a 'moment frame'. There's a bunch of videos on youtube of this type of construction. One titled 'Moment Frame and Braces as Lateral Force Resisting Systems', gives an example of a braced frame, and of a moment frame. The main Tesla factory is a braced frame, although braced around the perimeter only as far as I can tell. It being a taller building may have required braced frames. Seismic loads would also need to be considered in the design.
The speed at which the factory is being built is amazing. Great views of it all. Is there a minimum height at which the drone must have when flying over buildings ? Is it an FAA rule or does Tesla want a certain distance above the semi factory ?
I don't know for sure, but unlike Giga-Texas, there is no international airport next door. Looks to me (w/o checking aviation maps) that Giga-Nevada may be well outside any air traffic control zones. As for Tesla, maybe, but in today's video (perhaps for the first time) Zanegler actually flew the drone right over the top of the Semi factory. I, for one, was happy to see that because these drone flights are excellent advertisements for Tesla, attractions for talented employees, and excitement/motivation for young people still in schools.
The new foundation is similar to ones built at Giga Texas for the IDRA injection molding presses, I suspect they have a similar plan for the chassis of the Semi.
Gigapresses don't have any subterranean components. The press is mounted directly onto a heavily reinforced floor (9000t machines at Austin for example), or a cast-in steel machine base (6000t machines at Austin). This footing is almost certainly for a Stamping press, which do have subterranean components, passages for scrap removal etc.
They may work 24 - 7 with Tesla team members and contractors. I don't see any roadblocks to truck fleet production, distribution, and deployment. Truck charging facilities may also use stampings produced here. Don't worry about running out of UA-cam episodes, there is much to be done.
I personally do not think a gigapress will be used in the semi. Box frame and no application for a structural battery pack. Time will tell id Tesla thinks of an alternative use for one.
Gigapresses don't have any subterranean components. The press is mounted directly onto a heavily reinforced floor (9000t machines at Austin for example), or a cast-in steel machine base (6000t machines at Austin). This footing is almost certainly for a Stamping press, which do have subterranean components, passages for scrap removal etc.
Will have to watch that section G progress. If A and D are a battery production facility then G could be the material handling portion as an example. The framing will tell us a lot.
They hired me I sign a contract but waiting on my back ground check it's been over 2 weeks I talk to rich Smith for my interview am at Google campus in fort Wayne now working and my background check only to 4 days working on the EV battery plant in Kokomo Indiana background check only 3 days looking forward to getting there and getting to work
@ZaneglerTeslaSemiStalker FYI to many or most viewers section A or D etc. Is meaningless. Maybe throw up a map for a bit so we know what you are talking about.
Hey Zan. Fine video. We all know that you cant film inside, but you do a damned good job, by registrating everything outside that goes in and out. Maybe some of the viewers may help, with details they know more about than you and I, so I would recommend, that you ask your viewers, to give your all the information they can squeeze out of your videos. Maybe some of the workers you film, will go on utube at night, to watch themselves. They may provide you much more precise information, if its permitted from Tesla. Per in Denmark 😎🇩🇰
Thanks Zanegler. I think that deep foundation is for a stamping press. In the render it shows the stamping hall roof raised above the main building.This is just like Berlin.
Do you think they will stamp components here?
@@jbbuzzable Frames. Floor and back sheet metal. Roof.Trailer mount slider.
@@kkarllwt I was just wondering since the number volume for the semi will be a fraction of what the automotive side is. Sometimes it is more economically wise to outsource some Items.
@@jbbuzzable At 50k volume and no on site rail yard it would not be.
@@boostav I'm not sure what an on-site rail yard has to do with it, but okay.
Yeah, the big pit looks like stamping press foundation in Shanghai and Austin.
2:06. Left. Above roof structure. Elevator/lift possibly.
2:13. Deep footing. Stamping press, no doubt. Rebar starters for concrete column pedestals. Rebar starters for the walls.
Formwork shuttering panels stacked on the road to the right.
2:37. Un-reinforced concrete mud base to the right. Helps with setting up the rebar.
3:06. Plastic laid over the fresh concrete as a curing aid.
3:15. Left. Mid height deep section beam on the perimeter. Mezzanine floor here. To the right, steel prefab staircase.
7:14. The Sentinel.
2:13. GT stamping press footing construction from October 2020. ua-cam.com/video/eygUn5qtyR4/v-deo.html
Always appreciate you timestamp observations.
I’ve been anxiously awaiting this video all week, like a proper Tesla/Zanegler fanboy! Thank you so much for this great work. If we’re ever at the same bar at the same time there will be several tequilas on me there too…
Sounds like a great plan. We can manifest that.
Zanegler: Thank you for your video and your comments. I hope that you are alright.
Given the new foundation shape and size, from previous videos from Giga Texas and Giga Shangai, similar works were done to prepare the sections where stampiing machines were then installed, as this kind of foundations are needed to manage noise and vibrations. Please, refer to Joe Tegtmayer (Giga Texas) and Wu Wa (Giga Shangai) videos for more information. These must been from at least 2 or 3 years ago, as this happened before these sections were built.
Thanks again for your time and attention.
All the best to us all.
Best regards,
Matías Pejko, (ma++)
That’s a great observation Matías, thanks for sharing that.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video Zanegler!
That big deep foundation looks like the stamping machine foundations at Giga Texas. Go to the earliest videos of Texas earthwork and you will see them.
