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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

The Truth About Cars

Since breaking ground in 2003, Toyota Texas has assembled upwards of 3 million trucks and SUVs since production started in 2006. It seems the names of societies in Texas are as big as the state itself. Other challengers have come and gone but the Tundra and Sequoia have managed to stick around and be relatively successful.

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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

Baua Electric

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. It sits on around 10,000 acres. Get started here. –ad*

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Snoop Dogg’s customized Cadillac is now a centerpiece at a Texas dealership

Baua Electric

Texas Cadillac broker is the unutilized proprietor of a 1966 lowrider referred to as the Snoop DeVille. The automobile was once custom designed by means of rapper Snoop Dogg and seemed in 50 Cent’s 2003 tune video “P.I.M.P.

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Tesla’s 6 Factories Are A New Phase Of Its Future

CleanTechnica EVs

Recently, Tesla opened its sixth factory, Giga Texas, which is also its new global headquarters. Tesla has grown enormously since its humble beginnings in 2003, and reaching six factories indicates the beginning of a new phase, one of tremendous […].

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Phoenix Motorcars, EasyMile win grant for development of first FMVSS-compliant autonomous shuttle bus in US

Green Car Congress

The autonomous bus will serve Texas Southern University, the University of Houston, and Houston’s Third Ward community connecting to Metro buses and light rail. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Ontario, California, Phoenix Motorcars develops, deploys, and services all electric drive systems for electric commercial vehicles.

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Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas

Green Car Congress

To understand the potential impact of wind farms on local weather and climate, Zhou’s team analyzed satellite-derived land surface temperatures from regions around large wind farms in Texas for the period 2003-2011. The researchers found a night-time warming effect over wind farms of up to 0.72

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

Green Car Congress

He served as Chief Engineer for Ford’s hybrid technologies during 2003 and was also Chief Engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003. Dr. Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram, Professor, University of Texas at Austin. Rita Lane, former Vice President of Operations, Apple Inc.,

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