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Rivian’s $5 billion U.S. plant has Fort Worth, TX as frontrunner

Teslarati

manufacturing facility, which the company intends to spend $5 billion on, will most likely land in Fort Worth, Texas, as of now. In the presentation, Sturns gave a list of several advantages that the Rivian plant would provide for the region, including: 1,875 new jobs by 12/31/2025. Rivian’s second U.S Paid back in 8.1

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Mayor Menino Adds Boston

Plug In Partners

These vehicles take currently available gasoline-hybrid vehicles to the next level, allowing drivers to plug them in for a few hours to charge the batteries and then drive emissions free solely on electric power for 35-60 miles. more Here is the list of City Partners as of today. We expect some more big ones soon.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

Green Car Congress

The near-term investment strategy seeks to: Advance new express high-speed corridor services (operating speeds above 150 mph (241 km/h) on primarily dedicated track) in select corridors of 200-600 miles (322-966 km). (As South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock).

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