Tesla’s Low-Cost EV Will Be Made In Texas First, Mexico Later, Musk Confirms
InsideEVs
DECEMBER 6, 2023
“The revolution in manufacturing that will be represented by that car will blow people’s minds,” added Musk.
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InsideEVs
DECEMBER 6, 2023
“The revolution in manufacturing that will be represented by that car will blow people’s minds,” added Musk.
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OCTOBER 10, 2021
The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize is led by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s?Advanced
Teslarati
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared some new details about the automaker’s plans for its next-generation, $25,000 electric vehicle (EV), including that it will be built first in Austin, Texas. “The first production line will be here in the Gigafactory in Texas, in this facility,” he said during the interview.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
Researchers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) have determined that biochar, a substance produced from plant matter, is a safe, effective and inexpensive method to treat flowback water following hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing. performing metals and alloys by removing technological barriers to their manufacture.
Teslarati
JANUARY 25, 2024
During Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2023 earnings call, CEO Eon Musk stated that the company is “very far along” on its next-generation low-cost vehicle program. “This is a revolutionary manufacturing system… far more advanced than any other automotive manufacturing system in the world, like, by a significant margin. .
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million for 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing. manufacturers that could improve their competitiveness and enhance their energy efficiency. Advanced Manufacturing Awards. Organization. DOE Funding.
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JULY 11, 2023
Near-zero emission trucks are advanced diesel technology manufactured in the 2010 and later model years. Next in the rankings is Utah (66.2%), Pennsylvania (66.0%), the District of Columbia (65.4%), Texas (63.6%), Oklahoma (62.6%), Florida (62.3%), Illinois (60.6%), Louisiana (59.2%), and Wisconsin (59.1%). are CNG, 0.3%
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JANUARY 27, 2014
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), recently announced the awardees of its second call for additive manufacturing (AM) applied research and development projects from its members. million in matching cost share from the awarded project teams for total funding worth $19.3
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NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Unifrax, a manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, introduced its Battery Advisory Board, which will meet regularly to provide strategic guidance as Unifrax grows its battery portfolio and enters the silicon anode market with its new SiFAB Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Technology. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2019
A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed with Texas Instruments Inc. One barrier is that the nanowire is too small to be compatible with chip-manufacturing processes. While that is still much thinner than a sheet of paper, it’s compatible with chip-manufacturing rules. —Hal Edwards. —Prof.
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APRIL 23, 2021
Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2009
ActaCell, a Li-ion battery spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, was selected by the state of Texas, through the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), to be awarded investment by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF).
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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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JULY 10, 2019
Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Louisville, Colo. Louis , Mo. Tempe, Ariz.
Teslarati
MARCH 24, 2024
market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. Although competitive Chinese automaker BYD isn’t yet slated to enter the U.S. While BYD said just last month that it has no plans to enter the U.S.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2014
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. The ability to use commercially available bulk particles could significantly decrease the manufacturing cost of Li?S Arumugam Manthiram, have found that using phosphorus pentasulfide (P 2 S 5 ) as an electrolyte additive. S batteries with a Li S cathode.
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JUNE 4, 2013
Recently, exciting progress has been made through nanostructuring of Si.However, synthesis of Si nanostructures usually involves high temperature chemical vapor deposition or complex chemical reactions and/or templates, and their scalability and compatibility with existing battery manufacturing processes remain a challenge.
Teslarati
AUGUST 10, 2021
In the recently-released document, Tesla stated that it had established an internal ecosystem to re-manufacture batteries coming from the field to Tesla service centers. And the more Tesla’s battery recycling systems improve, the more cost-effective the company’s operations would become. Credit: Tesla.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL ROSCon 2023 : 18–20 October 2023, NEW ORLEANS Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS Cybathlon Challenges : 2 February 2024, ZURICH Enjoy today’s videos! Ishikawa Lab ] Sometimes the Moon doesn’t seem like all that much fun for robots.
