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We Need to (Finally) Discuss That Road & Track Article

The Truth About Cars

A few weeks ago, venerable car-enthusiast magazine/Web site Road & Track created a mini-controversy with the deletion of an article from the Internet. Despite the race occurring last fall, the article was published on March 1. Despite the race occurring last fall, the article was published on March 1.

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Waymo robotaxi to begin driverless services for employees in Austin – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Alphabet’s Waymo said on Tuesday it will begin driverless passenger services for its employees in Austin, Texas starting Wednesday. The company said the services would be available across 43 square miles of the city, including downtown Austin, Barton Hills, Riverside, East Austin and Hyde Park.

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Tesla Owners Club Of Austin Is Celebrating Elon Musk Day, 4/20 #ElonMuskDay

CleanTechnica EVs

The Tesla Owners Club of Austin is celebrating Elon Musk Day on April 20th. The club set up the event and announcement on Tesla’s new Engage platform, and referenced the article I wrote last year when #ElonMuskDay was trending on Twitter on 4/20 — which happened to be the same day that the price of […].

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U Texas at Austin researchers rewire yeast for high lipid generation; 60x improvement over parent strains

Green Car Congress

The research has resulted in a technology for which UT Austin has applied for a patent. However, these alternative platforms do not always produce lipids directly from sugar as the UT Austin technology does. The new study, led by assistant professor Dr. Hal Alper, provides a mechanism for growing lipids without nitrogen starvation.

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Spotted At Giga Texas: A 2nd IDRA Giga Press

CleanTechnica EVs

Literally just as I finished an article for EV Obsession that included an interview with Gail Alfar of the Tesla Owners Club of Austin, Gail spotted something new at Tesla’s vibrantly blossoming Gigafactory in Texas. Watch out, legacy auto, it’s allergy season and Tesla’s Giga Texas is in full bloom.

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Elon Musk has tasked Tesla China's Tom Zhu to run EV maker's newest plant in Texas, report says

CN EV Post

Zhu was in Austin this week and brought some of his engineering team from China to help oversee the Giga Texas ramp-up, according to Bloomberg. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The post Elon Musk has tasked Tesla China's Tom Zhu to run EV maker's newest plant in Texas, report says appeared first on CnEVPost.

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What We Know About Tesla’s “Bobcat Project”

CleanTechnica EVs

The Austin Business Journal has shared the news of Tesla’s latest project in Austin. The article (which is paywalled) noted that there is a new site plan with an additional facility nearby. It is nicknamed the “Bobcat Project,” but there are not a lot of details out yet.

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