Tesla kicked off its Gigafactory Tour on Tuesday, July 26 with a media event. We’re providing the best curated Tweets from today’s event followed by a live Tweet from the official Gigafactory Grand Opening party scheduled for this Fiday, July 29.
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July 25: Tesla Gigafactory Media Event (Pacific Time):
- 12:00-12:30 PM: Arrival at the Gigafactory and intro
- 12:30- 2:30 PM: Exterior and Interior tours
- 3:00-4:00 PM: Remarks and Q&A with Elon Musk and JB Straubel
- 4:15/30 PM: Shuttle departs Gigafactory
We’ll provide an update in a follow up post with results from the Q&A
Elon Musk and JB Straubel take the stage for Q&A
Alongside Elon and JB is an executive from Panasonic.
Elon Musk just arrived to talk Gigafactory pic.twitter.com/URTSoMP6e2
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Q&A with Elon Musk & JB Straubel coming up
Tesla #gigafactory tour complete. Now awaiting Elon Musk and JB Straubel. Musk running a bit late we are told. pic.twitter.com/pl5Z6LcCA4
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Tesla Gigafactory robots in action
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
Top 6 tidbits about Tesla’s Gigafactory revealed through building permits
Tesla continues its expansion on the Gigafactory as seen at outer areas of the main plant where steel construction beams are being put into place.
Section B Prime of Tesla #gigafactory – only a few days into construction as pace here quickens pic.twitter.com/3E69qgVUGM
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Tesla describes their relationship with Panasonic
Media was chaperoned to a no-photography-allowed section within the plant that housed proprietary equipment from Panasonic.
Relationship between @TeslaMotors and @panasonic described as "landlord-tenant" w Tesla as landlord. #gigafactory
— Benjamin Spillman (@ByBenSpillman) July 26, 2016
Guy from @panasonic says "extremely rare" to be producing batteries in U.S. instead of Asia. #gigafactory
— Benjamin Spillman (@ByBenSpillman) July 26, 2016
Tesla is already assembling Powerwall units
Inside Tesla's #gigafactory – where Tesla Powerwall battery storage units are now being built. pic.twitter.com/PpAAdKSF9C
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Area within the Gigafactory where battery cells will be produced
Inside the Gigafactory pic.twitter.com/JekOlLC8SC
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
Water treatment facility located on the east side behind the main entrance to the Gigafactory
Here's water treatment plant @TeslaMotors building for #gigafactory pic.twitter.com/jhBm6GeTvF
— Benjamin Spillman (@ByBenSpillman) July 26, 2016
The Gigafactory looks small by comparison to its expansive surroundings
Nearly 360 degrees pic.twitter.com/MifI9jD9Zm
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
Tesla’s Gigafactory occupies a relatively small footprint within the overall 3200 acres of land purchased
This is just 20% of total #Gigafactory. 1.9 million sq feet of planned 10M = 107 football fields pic.twitter.com/kp9uteZMrN
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Miniature models of the Gigafactory office space and production floor
Fun Tesla models! pic.twitter.com/3b0kStGPPe
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
A model of the Gigafactory is seen in the lobby showing robots in action on the production floor.
A “you are here” label reveals that the current size of the Gigafactory is only 14% of what it will ultimately be.
Model of Tesla #gigafactory production floor pic.twitter.com/Y5sToPJZKy
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
The stuff in black outline is part of @TeslaMotors #gigafactory that is complete. pic.twitter.com/2IvoIHwqBc
— Benjamin Spillman (@ByBenSpillman) July 26, 2016
Entrance to the Gigafactory
Tesla CEO Elon Musk will address reporters here at #gigafactory later today. Stay with @usatodaytech pic.twitter.com/fT95tZOeEy
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Tesla giving test drives in a Model S P90D before taking groups to tour the interior of the Gigafactory
Killing time before exterior tour at Tesla #gigafactory with test "flights" of Model S pic.twitter.com/HFKRr8pu4t
— Marco della Cava (@marcodellacava) July 26, 2016
Greeted by a beautiful Tesla Model 3 at the entrance of the Gigafactory
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
Media making a pitstop at the security gate on Electric Avenue before heading into the Gigafactory
— Daniel Sparks (@danielsparks) July 26, 2016
New aerial photos of the Gigafactory taken on Sunday, July 24 shows a security guard shack located on the main road leading into the property.
