Tesla/Space X/Boring Co./Neuralink - Page 4

The ATX · #61 Posted **Nov 2, 2020, 12:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by N90

There will be no refineries.

Look at pictures of Tesla Gigafactory Nevada, Tesla's lithium ion battery production facility in Nevada and you'll see that Tesla doesn't do the whole refinery thing. Factories? Yes. Refineries, nah.

The lithium refinery plans for Giga Texas were first mentioned in this previously posted article:

https://www.benchmarkminerals.com/me...d-spodumene-2/

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Tesla will build a lithium hydroxide chemical plant in Texas in what is the first move by an automotive company into lithium chemical production, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence can confirm.

The EV maker will build a spodumene conversion facility adjacent to the Terafactory / Gigafactory 5 in Austin, Texas in what has a typically aggressive start up target of Q4 2022.

lonewolf · #62 Posted **Nov 2, 2020, 3:58 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by N90

There will be no refineries.

Look at pictures of Tesla Gigafactory Nevada, Tesla's lithium ion battery production facility in Nevada and you'll see that Tesla doesn't do the whole refinery thing. Factories? Yes. Refineries, nah.

oh man lmao

SproutingTowers · #63 Posted **Nov 4, 2020, 3:54 PM**

Austin Gigafactory progress update.

https://www.teslarati.com/elon-musk-...ROsP0qHk0W8K-8

ATX2030 · #64 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:07 PM**

https://www.teslarati.com/boring-com...la-giga-texas/

Elon Musk’s Boring Company appears to be joining his other entity, Tesla, in Austin, Texas. A Tweet from Musk’s tunneling company has revealed that it will begin hiring for several new positions at the location of Tesla’s most recently-announced production facility.

We vs us · #65 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by ATX2030

https://www.teslarati.com/boring-com...la-giga-texas/

Elon Musk’s Boring Company appears to be joining his other entity, Tesla, in Austin, Texas. A Tweet from Musk’s tunneling company has revealed that it will begin hiring for several new positions at the location of Tesla’s most recently-announced production facility.

Potentially big stuff. From the article:

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According to the Boring Co. website, it will be hiring an Electric Engineer, Lead Electrical Technician, Mechanical Engineer, Power Electronics Engineer, Sr. Mechanical Engineer, Business Development Lead, and a Lead Technical Recruiter in Austin as it looks to expand its presence in the area.

Interestingly, the Boring Company does not have any currently listed projects in Austin or the state of Texas in general. The currently listed projects include the Hawthorne Test Tunnel in Los Angeles, the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, and two prospective plans for underground tunnels in LA and the Baltimore-Washington D.C. metro area.

If you're bringing in a Biz Dev Lead, that's not for a project office in the field. That's homebase kind of stuff.

freerover · #66 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:36 PM**

Just keep those dumb ass tunnels out of Austin.

mercury6 · #67 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:49 PM**

Yes! Bring the tunnels!

urbancore · #68 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 8:55 PM**

and the J O B S!

freerover · #69 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 9:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by mercury6

Yes! Bring the tunnels!

No to Tesla tunnels until they prove they can move a mass amount of people without a six flags like wait to get on the damn thing.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/16/...ssive-promised

mercury6 · #70 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 9:27 PM**

Electric Self Driving Cars, Reusable Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rockets, Brain Machine Interfaces, Tunnels.

Elon is pushing Texas into the future.

freerover · #71 Posted **Nov 9, 2020, 9:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by mercury6

Electric Self Driving Cars, Reusable Full-Flow Staged Combustion Rockets, Brain Machine Interfaces, Tunnels.

Elon is pushing Texas into the future.

I guess Elon is now on SSP.

The ATX · #72 Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 3:28 PM**

Gigafactory is going vertical. In addition to all the activity happening on the main site east of SH130, they have started clearing a large area on the west side of SH130.

https://youtu.be/KaZZxzrG-xo

lonewolf · #73 Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 4:59 PM**

FTR its likely the (unproven and possibly dumb) tunnels are coming. its elon. he pushes frontiers. he's aggressive. take the good with the bad lol. we don't get to part and parcel his genius. that's why he chose austin and texas.

shoreditch · #74 Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 7:06 PM**

I didn't see the clearing west of SH130 in that YouTube video that you mentioned, The ATX. Is there a timestamp within that you're seeing that I'm not?

Thanks!

The ATX · #75 Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 7:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by shoreditch

I didn't see the clearing west of SH130 in that YouTube video that you mentioned, The ATX. Is there a timestamp within that you're seeing that I'm not?

Thanks!

It wasn't that video. It was another one by a different "Quad Squad" member around 15:40.

https://youtu.be/QkmBavGbngo

shoreditch · #76 Posted **Nov 13, 2020, 9:52 PM**

Got it. Thank you!

StoOgE · #77 Posted **Nov 15, 2020, 5:01 AM**

Seems like Elon got Rona in Austin

ahealy · #78 Posted **Nov 16, 2020, 1:39 PM**

I'm open to liking Elon is y'all can convince me.... It's just his comments on trans folk, "pedo guy", and my best friend calling herself a "muskette" that really put a bad taste in my mouth.

I do love the idea of Tesla realllly advancing Texas even further with clean energy and transit.

We vs us · #79 Posted **Nov 16, 2020, 1:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

I'm open to liking Elon is y'all can convince me.... It's just his comments on trans folk, "pedo guy", and my best friend calling herself a "muskette" that really put a bad taste in my mouth.

I do love the idea of Tesla realllly advancing Texas even further with clean energy and transit.

I think Elon's personally a privileged d-bag, but he's also a visionary. Where would electric vehicles be without Tesla? Where would public/private space travel be without SpaceX?

I really try to filter out as much Elon-as-person as possible, and focus on Elon-as-CEO. Sometimes that doesn't always work, and the two identities collide pretty terribly, but most of the time it's useful. Regardless of which identity is steering the ship at any given time, he's going to completely change Austin, and almost certainly for the better.

lonewolf · #80 Posted **Nov 16, 2020, 2:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by ahealy

I'm open to liking Elon is y'all can convince me.... It's just his comments on trans folk, "pedo guy", and my best friend calling herself a "muskette" that really put a bad taste in my mouth.

I do love the idea of Tesla realllly advancing Texas even further with clean energy and transit.

never pay attention to what people say, pay attention only to what they do