CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 28, 2021

Tesla welcomed the University of Texas at Austin to its new gigafactory in Texas today. Beth Beagles, Director of Corporate Relations at the University of Texas at Austin, shared a photo on LinkedIn with the following caption: “A best in class tour of a best in class facility, thanks to Omead Afshar.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 21, 2023

Tesla has been looking to expand Gigafactory Texas since its opening, but the scope of the electric vehicle automaker’s plans hasn’t been exactly clear. A filing dated […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 28, 2021

The Texas legislative session is coming to an end, and a bill that would have allowed Tesla (and other EV manufacturers) to directly sell vehicles in the state died in committee. This means that Tesla will be in the absurd position of having to ship made-in-Texas vehicles out of the state and then ship them […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2022

Last month, United States Labor Secretary Marty Walsh paid a visit to Gigafactory Texas to speak with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The official’s visit to Giga Texas was quite surprising considering the Biden administration’s reported reservations about the CEO. We talked more high level about the economy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2022

US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh was recently given a tour of Giga Texas by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The visit preceded the planned Giga Texas grand opening, which is scheduled for April 7. The gigafactory is also Tesla’s new headquarters.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On Friday, Tesla, Austin Community College (ACC), and Mayor Steve Adler hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Tesla START Manufacturing training center at ACC. The new facility will be at ACC’s Riverside campus and is training students for a potential career at Giga Texas.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2021

Literally just as I finished an article for EV Obsession that included an interview with Gail Alfar of the Tesla Owners Club of Austin, Gail spotted something new at Tesla’s vibrantly blossoming Gigafactory in Texas. Watch out, legacy auto, it’s allergy season and Tesla’s Giga Texas is in full bloom.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There are some new updates out for Tesla Giga Texas. As far as manufacturing, Tesla is already running full speed ahead with its new START Manufacturing program, which […]. We knew beforehand that Tesla was planning to create thousands of jobs in Austin building the gigafactory.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2022

Tesla is planning to expand the Gigafactory Texas general assembly area by 500,000 square feet, as revealed in a permit filed by the automaker with the city of Austin, Texas. Public records from the Austin Build + Connect (ABC) website show that Tesla has applied for an expansion of Giga Texas by 500,000 sq. ft. […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2023

Now, just yesterday, two semi trucks loaded with huge containers on their trailers were spotted at Giga Texas. As we reported in October of 2022, IDRA had started shipping the humongous 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine from its plant in Italy to the United States.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2022

Tesla is working with Manor Independent School District to give high school graduates an opportunity to work full-time at Giga Texas while completing courses in Advanced Manufacturing Programming at Austin Community College. ??

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 20, 2021

Pegatron, a company based out of Taiwan, will build a plant in El Paso, Texas, that will provide components for Tesla, Reuters reports. Pegatron officials said that the details of its overseas plant investments are still in the planning stages. Back in November, the company said it would set up a factory in the U.S. […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

That's why Tesla's move to Texas seems so contradictory and is worrying environmental, social, and governance-focused investors. Tesla is a disruptive force that is changing the way the entire world engages in energy consumption.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 18, 2022

Volkswagen (VW) CEO Herbert Diess recently shared his thoughts on LinkedIn about his visit to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest festival. In his post, Diess highlighted the tremendous response from American consumers to the VW ID BUZZ, a refreshed electric version of the company’s iconic microbus.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Tesla’s Giga Texas continues to grow and flourish, and yesterday, Jeff Roberts, one of the drone pilots who is part of the “Quad Squad” tracking progress at Giga Texas, was able to film large semi trucks delivering cathodes directly into the factory.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2022

Tesla has sent out invites to its Giga Texas celebration. The theme will be Cyber Rodeo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out the graphics just as the invites were sent out. I received one and will be attending for CleanTechnica. This will be my first time attending a rodeo.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 23, 2021

In July 2020, Tesla began the construction of its Gigafactory in Austin, TX, which many nicknamed Giga Texas. Tesla may not be producing vehicles from the factory just yet, but its impact is being felt all […]. Yes, it’s been a year and it’s expected to be up and running by the end of this year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2021

