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TuSimple and Hillwood join forces on autonomous trucking initiative at AllianceTexas MIZ

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The MIZ was launched last year as a first-of-its-kind “do tank” in collaboration with Deloitte, leading the nation in smart infrastructure deployment to create a digital and physical commercialization environment for partner companies. The building will feature technology service bays, in addition to general office space.

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Texas Automated Vehicle Proving Ground Partnership forms; applying for national designation

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The partnership builds upon the momentum of the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, in which Austin was a finalist, and is a direct outcome of the Texas Mobility Summit held 1–2 December 2016. San Antonio Area — Fredericksburg Road/Medical Drive corridor and bus rapid transit system.

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EV bus manufacturer Proterra reaches 1,000,000th mile in revenue service

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Proterra presented each transit agency with an award recognizing them as one of the early pioneers in EV bus technology adoption and honoring their role in building the future of mass transit and sustainable urban mobility. VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio, Texas), San Joaquin RTD (Stockton, Calif.),

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UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

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UPS plans to build an additional 12 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 380 new CNG tractors to its growing alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. San Antonio, Texas; Tifton, Ga.; At UPS, we own our fleet and our infrastructure. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix, Ariz.;

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Huntington Ingalls delivers 900-ton carbon composite deckhouse for new destroyer

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These attributes reduce maintenance cost over the lifespan of the ship due to its corrosion resistance in the marine environment and allow for improved hull stability, more payload and increased ship speeds. The same facility also builds composite masts for the Navy’s San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious ships.

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Basic transportation, EV style

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Members of the new University of Texas San Antonio EAA chapter ready for go-kart competition. Two years later, the family moved to San Antonio to open a second Johnny Rockets. There, Javier enrolled at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) as a freshman committed to earning a mechanical engineering degree.

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

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The first of the NSFCloud projects will support the design, deployment and initial operation of “Chameleon,” a large-scale, reconfigurable experimental environment for cloud research, co-located at the University of Chicago and The University of Texas at Austin. Chameleon will consist of 650 cloud nodes with 5 petabytes of storage.