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

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Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). Teams from the following universities have been selected to begin the competition this fall: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach, FL) / Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL). University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

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A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico.

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U-M leads new DOE-funded research center for ceramic ion conductors; MUSIC

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Partner institutions in MUSIC include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Texas, Austin, Northwestern University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Purdue University.

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DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

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Consortium members: California State University Long Beach, Georgia Institute of Technology, Texas Southern University, University of California Riverside, University of Southern California, and University of Vermont. $4

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Tesla’s plans for Giga Texas prove everything is bigger in the Lone Star State

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New details about Tesla’s manufacturing plant just outside of Austin, known as Giga Texas, reveal that everything really is bigger in the Lone Star State, and Tesla is on its way to having the largest automotive manufacturing facility in the United States. Austin Tesla Club (@AustinTeslaClub) July 26, 2021.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,499,999.

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Tesla will produce Model Y in 2021 at Giga Texas and Berlin

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After Tesla announced that it would be building its second automotive manufacturing facility in the United States just outside of Austin, Texas, CEO Elon Musk confirmed the plant would be home to Model Y and Cybertruck production. The automaker dove into the developments but didn’t give much detail into the decision-making process.

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