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First electric school buses deployed in Texas; 3 Blue Bird buses

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The first zero-emissions electric school buses in the state of Texas were recently received by Everman Independent School District. Blue Bird’s electric school buses produce zero emissions, and have fewer parts when compared with a diesel bus.

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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

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Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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Siemens Energy to supply 1.8GW of electrolyzers to HIF Global for Texas eFuels facility

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The agreement with Siemens Energy allows for electrolyzer deliveries which could support the start of construction as early as the first part of 2024 for the HIF Matagorda eFuels Facility.

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Tesla lands in Texas for latest Megapack production facility

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It has chosen Waller County, Texas, as the location of the new plant, according to a Commissioners Court meeting that occurred on Wednesday, March 5. The plant will be located at the Empire West Industrial Park in the Brookshire part of town. Brookshire also plans to consider a tax abatement for Tesla at its meeting next Thursday.

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Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

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Tesla is a part of a new energy partnership in Texas set to help expand the company’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program in the state, as announced by one energy provider this week. Along with Texas, Tesla currently has U.S. Storm Watch alone will save lives.

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Tesla Cybercabs seen testing with steering wheel at Giga Texas

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Tesla Cybercabs have been spotted being tested in increasing volumes at the company’s Texas Gigafactory, as spotted this week in drone footage from the Austin plant. You can see a few screenshots from the flight below, or watch Tegtmeyer’s full Monday update from Giga Texas below those.

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Texas A&M team develops guidelines for 3D printing of martensitic steel

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Researchers from Texas A&M University, in collaboration with scientists in the Air Force Research Laboratory, have developed guidelines that allow 3D printing of martensitic steels into very sturdy, defect-free objects of nearly any shape. A paper on their work is published in the journal Acta Materialia. Seede et al. —Seede et al.

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