The Texas Solar Buildout: *Batteries Not Included

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 13:00:26 +0000

One of the coolest movies of the 1980s, at least according to Jennifer A. Sensiba, the world-not-so-famous film critic, is *Batteries Not Included. Like the later movie Up, a rich developer is trying to get rid of some old people who are in his way of big plans for their little chunk of the city. […]

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Reduce High Energy Costs With A Solar System — Texas Edition

Credit to Author: Vijay Govindan| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:00:37 +0000

In this post, I’ll cover how electricity from a new Texas residential solar system is already cheaper than grid electricity costs. I previously wrote an article about which solar system to use, where I compared Tesla versus SunPower for the better system, and I’ll also follow that up with the decision I made and why […]

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Dallas County Will Add 3 Tesla EVs To Its Fleet

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 01:56:34 +0000

Dallas County will add three Tesla EVs to its fleet of vehicles, Fox4 has reported. The county’s commissioners voted last week to approve the purchase of three Tesla Model 3s, which will be used at first as replacements for law enforcement agency cars that are in for service. Commissioner Elba Garcia said: “Very excited about […]

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Our Last Chance To Kill The Zombie Border Wall

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:33:53 +0000

With the election of President Biden, the project to build the border wall got shut down. Funds were cut, and contractors received orders to halt construction. Many miles of wall/fence got built, but the project stopped before critical animal migration corridors could be completely cut off. It’s tempting at this point to pat ourselves on […]

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Tesla Gave Austin-Based University’s Staff A Tour Of Giga Texas

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 05:30:47 +0000

The University of Texas–Austin’s McCombs School of Business recently shared a post on LinkedIn giving a “Texas-sized thank you” to Tesla for welcoming Dean Lillian Mills and the University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell to Tesla’s newest factory. The university wrote, “It was a pleasure getting a behind-the-scenes look at production with our […]

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Tesla’s Giga Texas Will Make Tesla Model Y Standard Range AWD

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:25:53 +0000

Tesla’s Giga Texas will be building the Model Y Standard Range All-Wheel Drive. During the grand opening of Giga Texas, TeslaRaj explored one of the new Model Ys — the one that I mentioned in a previous article that was beautifully wrapped with the Cyber Rodeo logo emblazoned on the front. Troy Teslike notes that […]

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Texas Law Makes Oil Divestment Illegal – And That’s Causing Legal Trouble

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:55:15 +0000

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent numerous letters to financial firms this week. It’s part of a bigger attempt to uphold a state law that prohibits divesting from fossil fuel companies.

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VW CEO Talks American Feedback On ID BUZZ, Tesla Giga Texas, & His Trip To Austin

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 08:07:26 +0000

Volkswagen (VW) CEO Herbert Diess recently shared his thoughts on LinkedIn about his visit to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest festival. In his post, Diess highlighted the tremendous response from American consumers to the VW ID BUZZ, a refreshed electric version of the company’s iconic microbus. He also wrote about Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant, […]

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