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Werner piloting Aurora’s autonomous trucks on 600-mile route in Texas

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Starting this week, Aurora Driver-powered trucks are hauling loads between Fort Worth and El Paso on behalf of Werner. Introducing an autonomous route between Fort Worth and El Paso allows Werner to move freight seamlessly and reliably on a subset of one of its most voluminous lanes.

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Pegatron Will Build A Tesla Parts Plant In Texas

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Pegatron, a company based out of Taiwan, will build a plant in El Paso, Texas, that will provide components for Tesla, Reuters reports. Pegatron officials said that the details of its overseas plant investments are still in the planning stages.

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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation’s buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). —William Livingood.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a group of new technologies that build up objects, usually by laying down many thin layers on top of each other. The US Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is awarding grants totaling $7.4

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Tesla supplier Pegatron is building a parts plant in Texas

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Recent reports have indicated that Taiwan’s Pegatron has selected a site in El Paso, Texas, for an upcoming production facility that would provide parts for American electric car maker Tesla. El Paso is an interesting choice for a site that would likely support Tesla, considering it is over 500 miles away from Travis County. .

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NIST awards nearly $4M to support metals-based additive manufacturing

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Additive manufacturing typically creates parts and components by building them layer by layer, based on a 3D computer model that is virtually sliced into many thin layers. University of Texas at El Paso ($1 million). Metals-based additive processes form parts by melting or sintering material in powder form.

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Maersk, PepsiCo, others to pilot a heavy-duty EV charging corridor between LA and El Paso

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The coalition will test long-haul heavy-duty BEV operations along the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles and El Paso, Texas. Neha Palmer, CEO and cofounder of Terawatt, said, “As we continue to build out the I-10 electric corridor and utilize the recent $63.8M Get started here.

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