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Austin study teases out changes in behavior in wake of suspension of Uber and Lyft service

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Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Columbia University surveyed more than 1,200 people in Austin, Texas, to examine how their habits changed after Uber and Lyft pulled drivers out of the city due to a local law change. —a 68% drop.

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The Boring Company raises $675M to scale boring machine production & more

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The Boring Company (TBC) announced that it raised $675 million in a Series C funding round led by Vy Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, 8VC, Craft Ventures, and DFJ Growth. The financing values The Boring Company at $5.675 billion.

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Tesla skirts Austin’s environmental rules at Texas gigafactory

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Tesla has used a new Texas state law to exempt its Austin gigafactory from Austin’s environmental regulations, as reported by Austin Business Journal. Tesla’s Texas gigafactory is commonly referred to as being in Austin, but it is actually situated not far outside the city’s official borders.

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Machine learning PODA model projects the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand

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They found that under the reference infection scenario, US gasoline demand grows slowly after a quick rebound in May, and is unlikely to recover to a non-pandemic level prior to October 2020. The Motor Gasoline Demand Estimation Module quantifies motor gasoline demands due to the changes in travel mobility.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas will sit on ‘Tesla Road’ following unanimous vote on name change

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Tesla will work with Commissioners to build a new Harold Green Road, as the name reportedly refers to a local dairy farmer, rancher, and homebuilder who had the same name. Tesla moved its official Headquarters to its soon-to-be-completed Austin factory in December. Harold Green died in 1992. ” The $1.1 ” The $1.1

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Tesla heads are rolling over critical projects at Gigafactory Texas

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However, Electrek is learning that Tesla is also using this round of layoffs to clean house on some projects in Austin, Texas. We previously reported that Tesla’s SVP of Powertrain and Energy Engineering, Drew Baglino, left the company today. Those two projects have seen serious delays.

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Tesla hacker indicates Model Y Standard Range+ variant could rollout from Giga Texas first

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Interestingly, the new Model Y’s range rating had Tesla enthusiasts stumped at whether the vehicle would equip the 4680 cells that Tesla confirmed would be in Austin-made vehicles. Now, Tesla hacker “green,” says the Texas-made Model Y SR+ has been added to the company’s 2022.8.2 Further analyzing 2022.8.2:

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