I completely agree that there is a second foundation for a second 9K ton gigapress. All I said is that It isn’t in the factory, in Texas, or likely even on a ship as IDRA has said there are only 2 so far and we know where they are.
They deliver shipments to the factory that will use them. Paint stuff to the paint factory, cell stuff to the cell factory, stamping stuff to the stamping factory, but for @Ogre they will deliver gigapress stuff anywhere
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lagging demand has been the short seller fetish and legacy wish since Teslas inception.
Why on earth would they ever have all of the parts in this one room? Just so the drone operators can capture them?They deliver shipments to the factory that will use them. Paint stuff to the paint factory, cell stuff to the cell factory, stamping stuff to the stamping factory, but for @Ogre they will deliver gigapress stuff anywhere
Half a million a year run rate by the end of 2024 is my guess. They can convert the lines into something else if demand slacks off, but I don’t think it will.
They also don't pour them because they are imminent in the next two weeks. It's most likely they were doing the foundation for the first one, already locked down the floor plan for the second one and killed two birds with one stone cause they had time to get both done together and save money on labor doing it all at once as opposed to their typical piecemeal construction planning so far at Austin. They are far enough in their site development that they can now optimize construction labor and do similar projects in proximity at once, thus being more financially and labor efficient.
Good point. I have reflected on it !!!! lol
Lets not forget that they put in 4 6K ton fou dations when they only had 2 6K ton machines. Also, you cannot dig up the floor and also deliver gigapress machine components for assembly...you need a place, as we can see, to put those components. Before the Mori machines arrived and were put in place they had that space but no longer.
It would help if they could get the second 9K in before the first one goes operational but it is unlikely. I hope it does, but we do not know if they are even making one, and once made it takes a month to assemble, another month to disassemble and crate, and another month [at least] to ship it. It is very unlikely it will take 3 months to get the current 9K operational. So as you say, they will likely have to store the parts outside and bring them in one at a time. Luckily they still have a large door and space at the far end where there are no foundations, and they have the large door and an aisle on the east side, with a little space there as well. But it will definitely be getting tight inside.
Who said anything about water? I need my glass half full of something a little stronger while I resist all these ev trucks and hold out for the cybertruck like the main character In a bad anime.
The problem with pouring those foundations early is, well, sometimes you have to break them up. No one has cast with an IDRA 9K gigapress before. The next one might need some unforeseen buttress that isn't in the original. Then you have to tear it down and do it again.
