{"id":10605,"date":"2015-05-18T17:46:30","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T21:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10605"},"modified":"2015-05-19T21:57:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T01:57:28","slug":"sci-tech-latest-view-of-the-tesla-gigafactory-hyperloop-test-track-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10605","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Latest view of the Tesla Gigafactory + Hyperloop test track project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a recent drone view of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla Motors<\/a>&#8216; giant\u00a0Gigafactory battery plant\u00a0under\u00a0construction in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: Elon says this is just\u00a0a fraction of the ultimate\u00a0size of the facility &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/600784025335136256\" target=\"_d\">Elon Musk on Twitter: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is not the full Gigafactory, it is just the pilot plant (1\/4 size)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YSyE2RorjRI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Another of Elon Musk&#8217;s concepts\u00a0is being moved forward by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hyperlooptech.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Hyperloop Technologies Inc<\/a>, which will begin building a five mile (8 km) long Hyperloop test track\u00a0in 2016:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navigantresearch.com\/blog\/hyperloop-glides-toward-reality-in-california\" target=\"_d\">Hyperloop Glides toward Reality in California &#8211; Navigant Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elon has also <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9656\" target=\"_blank\">proposed a test track<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>See previous posts about the Hyperloop <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9495\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9934\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3928\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a recent drone view of Tesla Motors&#8216; giant\u00a0Gigafactory battery plant\u00a0under\u00a0construction in Nevada. [ Update: Elon says this is just\u00a0a fraction of the ultimate\u00a0size of the facility &#8211;\u00a0Elon Musk on Twitter: This is not the full Gigafactory, it is just the pilot plant (1\/4 size) ] === Another of Elon Musk&#8217;s concepts\u00a0is being moved forward &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10605\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Latest view of the Tesla Gigafactory + Hyperloop test track project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2L3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9656,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9656","url_meta":{"origin":10605,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Elon Musk announces plan to build a Hyperloop test track","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted several times about Elon Musk's Hyperloop\u00a0fast mass transit concept. 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Revealed: Elon Musk Explains the Hyperloop - Businessweek Hyperloop Physics 101 With Elon Musk\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ilustration","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ilustration.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13826,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13826","url_meta":{"origin":10605,"position":2},"title":"Sci-Tech: Hyperloop competition at SpaceX underway. Live webcast.","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The university Hyperloop competition at the SpaceX HQ in Hawthorne, California is underway.\u00a0Live webcast is available at www.spacex.com\/hyperloop. 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