Well, I was looking for a thread to post Telsa news and found this from 2018. I'd forgotten this!
The four bullet points were intended to be exhaustive. I think you could make an Airstream [/CargoSpeed] shape from sustainable wood. Stitch-and-glue boat hull technique.
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Anywho, the things that have me fascinated are Tesla's Gigafactories. The drone overflights on Youtube a good background wallpaper for your daily routine.
- Giga Shanghai went from a green field to rolling out finished production in 9 months IIRC (It's likely underwater at the moment)
- Giga Nevada uses steel framing and I've learned from this PDF about Buckling Restrained Braced Frames (BRBFs) and sacrificial slotted plates (Krawinkler Fuses or KFs).
- Giga Berlin the cleared the land, brought in a railway and counterbalance cranes, and are setting out the 60-70ft columns with integrated footings and bridging them with trusses. The walls are H-columns with horizontal panels dropped into the slot from the top.
- Giga Austin is being reclaimed from a swamp. In the speeded-up drone shots the traffic jams of Catepillar scrapers look like ants.
Bucky Fuller talked about the tools that make the tools that make the thing, and I hear Elon Musk has said the same thing.