Amazon opened a new West El Paso delivery station this week, staging packages at a 160,000‑sq‑ft hub near West Towne Marketplace and dispatching vans across the west side.

El Paso defense firm ARC Aerospace plans a 16,500‑sq‑ft Adelante II manufacturing hub on the west side to build flight computers, motors and other drone components. The company says the center will add specialized engineering jobs and use AI and robotics.

Austin repair shops are buying in bulk as a global Group III base‑oil squeeze tightens synthetic motor‑oil supplies and raises the prospect of higher prices and rationing.