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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk dismissed rumors that he would build a private airport in Austin, Texas, today, after reports circulated last week. Musk was rumored to be building an airport for personal use somewhere east of Austin, near the town of Bastrop. “Tesla is 5 mins from Austin International airport.

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Austin study teases out changes in behavior in wake of suspension of Uber and Lyft service

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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. —a 68% drop.

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Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany

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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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Machine learning PODA model projects the impact of COVID-19 on US motor gasoline demand

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Projections of the evolution of COVID-19 pandemic trends show that lockdowns help to reduce COVID-19 transmissions by as much as 90% compared with the baseline without any social distancing in Austin, Texas. However, this unprecedented phenomenon could last for a few years: Kissler et al. —Ou et al.

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Stratasys responds to COVID-19 pandemic by ramping up production of 3D-printed personal protection equipment

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The company will have the ability to scale to an even faster rate of production. The company is also posting the full face shield printing and assembly instructions today on its COVID-19 response page. in and around Austin, Texas, and Valencia, Calif. The company is also planning to respond to the crisis in additional ways.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk takes the Cybertruck for a spin around Austin, Texas

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The Tesla Cybertruck was sighted this weekend driving around in Austin, Texas. The Tesla Cybertruck is poised to enter production soon, with reports suggesting that the company is already fine-tuning Giga Texas’ lines and assigning staff for the production of the upcoming vehicle. Just drove Cybertruck around Austin!

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car2go opening in Washington DC

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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.