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Mitsubishi Power & Texas Brine partner on large-scale salt cavern storage for hydrogen to support decarbonization efforts in the eastern US

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Mitsubishi Power Americas and Texas Brine Company are collaborating to develop large-scale long-duration hydrogen storage solutions to support decarbonization efforts across the eastern United States. Hydrogen has been stored in salt caverns for decades in the US Gulf Coast. Texas Brine gas storage cavern wellhead.

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UPDATE: Tesla adds 500k square feet to Gigafactory Texas for ‘ecological paradise’

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Update: Elon Musk told Teslarati the expansion plans will accommodate Tesla Giga Texas’s “ecological paradise.” Ecological paradise plans from south portion of Giga Texas to river look great, however we must first get the factory financially on its feet. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 21, 2022.

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Tesla Cybertruck displays are attracting tons of attention in Tesla stores

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There are only a few days left before the Tesla Cybertruck’s first deliveries, and in an apparent effort to generate more attention for the vehicle, the EV maker has brought its all-electric pickup truck to several of its physical stores. The Tesla Cybertruck is expected to have its first delivery event at Giga Texas this November 30, 2023.

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Tesla Model Y test body with space for structural battery pack sighted in Giga Texas

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Tesla may be quite silent about the progress of its 4680 cells and structural battery packs, but recent sightings of Model Y test bodies in Gigafactory Texas suggest that the rollout of the innovative technology may be closer than expected. Watch Joe Tegtmeyer’s recent drone flyover of the Giga Texas site in the video below.

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Tesla Giga Texas is stocking up on 4680 structural battery packs

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Model Ys are being produced in Texas, but only some of them are equipped with 4680 structural battery packs. Recent aerial photographs taken at the Gigafactory Texas complex suggest that Tesla is gaining some ground in its efforts to ramp the production of 4680 structural battery packs for its best-selling all-electric crossover.

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Tesla builds anticipation for ‘Cyber Rodeo’ with concealed vehicles spotted inside Giga Texas

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Tesla is gearing up for its “Cyber Rodeo” at Gigafactory Texas tomorrow, and new images from those near the new electric vehicle production facility appear to show the automaker plans to make it a day to remember. Tesla begins inviting 15,000 guests to ‘Cyber Rodeo’ at Gigafactory Texas.

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Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

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Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. We designed this structure that gives us three-dimensional electrodes, like a honeycomb. —Ju Li.

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