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MP Materials has received a $58.5 million award to advance its construction of America’s first fully-integrated rare earth magnet manufacturing facility, pictured in October 2023, Fort Worth, Texas [Photo: Business Wire]
Over $58M Awarded to Advance Fort Worth Rare Earth Magnet Manufacturing Plant
by David Seeley | Apr 1, 2024
Las Vegas-based MP Materials—which began building the plant in 2022 at Hillwood's AllianceTexas—plans to produce ""precursor materials" at the facility this summer, and "finished magnets" by late 2025. The critically needed products will be delivered to General Motors to power EVs—and help "bring the supply chain home" to the U.S.
by David Seeley |
Nov 9, 2023
Last month, Cruise began operating its driverless robotaxis on Dallas streets without a human in front, in a run-up to commercial launch. After pausing the process in late October, the company has now issued a voluntary software recall of its entire driverless fleet. The moves stem from an incident in San Francisco on October 2 and the company's response to it.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 13, 2023
Double takes abounded in Dallas Friday. San Francisco-based Cruise began testing its robotaxis in the city without a human behind the wheel. For now, company employees are along for the ride in the back seat of "under 10" robotaxis in the last stage of testing before the service is opened to the public.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 9, 2023
The invitation-only UP.Summit at the Perot family's Circle T Ranch in Westlake brought together minds, money, and mobility tech from around the world last week. UP.Partners' "moving world" ecosystem also includes a VC arm investing in transportation tech companies "that make you say, 'Hell yes!'" and a venture lab ranked No. 7 in Fast Company.
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A 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe on the assembly line at GM’s Arlington Assembly plant. [Photo: GM]
Future SUVs: GM To Invest Over $500M in Arlington Assembly Plant
by Lance Murray | Jun 9, 2023
General Motors said the investment will enable it to strengthen its industry-leading full-size SUV business. Since 2013, GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for its Arlington Assembly plant. See why the company is committed to offering internal combustion engine vehicles for years to come—despite its plan to spend $35 billion on electric and autonomous vehicle development by 2025.
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by David Seeley |
May 11, 2023
Earlier this month, we told you that San Francisco-based Cruise may be expanding its robotaxi ridehailing service to Dallas. Now Co-Founder and CEO Kyle Vogt has tweeted that Cruise "will go live in Houston and Dallas in the next few months. Supervised autonomous driving will start in Houston in a few days, with Dallas to follow soon after." Here's how you can get on the waitlist.
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by David Seeley |
May 1, 2023
If you haven't seen Martin Scorcese's 1976 film "Taxi Driver," better catch it soon. A robotaxi service in San Francisco may one day make real-live taxi drivers obsolete—and the next showing of this phenomenon just might happen in Dallas. Cruise, a self-driving car startup that launched in 2013 and was acquired by General Motors in 2016, says it began offering "fully driverless service" in its robotaxis to public riders in San Francisco last January. According to IoT News, Cruise may have its eyes on Dallas for its next robotaxi service location.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 10, 2023
The record of 34,000 vehicles was achieved with three shifts working 27 days, the company said. The final number broke the previous monthly record set in March 2022. "Our celebration of this milestone is not just about the number, it's about the people who build consistent quality into every SUV that we produce," said the plant's executive director, John Urbanic.
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GMC and General Motors Team Up With Dallas-Based Marcus Graham Project To Increase Diversity in Media, Marketing, and Advertising
by David Seeley | Sep 28, 2021
The automaker brands will sponsor the Marcus Graham Project's annual iCR8 Boot Camp for three years starting in 2022—the organization's 15-year anniversary. The bootcamp will provide real-world exposure and experience to diverse marketing and media aspirants, helping them bolster meaningful industry careers.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 19, 2021
AT&T and GM want to set the benchmark for automotive connectivity by bringing 5G connectivity to select model year 2024 vehicles.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 18, 2018
From needles in 1785 in Germany to auto parts in 2018 at its Garland facility, Kirchhoff shows that innovation and adaptation can help a company stick around.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Mar 14, 2018
Arlington has spent more than 60 years building itself into a powerhouse of sports, entertainment, and manufacturing in North Texas. Now, it’s building a reputation for corporate relocation and logistics, too.
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Texas Tops Nation in Wind Power, and Capacity Still Rising
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Feb 10, 2017
Texas has more than 20,000 megawatts of wind power capacity, nearly one-fourth of the total capacity in the country.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Feb 3, 2017
Chevrolet vehicle owners used 4.2 million gigabytes of data in 2016, that's 200 percent more than in 2015.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 11, 2017
The plant debuted new robotic carts that follow a predetermined path to deliver parts to the line.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Nov 30, 2016
General Motors, already Arlington’s largest private employer, continues to grow its footprint in the city both as a manufacturer and a financial company.
While the General Motors Assembly Plant in Arlington has grabbed most of the headlines in recent years for its $1.4 billion expansion that added new technologies and employees to the plant, GM Financial’s $35 million expansion also will add 1,300 new jobs, the Dallas Business Journal reported....
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