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TeraWatt and New Mexico DOT secure $64-million grant to deploy heavy-duty EV charging along I-10 corridor – Charged EVs

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TeraWatt Infrastructure , in partnership with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), has been selected to receive $63.8 million in federal grant funding via the US DOT’s Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) grant program. Each site will have 9 pull-through stalls.

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Mexico To Triple EV Production In 2023

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Giant amongst developing nations, Mexico stands currently as the seventh-largest automobile producer in the world (in number of units). The Mexican auto industry has grown sevenfold since the 1960s and doubled its output since the 1990s, when it was granted full access to the US market. […]

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Tesla Giga Mexico initial construction machinery spotted on site

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It appears that initial construction work at Tesla’s Gigafactory Mexico site has begun. Gigafactory Mexico is arguably the most ambitious electric vehicle production facility from Tesla. Last month, Nuevo León Governor Samuel Alejandro García Sepúlveda noted that permits for Gigafactory Mexico were progressing forward.

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FAA awards $7.5M in research grants for integration of drones into national airspace

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million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). This is the third round of ASSURE grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.

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Tesla reportedly announcing Giga Mexico next week

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Tesla may officially announce its newest facility, located in Mexico, as soon as next week. Tesla’s upcoming Mexico facility was reported earlier this week after the company reportedly purchased land in the country. The new facility, located in Nuevo Leon, is in one of Mexico’s northeastern states, just north of Monterrey.

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Mexico grants Monsanto approval to plant large-scale GM corn fields

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This is the first time GM corn will have been planted on a large commercial scale in Mexico. The BNS will also make native varieties available to environmental education and preservation groups in Mexico and elsewhere, as well as to eco-gastronomy chefs worldwide.

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Tesla CEO Musk to speak with Mexico Pres., and it could be good or bad

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Tesla has been rumored to be extremely geared toward building a new production facility in Mexico, but the company has yet to land on an exact location for the plant. Instead of settling on a location, Tesla has mulled between Nuevo Leon and Mexico City. The post Tesla CEO Musk to speak with Mexico Pres.,

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