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The Boring Company San Antonio Loop’s net revenue expected to be $25M per year, fares to start at $10

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On Wednesday, May 18, The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) board was briefed on more details about The Boring Company’s (TBC) proposed tunnel from the San Antonio International Airport to downtown. The Boring Company’s San Antonio project not a high priority: “I don’t know what it accomplishes”.

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First natural gas GM half-ton pickups with 5.3L DI engines delivered in Texas

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liter direct injection engine. The 2015 model vehicles were purchased by local Houston company NewTex Plumbing and San Antonio-based Pioneer Energy Services. liter engine, AGA Systems has also started shipping the DuraDrive DI for GM’s 6.2 direct injection engine. l/100 km) highway. In addition to supporting the 5.3-liter

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Port of Corpus Christi, Howard announce to convert Javelina refinery services facility to blue hydrogen production

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As a leader in US crude oil export ports and a major economic engine of Texas and the nation, Port of Corpus Christi is the largest port in the United States in total revenue tonnage. The company has corporate offices in San Antonio, Houston and Monterrey, Mexico.

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Tesla supplier developing dry electrode tech to establish facility in Texas

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Reported Tesla supplier Saueressig Engineering plans to establish a facility in San Antonio’s East Side—about 80 miles away from Gigafactory Texas. On April 1st, the San Antonio City Council approved an economic incentive package that gave Saueressig a 75% tax abatement on a property located in Profit Drive.

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The Boring Company’s work on Prufrock 2 continues as it opens more jobs in TX

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According to The Boring Company website, Prufrock’s medium-term goal is to surpass 1/10th of human walking speed or 7 miles per day. Prufrock will likely help TBC bore tunnels in Austin and San Antonio if each city’s officials approve the company’s proposals.

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The Boring Company raises $675M to scale boring machine production & more

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Purpose is to recruit amazing people, scale up boring machine production & build thousands of miles of tunnels. The current iteration of Prufrock, called Prufrock-2, is designed to mine at up to 1 mile/week, meaning a tunnel the length of the Las Vegas strip (approximately 4 miles) can be completed in a month,” noted TBC.

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Texas awarding up to $5.7M for alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles

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The eligible reimbursement amounts range between 50% and 80% of the purchase costs depending on the model year of the vehicle and engine being replaced. Projects must result in at least a 25% reduction of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ). Application deadline is 29 August 2012.