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The 25 Best Restaurants in Austin Right Now

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East Austin | Wine bar Birdie’s is not just another wine bar. PRIYA KRISHNA 2944 East 12th Street, Unit A; no phone; birdiesaustin.com The chef Tavel Bristol-Joseph made a name for himself in Austin with the pastries at Emmer & Rye and Hestia , which he co-owns. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk acknowledges ambitious Cybertruck camper concept

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The Tesla Owners’ group shared a concept of the transforming Cyberlandr camper , which Elon Musk described as “Cool.” Our team has started the move to Austin, TX and we already have team members on the ground touring potential manufacturing facilities near the Tesla Giga Factory.

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Airstream rethinks the travel trailer for EVs and urban garages

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Airstream has revealed a concept travel trailer designed with Studio F.A. Porsche Concept Trailer, due to be shown next week at South by Southwest in Austin in scale form, is the result of a. Porsche and looking ahead to a time when many more travel trailers will be towed behind EVs.

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Volkswagen to unveil ID. Buzz electric microbus at South by Southwest

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Buzz vehicles will frequent two stations near the Austin Convention Center, delivering information and entertainment to those nearby. Pre-production concept version of ID. For the duration of the SXSW conference, European-market ID. Buzz in Europe.

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A New Energy-Efficient Hydrogel Pulls Water From Air

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Using a new kind of hydrogel material, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have pulled water out of thin air at temperatures low enough to be achieved with sunlight. The UT Austin technique is aimed at the latter. But Yu and his colleagues at UT Austin developed theirs with arid atmospheres in mind.

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Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany

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Two smart2go units in Austin. Daimler will bring its car2go mobility concept ( earlier post ) to the US in a pilot phase to start this fall in Austin, Texas with an initial fleet of about 200 smart fortwo mhd vehicles with start/stop functionality. Click to enlarge.

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DOE awarding $46M to 8 companies to support commercial fusion energy development

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Austin, TX). IFE Pilot Plant with a Low-Cost, High-Energy Excimer Driver and the HYLIFE Concept. The higher energy output from larger capsules permits operation of a power plant at a repetition rate of under one shot per second, significantly reducing engineering risk relative to other IFE concepts. Focused Energy Inc.

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