18+ hour, 26+ min ago  (448+ words) Zoox announced it will launch operations in Arizona, starting with Phoenix, and expand testing in Texas to Dallas as it broadens its autonomous vehicle program across the Sun Belt. The company will open new depots in both cities and establish…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (554+ words) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that MP Materials Corp. will build a rare earth magnet manufacturing campus in Northlake, a project expected to generate more than 1,500 jobs and involve over $1.25 billion in capital investment. The expansion includes a $12,880,500 grant…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (434+ words) Tesla has quietly released the final production specifications for its all-electric Semi trucks, as the company prepares to ramp up deliveries of the vehicles from its Nevada-based factory. According to Tesla's recently updated Semi website, the trucks will be available…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (317+ words) Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated in Midland the opening of the first facility in America to extract lithium from wastewater produced by the oil industry. The Element3 Resources Permian Basin Lithium Extraction and Carbonate facility represents a significant advance in domestic…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (529+ words) The Boring Company has signed its first contract outside the United States, partnering with Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority to build an underground tunnel network as part of one of the world's most ambitious urban transportation projects. The agreement, confirmed…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (300+ words) Tesla is shifting into a new era with its self-driving technology. The company is rolling out a beta version of its rideshare service using a newly patented self-driving system. CEO Elon Musk's pilot program is now live for a small…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (391+ words) (The Center Square) " The first battery-grade lithium hydroxide refining facility in North America is now operational in Texas. In May 2023, Gov. Greg Abbott, Tesla founder Elon Musk and other officials broke ground at what would become Tesla North America's new…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (417+ words) CEO Elon Musk delivered a blunt message about the upcoming next-generation of Tesla Roadsters during a recent appearance on the "Moonshots" podcast. Musk directly said that safety will not be the top priority for the high-performance electric supercar. He would…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (408+ words) A Washington state Tesla owner has completed what is being widely described online as the first fully autonomous coast-to-coast drive using Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised software, according to the driver's own account. David Moss, a Tacoma resident who describes…...