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These trains could carry giant batteries across Colorado and deliver clean energy to Denver

Fast Company Tech

And, even in areas where renewable energy projects are already online, their output is often heavily curtailed. SunTrain is a San Francisco-based company founded by green energy developer Christopher Smith, who now serves as the companys president and chief technology officer. Across the U.S.,

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Nuro is building a factory and test track in Nevada for its autonomous delivery robots

The Verge

Both facilities will be located in Southern Nevada, which in recent years has become a hotbed for manufacturing and testing for the future of transportation. Nuro, which is valued at $5 billion, was founded in 2016 by Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu , two veterans of the Google self-driving car project that would go on to become Waymo.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green light for Las Vegas tunnel system

The Verge

pic.twitter.com/2ju3xcFq7O — Clark County Nevada (@ClarkCountyNV) October 20, 2021. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority bought up the monorail and subsequently killed the noncompete agreement that prevented The Boring Company from pursuing a larger project. It will also go to @AllegiantStadm and @UNLV.

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California is getting its first real autonomous delivery service thanks to Nuro and 7-Eleven

The Verge

Nuro, which is valued at $5 billion, was founded in 2016 by Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu , two veterans of the Google self-driving car project that would go on to become Waymo. The company plans on producing a third-generation vehicle at its new facility in Nevada once it is fully operational in 2022.

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Tesla faces criticism of Elon Musk in bid to bring Cybertruck factory to Texas

The Verge

Tesla is eyeing a collection of properties known as the Austin Green development. billion tax incentive package the company received for its Gigafactory in Nevada , or the hundreds of millions of dollars SolarCity got for its factory in New York before merging with Tesla.

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DuPont and VCs see lithium mining as a critical investment for the electric future

TechCrunch

The water filtration and purification service provider DuPont Water Solutions has teamed up with Vulcan Energy Resources, a developer of lithium mining and renewable energy projects, to test a new process for direct lithium extraction. Finally there’s J.B. “Ultimately we won’t have to extract lithium out of rock.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Las Vegas, Nevada: Online Courses (Storytelling). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Arlington, Texas: Bi-weekly Developers Call for the Joseph Storehouse Project. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Tuesday, February 7, 2017.