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

Green Car Congress

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

CleanTechnica EVs

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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Tesla supplier Pegatron is building a parts plant in Texas

Teslarati

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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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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TeraWatt and New Mexico DOT secure $64-million grant to deploy heavy-duty EV charging along I-10 corridor – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

TeraWatt announced plans to build heavy-duty shared charging infrastructure along the I-10 corridor in 2022, and was competitively selected by NMDOT to design, build, operate and own the two charging centers. Each site will have 9 pull-through stalls. Once completed, the sites will be able to provide about 300 truck charges per day.

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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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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

Electric Auto Association

El Paso Electric , for example, offers a popular EV cost of ownership calculator. ZappyRide has been building this type of calculator for nearly 5 years and is quickly becoming the authority among EV data providers. Let's build a scenario Let's say you want to purchase a 2023 Chevy Bolt in Texas. gal would be $12,785.

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