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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed rumors that he would build a private airport in Austin, Texas, today, after reports circulated last week. Musk was rumored to be building an airport for personal use somewhere east of Austin, near the town of Bastrop. production facility , which is located just minutes from Austin International Airport.

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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

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Whilst we don’t generally run news of this sort, it is worth noting that this month represents a full two decades since Toyota put shovels in the ground to build what would become their San Antonio truck plant, a spot which currently cranks out Tundra and Sequoia machines. Why is it worth noting?

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The Boring Company raises $675M to scale boring machine production & more

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TBC stated that the funds will be used to recruit employees, scale boring machine production, and build tunnels. Purpose is to recruit amazing people, scale up boring machine production & build thousands of miles of tunnels. It has also started negotiations for tunnels in Fort Lauderdale and San Antonio.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

Green Car Congress

UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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NuStar, EOG Resources to build rail offloading facility in Louisiana for expanded transportation and storage of shale play crudes

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have entered into a definitive agreement to develop, build and own jointly a 70,000-barrel-per-day unit train offloading facility at NuStar’s crude oil terminal in St. The project will facilitate movement and storage of crude oil production from the Bakken, Eagle Ford and other developing shale plays in the United States.

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Hino Motors signs as participant in Scuderi Split-Cycle Consortium

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The current objectives of the consortium are to build a 150 to 250 kW SSC diesel research engine with air hybrid capability for mobile applications, as well as a 30 kW SSC natural gas research generator with CAES capability for stationary applications. earlier post ).

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

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Alternative places in Texas come with Corpus Christi, Houston, Katy and San Antonio. At the corporate’s first-quarter profits name, Manley reiterated that the function for AutoNation USA is to attract shoppers who would possibly search upkeep or alternative products and services lengthy nearest they achieve their cars.

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