The cab shell, doors, floor, and future van or whatever will require stampings.
It may stand alone to provide new production for the Giga Nevada building.
Welcome back! Whoop whoop!
The high roof section in the factory concept could be a stamping press line or a AS/RS building for parts storage. Fremont has added two similar AS/RS facilities and some of the internal videos of the existing Nevada factory shows this as well.
The plot thickens! Thanks for this insight.
Muchas gracias por el video y tenernos informado de los avances de la fabrica, ya lo esperaba hace unos dias, un saludo dese Malaga ESPAÑA
Thanks! Very interesting commentary regarding Tesla direct hiring. It’s a big project for internal Construction.
Mr. Zanegler, one question comes to my mind regarding the structural frame resistance to lateral loads such as wind and seismic is, why there is no lateral x-bracing on the perimeter? This is commonly seen on typical industrial construction but it seems like they are using a different system here. Can you explain that?
Once you bolt a couple of hundred posts/ columns to the footings, the building gets stiff.
Type of frame here is a 'moment frame'. There's a bunch of videos on youtube of this type of construction. One titled 'Moment Frame and Braces as Lateral Force Resisting Systems', gives an example of a braced frame, and of a moment frame.
The main Tesla factory is a braced frame, although braced around the perimeter only as far as I can tell.
It being a taller building may have required braced frames. Seismic loads would also need to be considered in the design.
Check for paper filling with the city to check for that new construction. It's public knowledge.
The speed at which the factory is being built is amazing. Great views of it all. Is there a minimum height at which the drone must have when flying over buildings ? Is it an FAA rule or does Tesla want a certain distance above the semi factory ?
Fantastic questions!!
I don't know for sure, but unlike Giga-Texas, there is no international airport next door. Looks to me (w/o checking aviation maps) that Giga-Nevada may be well outside any air traffic control zones. As for Tesla, maybe, but in today's video (perhaps for the first time) Zanegler actually flew the drone right over the top of the Semi factory. I, for one, was happy to see that because these drone flights are excellent advertisements for Tesla, attractions for talented employees, and excitement/motivation for young people still in schools.
Thank youuuuu! 🎉 I was having withdrawals. 😂
Looks like Giga-press footings to me ! Maybe 1 or 2 part castings for the chassis ?
New foundation - I'm thinking IDRA giga press for semi castings??
The new foundation is similar to ones built at Giga Texas for the IDRA injection molding presses, I suspect they have a similar plan for the chassis of the Semi.
Do you think that the semi will have an injection molded chassis?
Gigapresses don't have any subterranean components. The press is mounted directly onto a heavily reinforced floor (9000t machines at Austin for example), or a cast-in steel machine base (6000t machines at Austin).
This footing is almost certainly for a Stamping press, which do have subterranean components, passages for scrap removal etc.
NICE!! excited for the update. Is this considered to be a Giga?
This site is called Giga Nevada.
I have proclaimed the high-volume semi factory to be giga semi. It is ~80% of giga Nevada footprint.
A stamping operation would need a basement.
great!
They may work 24 - 7 with Tesla team members and contractors. I don't see any roadblocks to truck fleet production, distribution, and deployment.
Truck charging facilities may also use stampings produced here.
Don't worry about running out of UA-cam episodes, there is much to be done.
What is the music used at the very beginning?
Stamping press foundations!
We like Tesla speed !
Did I call it or what? 😎
I think the new foundations are for the biggest gigapress ever. I bet they use that part of the building to bring in the equibment.
I personally do not think a gigapress will be used in the semi. Box frame and no application for a structural battery pack. Time will tell id Tesla thinks of an alternative use for one.
@ assembly gets easier if you don’t have to worry about the frame being straight.
Gigapresses don't have any subterranean components. The press is mounted directly onto a heavily reinforced floor (9000t machines at Austin for example), or a cast-in steel machine base (6000t machines at Austin).
This footing is almost certainly for a Stamping press, which do have subterranean components, passages for scrap removal etc.
😎👍
Will have to watch that section G progress. If A and D are a battery production facility then G could be the material handling portion as an example. The framing will tell us a lot.
Good update. Hope they can start pilot production by Q1 25.
2025 will be a great year for Tesla as so many new products will come on-stream.
They're aiming for late 2025 to start.
They hired me I sign a contract but waiting on my back ground check it's been over 2 weeks I talk to rich Smith for my interview am at Google campus in fort Wayne now working and my background check only to 4 days working on the EV battery plant in Kokomo Indiana background check only 3 days looking forward to getting there and getting to work
Congratulations Luke. I happen to have a furnished guesthouse for rent in Fernley.
Could that new section be a showroom?!
THANKS ZANEGLER FOR YOUR HARD WORK 😅💚💚💚
@ZaneglerTeslaSemiStalker FYI to many or most viewers section A or D etc. Is meaningless. Maybe throw up a map for a bit so we know what you are talking about.
Sorry. I always assume that viewers have seen my previous videos. That is a mistake.
Hey Zan. Fine video. We all know that you cant film inside, but you do a damned good job, by registrating everything outside that goes in and out. Maybe some of the viewers may help, with details they know more about than you and I, so I would recommend, that you ask your viewers, to give your all the information they can squeeze out of your videos. Maybe some of the workers you film, will go on utube at night, to watch themselves. They may provide you much more precise information, if its permitted from Tesla. Per in Denmark 😎🇩🇰