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Tesla begins inviting 15,000 guests to ‘Cyber Rodeo’ at Gigafactory Texas

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Located just east of downtown Austin, Giga Texas will produce several of Tesla’s electric vehicles, including the Model Y and Cybertruck. The office granted the application, meaning it would then move on to Travis County’s Commissioners’ Court for final approval. Credit: Joe Tegtmeyer/YouTube.

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

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Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. Chevrolet made 100 Chevrolet Volts available for purchase on a priority basis last September to residents participating the Pecan Street Inc.’s Reclaimed water system. Pecan Street also offered a limited number of rebates for the Nissan Leaf and Prius PHV.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that.

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How Robots Helped Out After the Surfside Condo Collapse

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Editor's Note: A long with Robin Murphy, the authors of this article include David Merrick, Justin Adams, Jarrett Broder, Austin Bush, Laura Hart, and Rayne Hawkins. When fires started in the rubble, drones with a streaming connection to bucket truck operators were used to help optimize position of water.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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so-called “clean hydrogen,” including incentives for both its manufacture through less emissive processes (it has heretofore primarily been created using natural gas , which often comes from “fracking”) and for the purchase of vehicles – not only passenger cars such as the Toyota Mirai but commercial trucks and vans. and a third).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Posted by: Pete Austin | Apr 14, 2009 9:46:22 AM @ Joe I am one of the first to say end the income tax and property tax on houses and cars (not land). This is what they do and always have done. thats right.

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