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Elon Musk will not build personal airport near Austin

Teslarati

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. ” Not true.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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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. 2977969.

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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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Workers At Tesla Giga Texas Get Up Close & Personal With The Tesla Cybertruck

CleanTechnica EVs

In the video, construction workers get up close and personal with the Cybertruck. I wish I was a worker at Giga Austin about right now.pic.twitter.com/Bcn9GzHMFD — Marc Benton […]. A new video of the Tesla Cybertruck at Giga Texas has found its way to TikTok and Twitter user Marc Benton, who shared the video on Twitter.

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Elon Musk is linked to a massive land grab next to Tesla Gigafactory Austin

Electrek

Elon Musk is personally linked to a new massive land grab that happens to be next to Tesla Gigafactory Austin, though it might not be for Tesla itself. more… The post Elon Musk is linked to a massive land grab next to Tesla Gigafactory Austin appeared first on Electrek.

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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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