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

Teslarati

Companies expanding or relocating to the city pledged to create 20,840 jobs from January to September, with 150 companies contributing to the growth. The data shows that Tesla is the company to pledge and create the most jobs in 2021 in Austin. Tesla has created the most jobs so far and has also pledged to create the most jobs.

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Is the first fossil-free jet fuel made from CO2 viable? The US Air Force thinks so

Electrek

Berkeley, California-based carbon transformation company Twelve and Tulsa-based Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT) today announced that they have produced the first fossil-free jet fuel from carbon dioxide using an electrochemical process. The project received funding from the US Air Force.

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Magellan Midstream Partners expand E15 services

Green Car Congress

Growth Energy reports that Magellan Midstream Partners, the Tulsa, Okla.-based based transportation, storage, and distribution company, is now offering blending services for E15—a fuel with 15 percent ethanol—throughout their midcontinent terminal system.

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The US’s largest battery-grade lithium refinery will be in Oklahoma

Baua Electric

The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually. The company currently expects to break ground in the first half of 2024.

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Rivian CEO shows off new fleet of Amazon delivery vans

Teslarati

Later, the all-electric Amazon van was spotted testing in San Francisco and delivering packages in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by April. It was custom-built for Amazon after Jeff Bezos’ company led an investment round for Rivian in 2019. Amazon’s renewable delivery van started testing rounds in Los Angeles earlier this year in February.

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Canoo continues rapid production expansion with yet another new facility

Teslarati

Canoo has announced that the company entered an agreement to purchase yet another vehicle manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. As stated in Canoo’s press release, the company hopes to anchor its vehicle production in the heartland of America, Arkansas and Oklahoma specifically, this Oklahoma City facility being a significant part of that.

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Williams, Williams Partners L.P. and Access Midstream Partners, L.P. in $50B merger deal

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Williams, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., is one of the leading energy infrastructure companies in North America. The combination of Access Midstream Partners’ intense focus on natural gas gathering with Williams Partners’ broader service offerings along the value chain is yielding even more robust growth opportunities.