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Tesla’s solar neighborhood in Austin could help TX learn if renewables are viable

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Last week, Elon Musk announced Tesla’s first involvement in a major housing development project in Austin, Texas. The project aims to build the first Tesla Solar neighborhood, making a sustainable residential community. The Tesla Solar neighborhood was provisionally named SunHouse at Easton Park. and Darca on the project.

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Idea For Tesla Energy: Look At Austin’s Whisper Valley For Your Next Solar Neighborhood

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla owner Mallory Tompsett lives in the Whisper Valley area of Austin and had an idea for Tesla Energy. The idea is for Tesla to partner or collaborates with Whisper Valley to create another solar neighborhood.

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Ford-Backed Argo AI Begins Driverless Taxi Operations, & Why This Is Big News

CleanTechnica EVs

Ford-backed autonomous vehicle company Argo AI recently started driverless vehicle operations in both Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, during daylight hours.

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Zoox is expanding autonomous robotaxi rides to new US cities

Baua Electric

This week, the company announced plans to start testing in Miami, Florida, and Austin, Texas, as it looks to begin commercial ride-hailing operations in the cities it’s already established in. Austin and Miami offer key learning opportunities that will support the continued growth and refinement of our testing and service.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas catalyzes $500M, 2,500 home development project

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A $500 million, 2,500 home development project will come to the City of Austin located near Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas as the electric automotive plant is catalyzing employment in the area and bringing on a need for more housing. Tesla has already created 5,000 new jobs in Austin in 2021, the most of any company.

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Tesla’s invite-only Giga Fest at Gigafactory Texas draws concerns from local citizens

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” Paul stated he represented the Environmental Justice Organization based in East Austin. ” “Take this analogy: I just moved to a new neighborhood in Austin, and that is Commissioner [Brigid] Shea’s Precinct,” they said. What if I moved to the neighborhood and said nothing to anyone for two years?

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Environmental groups look to halt Tesla’s battery plant permits at Gigafactory Texas

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The groups include East Austin-based group PODER, the Texas Anti-Poverty Project, and the Hornsby Bend Alliance, among others. We are counting on you, our representatives, to hold the company accountable to the public interest before further harm is done to communities and the environment,” the groups noted in their letter.

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