Cybertruck frame spotted leaving Giga Texas! [6/30/23] 📸

[Steevo]

I was there 1 hour later and have footage of that staging area where they were loading the "mystery cargo". Just missed it.

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[fritter63]

Don't they had an internal truck road/lane inside the factory?

Ie, they don't HAVE to do this outdoors where the drone can see it.....

 

[Mini2nut]

It appears to be a BIW with the front and rear Giga castings attached.

 

[cvalue13]

Just look at Joe’s video as they were grabbed off his video and weren’t stills.

couldn’t quite, but Joe’s Twitter gave me the soundbite




Since it’s being delivered to GFTX, I’d guess it’s a pilot line chassis from Fremont brought to GFTX…

And if a pilot line chassis is being brought to TX, it means it’s being finished by a pilot line that’s been moved to GFTX…

Like with other models in the past, a pilot line at GFTX would be using primarily production tooling…

And vehicles made on a pilot line using primarily production tooling would be release candidates

which all squares with the talk of folks being moved from Fremont to TX, shifts being shuffled, Tesla’s statements to suppliers to expect RCs toward end of August, and an insider delivery event late Q3

and unless Tesla miraculously breaks with past timelines, that would put first production line cars intended for retail at sometime around December / January. With an all-new ground-up platform, one wouldn’t be unreasonable to think it could take longer between handover event and first retail production.

 

[cvalue13]

Although, @Administrator should prob change the title of the post?

 

[kbolt]

couldn’t quite, but Joe’s Twitter gave me the soundbite




Since it’s being delivered to GFTX, I’d guess it’s a pilot line chassis from Fremont brought to GFTX…

And if a pilot line chassis is being brought to TX, it means it’s being finished by a pilot line that’s been moved to GFTX…

Like with other models in the past, a pilot line at GFTX would be using primarily production tooling…

And vehicles made on a pilot line using primarily production tooling would be release candidates

which all squares with the talk of folks being moved from Fremont to TX, shifts being shuffled, Tesla’s statements to suppliers to expect RCs toward end of August, and an insider delivery event late Q3

and unless Tesla miraculously breaks with past timelines, that would put first production line cars intended for retail at sometime around December / January. With an all-new ground-up platform, one wouldn’t be unreasonable to think it could take longer between handover event and first retail production.

If you look at the Twitter thread Joe said he was incorrect in this post it was being sent away from TX not being delivered to TX.

 

[cvalue13]

If you look at the Twitter thread Joe said he was incorrect in this post it was being sent away from TX not being delivered to TX.

well then there’s that!

thanks!

 

[Crissa]

crash test units?

You wouldn't crash test a frame. Crumple test, maybe, but it's a bit late for that.

-Crissa

 

[Crissa]

Don't they had an internal truck road/lane inside the factory?

Ie, they don't HAVE to do this outdoors where the drone can see it.....

No, that was in the initial plans, but not implemented.

-Crissa

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