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Tesla Gigafactory
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JRP3
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chickensevil
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Nice to know they are still ahead of schedule. It is interesting that the project is still surrounded in secrecy. "Propriety"... What could be so proprietary about the steel frame of a building? It's not like building construction has changed all that much in the past 10 years or more...
I also find it interesting that the old drive by video was pulled. There wasn't anything special in the footage that I saw... Oh well.
JRP3
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Nothing whatsoever. The only possibility would be preparations for some absolutely enormous piece of equipment (like that press they have at Fremont), but I doubt there would be anything on that scale here. Even if there were, I don't see how a hole in the ground would inform anyone of anything.
I think they just want to keep nosy parkers away from the construction site. Plus Tesla is notoriously secretive even when there's nothing much to hide (I don't blame them on the proprietary information front... but often it's because Elon wants to make a big splash with an announcement). And besides as JRP3 says restricting something makes people even more curious, including the press.
deckofficer
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I wonder if being close to Silver Peak, NV had much bearing on the location of the battery factory? Silver Peak is 2nd only to Chile for lithium deposits.
JRP3
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Do you have a source for that? Last I knew Bolivia was number one, and China was number three.
deckofficer
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If you combine Silver Peak, NV with the other Nevada discoveries, it was said in this article to be second only Chile, so I did misquote the Silver Peak standing, and stand corrected.
Tesla factor: Recharging Nevada's lithium industry
TheTalkingMule
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Albemarle just bought Rockwood who is one of the largest and most advanced lithium companies in the world. I guess Elon didn't have $6B sitting around to make this a truly end-to-end production company?
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RobinF
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Actually Lithium is not the most supply-critical element of battery production. It's Nickel and Chromium, according to a talk given by JB last year. There's actually not a lot of lithium in a Lion battery.
I posted this in the short term price thread, but thought it belonged in here too. This article is claiming Tesla hiring 350 interns to work in Nevada this summer. I would think the gigafactory would not be ready to house employees by summer, but there's a twinkle of hope I'm wrong.
Joint Tesla-UNR program to offer up to 350 internships - Washington Times
Joint Tesla-UNR program to offer up to 350 internships - Washington Times
MassModel3
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The link within that article goes on to say: "They're looking at three major areas — mechanical, chemical and computer science engineering," Bozsik said. "They're looking to develop a talent pipeline that could potentially be trained now in the Bay Area but also relocated to Reno once the gigafactory is up and running."
There's even a few GF pictures in there. :smile:
Chromium, Robin, or Cobalt? I can't think where there might be Cr in today's batteries, other than conceivably a less-than-negligible amount in a casing, if it were a stainless steel alloy
that makes a lot more sense
RobinF
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