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Occidental to acquire direct air capture technology company Carbon Engineering for $1.1B

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Occidental announced that a wholly owned subsidiary— 1PointFive —has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire all the outstanding equity of Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE) Occidental has been working with Carbon Engineering on direct air capture (DAC) deployment since 2019. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Tesla is building a Cybertruck-inspired bear statue in an ode to California

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Tesla is planning to build a Cybertruck-inspired bear statue outside of its Global Engineering Headquarters in Palo Alto in an ode to the state that was its home for many years. Tesla was founded in California in 2003, and its headquarters was located there until 2021 when CEO Elon Musk moved the automaker to Texas.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company linked to 73-acre purchase in East Texas

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company has been linked to a 73-acre land purchase in Bastrop County, Texas. The Boring Company (TBC) already established an office building in Pflugerville. The Boring Company and Gapped Bass LLC are closely linked to each other. Credit: The Boring Company.

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Tesla supplier Pegatron is building a parts plant in Texas

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Recent reports have indicated that Taiwan’s Pegatron has selected a site in El Paso, Texas, for an upcoming production facility that would provide parts for American electric car maker Tesla. The update was posted on Wednesday through a report from Taiwanese financial newspaper Commercial Times. .

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Elon Musk’s Boring Co. files to build private tunnel near Tesla Giga Texas

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New filings with the City of Austin show that Elon Musk’s Boring Company has filed to build a private access tunnel under Tesla’s new Gigafactory Texas. The project was filed by Hunger Brauer, who, according to LinkedIn , is a Senior Civil Engineer for the Boring Company. for $97 million.

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Tesla Cybertrucks head out of Giga Texas, mystery structure revealed

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A recent drone flyover of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas shows fewer Cybertrucks than last week, along with the host sharing some insights into what a recently spotted mystery structure could be. “And so, like we’re not going to just randomly build 4680s unless we have a place to put them.

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SpaceX Starship engine completes orbital-duration static fire test in Texas

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A local resident and unofficial SpaceX observer has reported hearing a test of one of Starship’s Raptor engines that lasted more than five minutes at the company’s McGregor, Texas development facilities. minutes long – the maximum stamina required from its Raptor engines, in other words.

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