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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

Green Car Congress

The partnership builds upon the momentum of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, in which Austin was a finalist, and is a direct outcome of the Texas Mobility Summit held 1–2 December 2016. San Antonio Area — Fredericksburg Road/Medical Drive corridor and bus rapid transit system.

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

Green Car Congress

UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix, Ariz.;

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Toyota investing $1B in new TNGA plant in Mexico, realigning North American manufacturing; expansion in Guangzhou

Green Car Congress

Toyota’s other manufacturing plant in Mexico is Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC), which builds Tacoma pickup trucks and Tacoma truck beds. The Cambridge South Plant will continue to build the Lexus RX 350 and 450h, the newest models of which were recently unveiled. Guangzhou Toyota.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

We drove several F-150 Lightnings, in various trims, with and without payloads or trailers, out of San Antonio and through the winding roads of Texas hill country during the first week of May. But building an all-electric version of its core product, the company’s golden goose, took the EV program into the heart of the company.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

Baua Electric

PRIYA KRISHNA 1914 East Sixth Street, Suite C; 512-706-9119; canjeatx.com East Austin | Bakery Hidden in an unassuming building in a residential neighborhood is the concha-meets-funfetti-pastry fever dream that is Comadre Panadería. And plan on at least one order of the buttery Guyanese-style roti per person. Fair question.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

The final SuperTruck demonstrator ran a five-day, 312-mile (502-kilometer) roundtrip route on Texas Interstate 35 between San Antonio and Dallas, at a weight of 65,000 lbs (29,484 kg) GVWR at a speed of 65 mph (105 km/h), where it achieved an average result of 12.2 engine brake thermal efficiency. mpg (19.26

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