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Tesla will build Cybertruck factory in Austin, Texas

The Verge

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. The company was also considering Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Musk said Tesla would “strongly consider” it for future projects. Nashville, Tennessee was reportedly an early candidate , before Austin and Tulsa ultimately emerged as the finalists. Construction work is “already underway,” Musk said. “It

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When your town becomes a Nike brand

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Nike] And the heel of the shoe is adorned with the words, No Service, which, yes, is supposed to suggest that Flagstaff is a place to get away from it all, but also implies that its a sleepy backwater. Actually, its the highest point in all of Arizona !)

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Walmart teams up with Instacart to rival Amazon for same-day grocery delivery

The Verge

Photo: Instacart. Instacart now delivers from Walmart locations in three California markets — Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego — as well as Tulsa, Oklahoma,” an Instacart spokesperson said in a statement given to CNBC. Today, we welcomed Walmart to the Instacart marketplace for the first time in the U.S.

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Austin approves tax breaks for Tesla in bid for Cybertruck factory

The Verge

Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. Austin is one of the two leading candidates for the factory, which is where Tesla will build the Cybertruck, along with Tulsa, Oklahoma. Officials in Austin have approved a total of at least $60 million in property tax rebates in an effort to bring Tesla’s next electric car factory to the Texas city.

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Ford nabs $884 million incentive package for EV ‘mega campus’

The Verge

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. More recently, though, Tesla turned down a potentially massive incentive package from Tulsa, Oklahoma , in favor of building its newest factory in Austin, Texas, where it received just a few million dollars in tax breaks. The money — which is coming from Tennessee’s current $2.1

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

The Verge

Photos by Sean O’Kane / The Verge. But Tesla is now focused on bringing the factory, which is where it will make the Cybertruck and Model Y SUVs bound for the East Coast, to two specific places: either Austin, or Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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How Ikea turned flat-pack furniture into a business worth billions

Fast Company Tech

Photo: Ikea] To a degree, most of Ikeas 899 million annual customers probably dont appreciate how the making of a piece of furniture like this credenza is a finely calibrated dance involving design, manufacturing, packaging, and assembly, with each element influencing the others in equal measure. We never say no.

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