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Tesla has already created 5,000 new jobs in Austin in 2021, the most of any company

Teslarati

Tesla chose Austin over Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that put many people out of work and many businesses into bankruptcy. However, Tesla’s ultimate pledge was to help Austin recover its economic dominance by offering a substantial number of jobs to those who reside in the area.

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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

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Canoo’s new Oklahoma City facility will be vital in supplying the vast commercial and consumer orders they have acquired in recent months. Canoo is entering a supply-starved market of commercial electric vans and electric vehicles, more generally. With this new production capacity, they are setting themselves up to meet that demand.

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Team at Saudi Aramco successfully field tests downhole drilling microchip system

Green Car Congress

A team at Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC), in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, recently achieved the first major field test milestone of its four-year project to develop the industry’s first downhole drilling microchip. We are very pleased with the field test results.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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Amazon’s Rivian van begins delivering packages in its third U.S. city

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The e-commerce giant announced earlier today that it began delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, as the only U.S. Now, the Amazon-Rivian vans are in the middle of the United States in Tulsa, Oklahoma. cities to have packages delivered by the all-electric Rivian delivery vans.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $8.5M to bring natural gas- and propane-powered vehicles to California

Green Car Congress

The approved incentives go to these companies: Crane Carrier Company (Tulsa, Oklahoma) is awarded $884,000 to help buy- down 34 natural gas vehicles in the 26,001 pounds and greater gross vehicle weight range. Greenkraft is a manufacturer and distributor specializing in commercial forward cab trucks.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

The bill, sponsored by Representative Frank Hornstein of Minneapolis, would require that the State of Minnesota begin buying PHEVs once they are commercially available and when the price is no more than 10% higher than similarly equipped vehicles.