That quote was... not what they said. Next year is the ramp, not the start. They didn't say the start.
That's great but...whyyyyyy
They could do trial production/ general assembly with these. Roll them down the belts to dial in that end of production ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They ‘look’ like CT bodies and this is exactly the kind of thing we live for. When I get home I’ll see if Joe has hi-def images of them for closer scrutiny.
From our own forum, which you and I both commented on, the machines are to begin producing drive units next summer:
That’s be great. There is a second stamping on that white wrap I can’t make out
Also entirely possible they use motors from other cars, but this equipment being made is to be strictly for the truck, so they’ll just take drive units from the X or whatever maybe has the same motors
Yes, that's how they tuned assembly robots for Model Y and Model 3 as they built new factories. They sent unfinished cars to the new factories.
Do you have app links for Port of Houston so that I/we can go look for other, related, ships? I hate to ask you for more research when I can do it myself but so far my looking on the Port of Houston site has been kind of a waste of time. I am guessing that I have to get an account and that is fine but I am not sure how to begin the search and you do.9K ton is IN USA now!
-Model Y presses weigh roughly 100k LBS for reference. This press weight 175k LBS roughly.
"What about that video that came out last night?" - I'd assume Tesla has some say so on the press surrounding their press they worked together on.
TEXAS DCM means Texas Die Cast Mold. This is appearing to be THE 9K press.
*****EDIT****** Its 9 20' containers. whew. This is full detail of the break down. This is absolutely it!
UPDATE AGAIN.. IT'S HERE! That ship already dropped off, left, went to Norfolk, and is going back to Italy now. It ARRIVED 9.28. Visuals are IMMINENT!
Ship departed 8.31 in Italy, porting a few places along the way and finally landing in Houston on 9.28! see the log here: https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/altamira-express-mmsi-477547100-imo-9407146
Elon seems to have confirmed.
That works for prototyping but not for production, which I thought was what we were talking about.
No reason they couldn’t use motors from other cars. The drive assembly and final gearing might be different, but they could drop a couple Model 3 motors into the rear end with different gearing.
At high zoom of the originals I cannot read that stamp. Just a 'little' more resolution and we would have it.
I saw a YouTube video yesterday that claimed the 9K is still in customs and when released will be trucked up to Austin. Is there any way to verify whether or not this is true from your sources?9K ton is IN USA now!
-Model Y presses weigh roughly 100k LBS for reference. This press weight 175k LBS roughly.
"What about that video that came out last night?" - I'd assume Tesla has some say so on the press surrounding their press they worked together on.
TEXAS DCM means Texas Die Cast Mold. This is appearing to be THE 9K press.
*****EDIT****** Its 9 20' containers. whew. This is full detail of the break down. This is absolutely it!
UPDATE AGAIN.. IT'S HERE! That ship already dropped off, left, went to Norfolk, and is going back to Italy now. It ARRIVED 9.28. Visuals are IMMINENT!
Ship departed 8.31 in Italy, porting a few places along the way and finally landing in Houston on 9.28! see the log here: https://www.myshiptracking.com/vessels/altamira-express-mmsi-477547100-imo-9407146
Elon seems to have confirmed.
