Tesla Giga Texas stands proud with its trifecta of giga flags

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Tesla never really does anything in half measures, and since Elon Musk moved the company’s headquarters to Giga Texas, pretty much every single new project of the electric vehicle maker has been massive. This true even for the Giga Texas complex itself, as it is a gigantic building with a gigantic supercomputer cluster, and more recently, some really large flags as well. 

Recent drone flyovers of the Giga Texas complex have revealed that Tesla was building three massive flagpoles near the main building’s entrance. The flagpoles themselves are quite large, with estimates from the Tesla community suggesting that they are about 165 feet tall. 

In the spirit of “Tesla speed” construction, the three flagpoles were installed in days, and massive flags were promptly hoisted up. As could be seen in photos of the new installation, Giga Texas is now flying the American flag, the Texas flag, and the Tesla flag in the flagpoles. Estimates from industry watchers have estimated that each of the flags being flown at Giga Texas is 30 ft x 60 ft., or 1,800 square feet. 

Those are among the largest flags in the market, and they fit Giga Texas’ gargantuan size very well. The facility, after all, is one of the largest buildings in the United States, being the second-largest factory in the country and the second-largest building in the world by volume. Elon Musk joked during the Cyber Rodeo that Giga Texas would fit 194 billion hamsters—which is a pretty ridiculous number of the critters if one were to think about it. 

What is quite interesting is that the Tesla Giga Texas complex is still being developed further. Elon Musk has also noted in the past that Tesla would be creating an “ecological paradise” that could be open to the public in the Giga Texas complex. An ecological paradise would make the Giga Texas complex not just a workplace for the company’s employees but a destination for tourists and residents as well. 

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Tesla is building a Cybertruck-inspired bear statue in an ode to California

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Tesla is planning to build a Cybertruck-inspired bear statue outside of its Global Engineering Headquarters in Palo Alto in an ode to the state that was its home for many years.

Tesla was founded in California in 2003, and its headquarters was located there until 2021 when CEO Elon Musk moved the automaker to Texas.

However, Tesla still has some operations in the state, including the Fremont Factory, where the Model 3, Model S, Model Y, and Model X are all produced, and the Palo Alto Global Engineering Headquarters, among others.

It turns out Tesla is planning to build a Cybertruck-inspired bear display outside of the Palo Alto facility, as the company recently applied to build a sculpture at the 3000 Hanover Street address. The Grizzly Bear is the State’s official animal, which is the reason for Tesla’s choice.

The sculpture was first noticed by Palo Alto Online.

Teslarati found the filing, which contained images and a description of the proposed sculpture:

“Tesla is proposing installing a new sculpture at 3000 Hanover, along the Page Mill and Hanover intersection. The proposed sculpture design was developed in house and is a product of multi-disciplinary collaboration within Tesla. The concept is a stylized, low-poly California Grizzly bear meant to combine Tesla’s design language with California’s Grizzly bear, and highlight the common message of strength and unyielding resistance.”

Tesla says it will be built with aged metal, along with smooth concrete. The sculpture will be highlighted and complemented with red, green, blue, and white (RGBW) LED lights that will shine off of the bear:

Credit: Palo Alto Department of Planning and Development Services

Credit: Palo Alto Department of Planning and Development Services

The images in the filing also contain a Cybertruck and other Tesla vehicles, as shown above.

Below is an image of what the sculpture will look like when it is completed:

Credit: Palo Alto Department of Planning and Development Services

The project is not yet in motion as it has not been approved. However, it does not seem like Tesla will have much standing in its way.

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Tesla Cybertruck fleet stuns with amazing light show at Las Vegas

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A fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks recently graced Las Vegas with a stunning synchronized light show. A video of the all-electric pickup trucks’ performance was posted online on social media platform X and video-sharing site YouTube. 

As noted by Tesla light show creator Simon Pollock of Xlightshows.io, the Cybertruck fleet featured in the light show video was among the vehicles that participated in a meet at Sin City. Two of the Cybertrucks that participated in the light show were quite special, as they were the pair that successfully traveled to the Arctic Ocean. 

Footage of the Cybertruck fleet’s light show was stunning, as it showed the all-electric pickup trucks performing tricks in unison. Since the Cybertrucks have a powered frunk, the light show included some sequences when the vehicles would open and close their front trunks together. Some tricks involving the Cybertruck’s light bar also proved very notable.

While it is true that there have been larger and more elaborate Tesla light shows that have been performed in the past, the demonstration of the Cybertrucks at Las Vegas was impressive nonetheless. It certainly appears to have received a seal of approval from Tesla itself, with the electric vehicle maker’s official Cybertruck account on X expressing its appreciation for the light show in a post. 

Tesla’s light show feature is arguably one of the most unique capabilities of the company’s electric vehicles. Initially, the feature was released as a unique Easter Egg for the Tesla Model X, but it was later rolled out for the rest of the fleet as part of the company’s Holiday Update in 2021. 

Unlike the Model X’s Easter Egg, which featured a specific song and light sequence, the 2021 Holiday Update allowed Tesla owners to customize their own light shows. The feature was further improved over the years, with Tesla announcing on December 2023 that light shows could now be synchronized with multiple vehicles.

Check out the Tesla Cybertruck fleet’s light show in Las Vegas in the video below. 

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