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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

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GM will provide student teams across 15 academic institutions with a Cadillac LYRIQ, the brand’s first all-electric vehicle, to develop and to demonstrate technology that utilizes automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity. University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

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The Boring Company proposes tunnels in Austin and San Antonio

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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) has started discussing potential tunneling projects in Austin and San Antonio with city officials. Austin’s Development Services Department (DSD) told KXAN that The Boring Company proposed a tunnel in Austin and wanted to understand the permit requirements for the project.

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Tesla to expand START training program to Austin, funneling talent for Giga Texas

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Tesla is expanding its START Training Program to Austin Community College in Texas. based Gigafactory in Austin, more commonly known as Giga Texas. However, Tesla is planning to add one more institution to this list: Austin Community College, according to a press release from the college.

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Tesla Files to Expand its Gigafactory in Texas as Production Ramps Up

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Tesla is planning to expand the Gigafactory Texas general assembly area by 500,000 square feet, as revealed in a permit filed by the automaker with the city of Austin, Texas. Public records from the Austin Build + Connect (ABC) website show that Tesla has applied for an expansion of Giga Texas by 500,000 sq.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. files to build private tunnel near Tesla Giga Texas

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New filings with the City of Austin show that Elon Musk’s Boring Company has filed to build a private access tunnel under Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas. files to build private tunnel near Tesla Giga Texas appeared first on TESLARATI. for $97 million. .” The post Elon Musk’s Boring Co.

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Ford Partners with Austin Energy and Centerpoint Energy to Prepare Austin and Houston Areas for EVs

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Ford announced two partnerships with utilities in Texas— Austin Energy in Austin and Centerpoint Energy in Houston—to prepare those two regions for electric vehicles. An easy charging station permitting process is considered one of the keys to electric vehicle acceptance in the Austin area, Texas and across the country.

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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. Samsung is planning a $17 billion fab near Austin , Texas, and in September Intel broke ground on the first of two massive new facilities worth $20 billion in central Ohio. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C o.

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