Photo: Jeff Roberts
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is working on a special solar roof, and earlier this year the solar panels were confirmed to be spelling out the automaker’s name.
A recent Jeff Roberts drone video shows that Tesla’s Giga Texas has nearly finished the outline of the letters on its solar roof, which spells out “Tesla.” (via @JeffRoberts).
While the solar roof still appears incomplete, the lettering seems to be nearly done with the outline of the letters.
It’s unclear if the solar panels will cover the whole roof or not at this point, though that seems to be the direction Tesla is headed for. One user in the Twitter thread noted that the building could fit around 80,000 solar panels on the factory roof.
In addition to the solar roof, the drone video shows a number of other upgrades as Tesla reportedly prepares to produce over 200 Model Y units. Other updates include the casting area, loading docks, the stamping area, multiple updates to general assembly, and many others.
The video also comes just a week after Tesla added a Cyber Helipad to Giga Texas, in addition to new planters in the surrounding areas.
You can see Jeff’s full drone video update, as taken on August 28 at Tesla’s Giga Texas below.
