Meet Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment® in Austin TX What does Ultimate Outdoor Entertainment offer? Large screen inventory & the associated technology to handle the influx of customers Acquiring the 1st double-sided 52′ x 26′ screen in the U.S Single largest inventory of 40′ x 22′ drive-in rental screens to help meet the growing demand for pop-up drive-in movie events El Paso Inc. What’s Up | The Largest Drive-In […]
Monthly Archives: September 2020
New Kid on the Direct Vehicle Sales Fight
Who: Rivian What does Rivian build? EV Trucks Where is Rivian facing a regulatory and legislative battle? Michigan What does the Michigan bill prevent? Direct sales for EV manufacturers that are NOT Tesla. There is a Tesla carve out? yes HB 6233 (2020 | MI) Bloomberg | Rivian Faces Ban From Michigan Car Dealers in […]
New Day. New Economy. New Electric Form of Transportation. Bonjour Electric Shuttle.
Who is working on electric shuttles? Glydways What’s the end goal with the electric shuttles? To build an autonomous system of small electric cars that can be hailed on-demand like an Uber or Lyft What transportation problems do they hope to solve for cities? localized transportation problems that connect riders to other public transit […]
EV Drivers in the COVID world: Charge at home? Charge Elsewhere?
A new survey by PlugShare Research reveals these EV charging changes because of COVID: 53% say that they’re charging less now 67% decline in public charging 84% do most charging at home, pre-pandemic was 75% DC fast charging locations were only down 3% versus last year public Level 2 chargers are down 11% year over […]
COVID. Texas Central Rail + COVID Recovery
How far along is this high speed rail project? It received Federal Railroad Administration this week Next stop Surface Transportation board approval. “will proceed to construction as soon as possible “ Initial cost estimates of $10 billion have doubled to $20 billion What are opponents saying? Congressman Kevin Brady “They are still saying they will break […]
A Texas Welcome to a new AeroSpace Company from California
Who: Incora, an aviation/aerospace supply chain company Where did it relocate to/from? From southern California to Fort Worth Dallas Morning News | Aerospace supply company relocating its HQ from southern California to North Texas
6 years. How long it takes for Incentives to Increase EV Purchasing.
Who is saying that it takes 6 years for an EV incentive to have an impact? A survey by Savanta ComRes of UK motorists What did the survey say? 44% don’t think they’ll be ready to buy a full EV by 2035 24% saying that they can’t ever see themselves owning an EV Whats holding […]
Can 3 wheel vehicles be registered in Texas?
The Texas Attorney General tells us in opinion, KP- 0331, that three-wheeled, electric, low-speed vehicles is not a question to be resolved in an opinion. What?! Digging in we see that the Attorney General opinion says maybe these vehicles already fit the definition of motorcycle, maybe not, it depends. The solutions: legislation to add these […]
$39.1 Million State Funding Hydrogen Cell Stations
Where: California How will the $39.1 million be spent for hydrogen cell stations? California Energy Commission approval to construct 36 new hydrogen fueling stations Bring the statewide total to 100 hydrogen cell stations Who is operating hydrogen cell stations? True Zero & Shell How do Hydrogen Cell Stations work? Takes 2-5 minutes to refuel Vehicles […]
The Numbers: All Electric Houston Transportation
Who studied an all electric public transportation system in Houston, TX? American Lung Association What did the American Lung Association say about an all electric public transportation system in Houston by 2050? save 148 lives avoid 3,333 asthma attacks reduce health costs by $1.7 billion per year Houston ranks 8th among metro areas that could […]