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First screen going up at Tesla’s drive-in theater, diner and Supercharger

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Tesla is continuing construction on its upcoming Supercharger, diner and drive-in theater project in Los Angeles, California, with the latest photo showing one of the screens starting to be built. The site concept includes the round, multi-level diner building that now be seen being built, as well as several Superchargers and a screen.

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Elon Musk unveils Hyperloop preliminary design study

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Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the preliminary design study for what he call “The Hyperloop”—a new high-speed electric transportation system targeted for the the specific case of high-traffic city pairs (e.g., San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart.

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ISO 19880 – New technical ISO document for hydrogen fueling station standardization

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At the Fuel Cell Seminar in Los Angeles, California today, Jesse Schneider (BMW), the ANSI Convener of ISO Working Group 24 (from the Technical Committee on Fueling Stations) gave an overview presentation on the new ISO 19880 technical report for hydrogen fueling stations. Equipment & components.

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California High Speed Rail Authority Votes to Include $4.5B for High-Speed Train Projects In State Federal Stimulus Funding Application

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billion in federal stimulus funding for engineering, design and construction on the state’s high-speed train system (earlier post) —generating an investment of $9.1 The Board approved a package of dozens of engineering, environmental review, design-build, train control and electrification projects among every section of the 800-mile system.

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Tesla is officially planning to enter the restaurant business

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According to the USPTO website, Tesla has filed its traditional “T” design with the intent of covering the categories of “restaurant services, pop-up restaurant services, self-service restaurant services, and take-out restaurant services.” ” The documents were found by u/lgats on the TeslaMotors subreddit. .”

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Tesla’s Santa Monica Supercharger imagined in new renders, but where’s the 50’s diner?

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Ultimately, the 62-stalls would be complemented with a restroom facility, Cybertruck-designed spots, and solar canopies that would provide the V3 chargers with power. The documents that the Santa Monica City Council has released seem to suggest that there will be a restaurant on the premises, however.

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

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The industry badly needs technical standards to enable charging providers to document, diagnose and repair charging problems in a uniform way. How is the battery pack designed and created? So, it’s encouraging to see that SAE International, the most prominent standards body in the automotive field, is wading into the fray.

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