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Kia EV9 named 2024 Electric Vehicle of Texas

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The Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) named the Kia EV9 the 2024 Electric Vehicle (EV) of Texas. TAWA also called the Kia EV9 the “Best in Class” in several categories, including Performance SUV, mid-size CUV, and electric vehicle. The post Kia EV9 named 2024 Electric Vehicle of Texas appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Tesla builds 50 million 4680 battery cells at Giga Texas

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Tesla announced today that it has built 50 million 4680 battery cells at its Giga Texas plant in Austin. The company made its announcement through a post on X, along with a collage of team members at Giga Texas who contributed to the goal: Congrats 4680 Cell Manufacturing team on building their 50 millionth battery cell at Giga Texas!

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Tesla Cybertruck production at Giga Texas is slowly ramping up

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Tesla Cybertruck production at Giga Texas is slowly ramping up, according to new images from outside the factory. CEO Elon Musk has already admitted that people should temper their expectations as the company is going to need to take time to adjust and ramp up production.

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Tesla Giga Texas production pause may continue through September

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Tesla has paused production of the Cybertruck and Model Y at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and one person thinks that the break could last through the end of the month. Thought I'd put out this supercut of video intros from most of September where I mentioned the pause of production here at Giga Texas.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. At the Port of Houston, the project team will conduct a feasibility study for scaling up hydrogen production and use. Frontier Energy, Inc.,

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Tesla Cybertruck and Model Y production is ‘noticeably up’ at Giga Texas

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Tesla continues to ramp up Cybertruck production at its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, and one observer over the weekend said that output for both the electric pickup and Model Y seems to have increased. On Sunday, drone operator and longtime Giga Texas observer Joe Tegtmeyer shared a video of the factory taken that morning.

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Sandy Munro talks Tesla Cybertruck production in Giga Texas tour

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Automotive manufacturing expert Sandy Munro has released yet another video discussing the Tesla Cybertruck, this time talking with Head of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy and others about how the vehicle’s steel panels are produced. mm thick for all of the vehicle’s other panels. What are your thoughts?

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