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MARCH 27, 2009

Two smart2go units in Austin. Daimler will bring its car2go mobility concept ( earlier post ) to the US in a pilot phase to start this fall in Austin, Texas with an initial fleet of about 200 smart fortwo mhd vehicles with start/stop functionality. It is then planned to make car2go accessible to the public in Austin in a second step.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Columbia University surveyed more than 1,200 people in Austin, Texas, to examine how their habits changed after Uber and Lyft pulled drivers out of the city due to a local law change. 2977969.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist. This study is unparalleled in its scope and approach.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

For new policyholders, the discount will become available on February 1, while existing policyholders will gain access to the promotion on March 8, as detailed on Tesla’s website. You can also find some frequently asked questions on the web page, where Tesla also states that the promo is only available in Arizona and Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Capital Metro in Austin, Texas has approved a plan to purchase 26 40-foot Proterra ZX5 Max electric transit buses, featuring a total of more than 17 megawatt hours of battery storage capacity. Capital Metro has established a goal to transition its entire fleet of more than 400 transit vehicles to zero-emission buses.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Stony Brook University have fabricated a thicker electrode for lithium-ion batteries by controlling nanosheet assembly via the combination of an external magnetic field and drying-based densification.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2023

The Cybertruck was seen driving around the Electrify Expo in Austin, Texas on Saturday, as captured in photos and a live stream from the conference’s official Instagram account. Although the stream was only available for a few minutes as the vehicle made its entry, the account later shared the video in a post.

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DECEMBER 19, 2014

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. enables the direct use of commercially available bulk Li 2 S particles as high-capacity cathode materials for rechargeable Li?S The ability to use commercially available bulk particles could significantly decrease the manufacturing cost of Li?S

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Source: UT Austin. Production sites near the completions were selected by the study team for sampling based on lists of available sites in the region provided by the participating companies. The findings of the new study are represented in the yellow bar at right, and are similar overall to EPA’s latest inventory. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Conventional solid electrolytes can’t conduct as much ionic current as liquid electrolytes, said study lead author Austin Sendek, a visiting scholar in Stanford's Department of Materials Science & Engineering. “ —Austin Sendek. —Austin Sendek. —Austin Sendek. Sendek, Evan R. Antoniuk, Ekin D.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tesla has shared a video of a hands-free drive demonstration of its Full Self-Driving suite in Austin. The FSD suite is not available to customers in a hands-free nature, but Tesla disabled the requirement for a new video it shared on X, formerly known as Twitter. which is the current version of the FSD Beta program.

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JULY 13, 2021

Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. Easton Park is a 2,400-acre community southwest of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, as per the Austin Business Journal. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new cathode material made of the nontoxic and inexpensive mineral eldfellite (NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 ), presenting a significant advancement in the quest for a commercially viable sodium-ion battery. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 8, 2013

car2go North America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, will partner with the Parking Spot, the leading near-airport parking company in the United States to enable car2go members to park their car2go edition smart fortwo vehicles at The Parking Spot, located adjacent to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed an optimization framework for hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs and PHEVs) including fuel consumption, motor efficiency, and battery capacity and lifetime. Shaltout et al. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Starting today, the fully autonomous Waymo One ride service is available exclusively to customers in Austin, Texas through the Uber app. Todays news builds upon Waymos existing partnership with Uber and is a milestone in the robotaxi startups expansion to new cities around the US.

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MAY 5, 2010

car2go offers mobility to urbanspace clients who are moving to downtown Austin, one of the fastest growing urban areas in the country. More than 30 agents provide development consulting and marketing services for numerous projects around Austin. urbanspace is one of the first car2go partners in Austin, Texas.

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MARCH 13, 2025

RJ Scaringe attended the South by Southwest (SXSW) event in Austin earlier this week. Rivian R1T and R1S demo drives are available at SXSW until the end of the event on March 15, 2025. Scaringe’s stance on all the Tesla amid the protests and vandalism starkly differs from what seems to be the popular opinion lately.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The new online tracking tool provides data on the on-road testing of automated driving systems in 17 cities across the country, expanding the information available to the public about these vehicles, including their on-road testing, and safety performance.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Autocar E3 equipped with RunWise technology is also available to waste management companies on a rent-to-own basis through Big Truck Rental. Tacoma, Wash, and Houston and Austin, Texas. —Shane Terblanche, general manager, hybrid drive systems at Parker Hannifin. Sacramento, Calif.,

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

In a joint partnership with the City of Austin, Daimler launched its car2go pilot project in North America. Austin becomes the official headquarters of car2go North America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler. 200 smart fortwo vehicles are made available within the city for all registered car2go members. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 20, 2010

After successfully launching the program in Austin, Texas, car2go is planning to roll out further cities in Canada and the United States in the near future but has not yet announced the next car2go city. After a six month pilot program, car2go made its program available to the Austin public beginning 21 May. car2go N.A.,

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

City of Austin, Austin. Austin and San Antonio region; and hold training seminars regarding multifamily housing and workplace electric vehicle charging. Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. availability; and disseminate best practices among potential fleets and. . $500,000.

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JULY 27, 2021

Tesla says it is on track to build the first Model Y vehicles in Berlin and Austin in 2021. To better focus on these factories, and due to the limited availability of battery cells and global supply chain challenges, Tesla has shifted the launch of the Semi truck program to 2022.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

The new app, called EcoHub, will initially be tested with and available to residents of the Pecan Street demonstration project, a smart grid living community in Austin. GM and OnStar signed onto the project as official partners in July. Earlier post.). OnStar’s Smart Grid research is made possible by the US Department of Energy.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Tesla expects to launch robotaxi–with unsupervised self-driving– paid services in Austin by June 2025. During the Full Year and Q4 2024 Earnings Call, Elon Musk predicted that robotaxi services would be available across multiple cities in the United States by the end of this year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 23, 2012

Each person who registers to become a car2go member will receive a car2go membership card that will allow them to gain access to and drive in any of the available car2go vehicles, whenever they need it, for as long as they need it, and without having to commit to a mandatory return time or location.

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APRIL 28, 2011

First launched in Ulm, Germany three years ago, car2go was successfully rolled out a year later in North America in Austin, Texas. To date, a total of more than 35,000 customers have joined the car2go program in Ulm and Austin. A newly created company, car2go Canada Ltd.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey regions. Availability of the Focus Electric will expand next year to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.,

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The program will roll out in two phases and focus on cities that have a presence of existing and potential autogas fleets, autogas fuel availability as well as available staff and resources from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). school buses, shuttle buses, medium and light duty trucks, etc.),

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Following pilot launches of car2go in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) and Austin, Texas (USA), Hamburg is the first city in which car2go is being introduced as part of the planned international market launch. Customers are always offered the cheapest available tariff. Customers have to pay a one-off registration fee of €29.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas. Availability of the Focus Electric will expand in 2012 to the remaining 15 launch markets as production ramps up. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

MetalKraft Technologies, with members from Lehigh University, also is using solid phase processing to create Copper-Graphene Ultra Wire with small amounts of commercially available low-defect crystalline Graphene.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Additional EV Experience Tour dates will be announced in Austin, New York City, and Washington, DC for Spring 2011. In support of the tour, an electric vehicle readiness toolkit is available on ecomagination.com to help municipalities, customers, and individuals prepare for wide-scale electric vehicle deployment.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Tesla said it would launch Cybercab rides in certain jurisdictions as a precaution initially, starting in Austin, Texas, and then moving to other cities. The full podcast is available here. Moravy confirmed during the podcast that the Cybercab would be “road trip capable” when it is released. Id love to chat!

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