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The Boring Company proposes tunnels in Austin and San Antonio

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Elon Musk’s The Boring Company (TBC) has started discussing potential tunneling projects in Austin and San Antonio with city officials. Local Texas media outlets also reported that the tunneling company pitched a project in San Antonio , about 80 miles (~129 km) from Austin, to local officials.

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UPS to purchase ~700 LNG trucks, build 4 refueling stations by end of 2014

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UPS plans to purchase approximately 700 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks and to build four refueling stations by the end of 2014. An initial investment of more than $18 million to build fueling stations will be supported by the purchase of the 700 LNG tractors and continued expansion of the natural gas fleet in the US.

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The Boring Company In Talks With Austin & San Antonio To Build Tunnels

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The Boring Company has some big plans for Austin, KXAN reports. KXAN confirmed that The Boring Company met with the City of Austin about a possible underground transportation tunnel that would go from Giga Texas to Downtown Austin.

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The Boring Company San Antonio Loop’s net revenue expected to be $25M per year, fares to start at $10

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On Wednesday, May 18, The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) board was briefed on more details about The Boring Company’s (TBC) proposed tunnel from the San Antonio International Airport to downtown. The Boring Company’s San Antonio project not a high priority: “I don’t know what it accomplishes”.

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San Antonio Hyundai Dealer Removes Landmark

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Not all are so lucky, such as a San Antonio Hyundai dealer who is currently removing what many are describing as a local landmark. As you’ve likely surmised, the dealer is in the larger throes of constructing a new dealership building and is seemingly trying to align the rest of its décor with the new corporate look.

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Hino Motors signs as participant in Scuderi Split-Cycle Consortium

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The current objectives of the consortium are to build a 150 to 250 kW SSC diesel research engine with air hybrid capability for mobile applications, as well as a 30 kW SSC natural gas research generator with CAES capability for stationary applications. earlier post ).

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NuStar, EOG Resources to build rail offloading facility in Louisiana for expanded transportation and storage of shale play crudes

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have entered into a definitive agreement to develop, build and own jointly a 70,000-barrel-per-day unit train offloading facility at NuStar’s crude oil terminal in St. NuStar Logistics, EOG Resources Rail Yard (Louisiana) LLC and EOG Resources Marketing, Inc. both subsidiaries of EOG Resources, Inc.) NuStar Energy L.P.

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