Joe Tegtmeyer, who is a member of the Tesla Giga Texas Quad Squad of drone operators that document the daily progress of Giga Texas, has been documenting his thoughts along with daily progress at the Giga Texas site on YouTube. The two videos below are from July 10 and July 12. In the first video, […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Cabot Corporation plans to add conductive carbon additives (CCA) capacity in the United States to enhance its position in the market and support the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). As part of these efforts, federal and state governments have implemented a variety of programs in the form of grants, loans, and tax incentives.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

UPS announced an update to 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric delivery trucks that improve fuel economy as part of the company’s broader Rolling Laboratory approach. 4-cylinder engine; charging capability remains the same, as does the electric range. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 7, 2022

The hottest ticket in the world right now is Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event in Austin, Texas. The word that I’m hearing from both Matt Holm and Anuarbek Imanbaev, who run the local Tesla club in Austin, is that they’re encountering Tesla owners driving in from all over the country.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

Tesla marks a before and after in the economic development of the [Nuevo León],” commented Iván Rivas, the State Secretary of Economy. Tesla looking to produce next-gen EV codenamed “Redwood” in mid-2025: report Tesla plans to produce its next-gen electric vehicle in Giga Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

(HOBI) and Retriev Technologies have entered into a collaborative partnership for the purpose of collecting and recycling large format electric vehicle (EV) batteries throughout North America. is an IT asset management and electronics recycling company with facilities in Illinois, Texas, and Arizona. HOBI International, Inc.,

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 15, 2021

Austin Community College (ACC) and Tesla have launched a new 14-week intensive training program that will give students hands-on learning experiences for a manufacturing career at Tesla. The new Tesla START Manufacturing Program at ACC is the first of its kind in the nation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

President Biden, in highlighting the EV transition and auto manufacturing in the US during his 2022 State of the Union address, once again ignored Tesla’s contributions, which include a $10 billion investment in Texas toward electric vehicles. However, historians a […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2021

Made-In-Texas Production Model Ys To Begin In 2 Months.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 1, 2023

Tesla’s annual shareholder’s meeting left some disappointed with margins and a lack of new updates. However, some analysts recently reiterated their “Buy” rating on the company after a tour of the company’s newest US plant, notably including new details on the Cybertruck and Tesla’s next-generation platform.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 25, 2021

Several graduates were selected to work at Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Texas, and the Tesla Owners Club of Austin was there to document this momentous event. Today, Tesla and Del Valle ISD held a signing day event for the school’s 2021 graduates. Tesla has some big things happening and I spoke with both Matt Holm, […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 5, 2021

Tesla is growing at a rapid pace with the successes of its new Gigafactory in China and the even newer ones being built in Berlin and Texas. Its recent record Q1 2021 delivery numbers showed Tesla delivered more electric vehicles than it made. Demand is not an issue for Tesla as it continues to lead […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2022

Recently, Tesla opened its sixth factory, Giga Texas, which is also its new global headquarters. This speaks volumes for a company that was started with the goal of creating electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

An enhanced footprint has the potential to reverse a longstanding pattern in the area of situating polluting industrial projects near low-income communities of color. The negative impacts on human and environmental health have been substantial.

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Teslarati

MAY 9, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly set to meet with Indonesian President Joko Widodo as early as this week to discuss electric vehicle supply chain development in the Southeast Asian country. Luhut met with Musk in April to discuss Indonesia’s nickel mines at Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas facility outside of Austin. “I

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

He wants the US automaker to be producing 20 million vehicles a year by the end of 2030. Elon Musk has an ambitious goal for 2030 for Tesla. For some context, Tesla’s current production and delivery rate is just above a million cars a year. Zooming out and looking at the overall auto market, the […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 10, 2023

Tesla is on a roll this week. To keep up with its almost constantly growing sales, Tesla has been ramping up Model Y production at sites around the world. It has also just broken ground on a lithium refinery project. The big news on both fronts this week comes from The Lone Star State. Unfortunately, […]

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2021

The Tesla Model S reached a range on par with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles after logging 320 miles of range at 75mph during a highway fuel-economy test run. Often, a highway fuel economy test of an EV involves a shortened loop and a lot of nail-biting on the part of whichever test driver has been assigned to the task.

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