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Dept of Interior approves plan for largest solar project in US; 690 MW Gemini Solar with 380 MW battery system

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Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Partners XI, LLC to construct a 690-MW photovoltaic solar electric generating facility and ancillary facilities about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The authorized solar facilities include 34.5 kilovolt overhead and underground collector lines; a 2-acre (0.8-hectare)

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Researchers use IPCC AR5 models to forecast 10% drop in Colorado River flow in next few decades

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The Colorado River Basin encompasses much of the American West, covering parts of seven US states and two states in Mexico. It also comes on the heels of a major study of the Colorado River Basin by the US Department of Interior that projected longer and more severe droughts by 2060, and a 9% decline in the Colorado’s flows.

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Tesla-Hertz partnership expands to sixteen new cities

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Tesla’s partnership with Hertz has expanded to sixteen new cities, including Boston, Las Vegas, New York City, Philadelphia, and San Diego, among many others. Mountains, Colorado. Denver, Colorado. Las Vegas, Nevada. Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts. Burbank, California. Chicago, Illinois.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. files to build private tunnel near Tesla Giga Texas

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First spotted by members of the r/TeslaMotors subreddit, Permit/Case 2022-092836 SP deals with the “Colorado River Connector Tunnel,” with an address for the project listed as 12733 Tesla Road, Austin, Texas, 78725. The Boring Company has been developing a large-scale public transportation project in Las Vegas for several years.

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Lightning Systems electric shuttle buses now offered on CALACT purchasing contract

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Vehicles eligible include the Ford Transit 350HD Passenger Van and Ford E-450 Shuttle Bus, both of which are offered by Lightning Systems, a Colorado-based developer and manufacturer of zero-emission, Buy America commercial electric vehicles.

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NDEW 2022 steps it up

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NDEW event in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, to the southwest… EV rally NDEW 2022 - Las Vega s was hosted by the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) in conjunction with Tesla Owners Las Vegas.

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Ford F-150 Lightning prevails in two high-intensity towing tests in cold and warm climates

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” Ford took the F-150 Lightning and 10,000-pound loaded trailers to Colorado’s I-70, which recorded its coldest day in February in Boulder in 123 years as temperatures sunk to -2° F near the Eisenhower Tunnel. Ford said it would release this information “in due course.”

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