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Texas Continues Its Attack On Electric Cars & Trucks — To Implement $200 Annual Fee On EVs

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… First, Texas decided to not allow people to buy Teslas in the state. It’s a long and complicated story, but the funny thing is that you still can’t go into a Tesla store and buy a Tesla in Texas, yet Tesla’s global headquarters is now located there and “Giga Texas” is set […]

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Texas Repays Tesla — Excludes It From EV Rebates

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Aside from other issues, setting up Tesla’s new global headquarters in Texas was always weird since Texas has always had anti-Tesla laws in place that prevent easy, convenient in-store sales for Tesla buyers.

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Texas DPS Is Less Amused With The “Model Y Superheavy” Than We Are

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continued] The post Texas DPS Is Less Amused With The “Model Y Superheavy” Than We Are appeared first on CleanTechnica. Recently, videos of a Tesla Model Y doing something insane have been popping up on social media. We’ve seen plenty.

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Tesla Welcomed University Of Texas At Austin For Tour Of Giga Texas Today

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Tesla welcomed the University of Texas at Austin to its new gigafactory in Texas today. Beth Beagles, Director of Corporate Relations at the University of Texas at Austin, shared a photo on LinkedIn with the following caption: “A best in class tour of a best in class facility, thanks to Omead Afshar.

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Build Back Better Could Add 75,000+ Jobs In Texas

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Austin, Texas — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better agenda, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Texas.

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Tesla Giga Texas Has Produced Enough 4680 Battery Cells For ~8,000 Tesla Cybertrucks

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Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on the surface. You have to […]

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Tesla Gave Austin-Based Universities’ Staff A Tour Of Giga Texas

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Tesla recently gave representatives from Austin-based universities a tour of Giga Texas. The University of Texas–Austin’s McCombs School of Business shared a post on LinkedIn giving a “Texas-sized thank you” to Tesla for welcoming Dean Lillian Mills and the University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell.

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