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AUGUST 13, 2020
Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Xcel said that it will need the support of policymakers, manufacturers and other stakeholders to make its vision real.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2020
Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2019
Automotive manufacturers are already looking at HET technology as the solution to size, weight and range constraints. This results in a more compact and low-cost power electronic converter at the required power ratings used in commercial propulsion units. Linear Labs was founded in 2014 in Texas by Brad and Fred Hunstable.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
VinFast vehicles are sold at Leith VinFast in North Carolina; Smith Haven VinFast in New York; Principle VinFast Grapevine in Texas; Hiley VinFast of Fort Worth, Texas; and VinFast Wichita, in Kansas. North Carolina’s VinFast manufacturing plant is expected to produce as many as 150,000 vehicles annually after it is completed in 2025.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new family of anode materials that can double the charge capacity of lithium-ion battery anodes. It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
In December, Sasol announced a $16 billion to $21 billion GTL and ethane cracker complex that will be the largest manufacturing investment in Louisiana history. In 2012, SGC Energia commissioned, started up, and operated a pilot-scale FT process for the demonstration step of its XTLH Fischer-Tropsch integrated process solution in Texas.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2021
The new technology will reduce operating costs and is similar to existing components, meaning no retraining will be required for support technicians. destruction efficiency for flares that handle both high- and low-pressure gas streams. Selection amount: $2,230,693). Cimarron Energy, Inc. Selection amount: $1,000,000).
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2017
Two projects will research, develop, and use integrated computation materials engineering (ICME) techniques to develop low cost carbon fiber from a variety of feedstocks and precursors that can be used to make carbon fiber with less energy and lower cost. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. University of Houston.
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OCTOBER 21, 2015
Manufacturing: Which companies are currently manufacturing these materials or related materials for this or similar cold / cryogenic compressed gas storage applications? The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Testing / Screening Procedures: both small- and large-scale.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2009
(DOE funding $60,280,000, total project value including cost share $120,560,000). This project will manage the fluctuations in wind power in the large Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) transmission grid through better system monitoring capabilities, enhanced operator visualization, and improved load management. 24,063,978.
Cars That Think
JULY 19, 2022
Brain-Computer Interface This year’s second-place recipient was Navya Ramakrishnan, a senior at Plano Senior High School , in Texas. Detecting Leukemia Adelle Jia Xin Yong, a junior at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, was awarded third place for her Smart Leukemia Labs project.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2010
The critical barrier to wider deployment of electric vehicles is the high cost and low energy of today’s batteries. This ARPA-E program seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long range plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles. A123 Systems, Rutgers University).
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AUGUST 16, 2016
Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Description. Federal funding. Description. Federal funding. General Motors.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 12, 2013
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are investing $200,000 in new research to develop a low-cost method to treat flow-back water following hydraulic fracturing.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2017
This research article focuses on a highly favored route to the synthesis of controlled nanostructures at high rate, high yield, and low cost by molten carbonate electrolysis. The addition of Zn, such as occurs in a coating on galvanized steel, further lowers the activation energy for CNT formation. C2CNT and cement.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
And in any case, an inflexible approach to regulation has caused the cost of new nuclear to balloon – despite it being perhaps the most obvious solution to our long-term energy needs. Then came the shale gas revolution, pioneered in Texas. Northern England would now be as brimming with home-grown gas as parts of Pennsylvania and Texas.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2023
plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. The team intends to demonstrate high-purity (greater than 98% by volume, preferably above 99.5%
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2011
As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Power plant capital costs. The market would focus, consolidate and find some very innovative ways to produce low-cost clean energy. Source: EIA.
Teslarati
AUGUST 23, 2023
Tesla Giga Texas appears to be burning the midnight oil to perfect the Cybertruck before it is released. If LEGO and soda cans, which are very low cost, can do this, so can we. A recently leaked Elon Musk email provides insight into the Tesla Cybertruck’s target precision for the all-electric pickup truck’s production.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2016
Promote a robust market for vehicle manufacturers, utilities, equipment service providers, and support industries that ensures a consistent user experience, customer choice, and allows for a streamlined permitting process. Enhance American manufacturing competitiveness, innovation, and the development of advanced technology.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Texas Agrilife Research. Terpenoid Pathways Texas A&M University will address a major inefficiency of. High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. yield a several-fold reduction in wire costs, making.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
These projects will work to solve research and developmental challenges encountered for the successful scale-up and reliable operations of integrated biorefineries (IBRs); decrease capital and operating expenses; and focus on the manufacture of advanced or cellulosic biofuels and higher-value bioproducts.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
We are nearing the end of manufacturing validation at Kato: field quality and yield are at viable levels and our focus is now on improving the 10% of manufacturing processes that currently bottleneck production output. The question really is how quickly, at what price point, safety levels and manufacturing defects."
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