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In Ohio, Lordstown Motors Is a Glint of Hope Among Heartbreak
An American flag flies in front of the closed GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in 2019. (Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg News)
In a cavernous Northeast Ohio factory that General Motors Co. left last year, a small group of engineers is coaxing dormant robots back to life — one by one — in a long-shot bid to build a new type of pickup truck.
June 24, 2020Electric Car Charging Stations Are Finally About to Take Off
A Tesla vehicle sits parked in front of a charging station in New Jersey in November 2019. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News)
It may be the coronavirus pandemic that finally breaks the stalemate.
June 23, 2020Tesla Homes In on Austin, Texas, for Cybertruck Site
Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduces the Cybertruck in California in November 2019. (Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press)
Tesla Inc. is zeroing in on an area in southeast Austin, Texas, for the electric-car maker’s second U.S. auto factory as Elon Musk prepares to choose a site for its production base of a new pickup truck.
June 18, 2020Tesla’s Elon Musk: ‘Time to Go All Out’ on Semi Production
The Tesla assembly plant stands in Fremont, Calif., on May 11. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
CEO Elon Musk sent an email to Tesla employees before the market opened June 10 declaring that it is “time to go all out” and put Tesla’s Semi into volume production.
June 10, 2020Tesla Hails Air-Quality Effects of Shutdowns Elon Musk Called ‘Fascist’
Vehicles drive in light traffic along the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 19, 2020. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News)
Tesla Inc. said the drop in pollution during coronavirus-related shutdowns could embolden governments that already have been making plans to eventually ban vehicles that run on fossil fuels.
June 8, 2020GM to Build All-Electric Work Van; Production Set for Late 2021
A sign outside GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant. (Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co. will build another all-electric vehicle at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant as it sticks to its goal for an all-electric future.
June 4, 2020Number of Electric Commercial Vehicle Offerings Surge, Calstart Says
Medium-duty trucks typically used for urban delivery are the fastest growing segment of the green commercial vehicle market. FedEx plans to purchase 1,000 electric delivery vans from manufacturer Chanje. (FedEx Corp.)
North America is experiencing a surge in zero-emission commercial vehicle offerings, according to research from Calstart, a clean transportation accelerator.
June 3, 2020California Becomes Epicenter of Emerging Truck Technology
Self-driving truck firm TuSimple’s headquarters are in San Diego. The company is testing and developing SAE Level 4 automated driving technology for heavy-duty trucks. (TuSimple)
With its emissions mandates, tough labor laws, inspection requirements and extensive regulations, California has become both a difficult and expensive environment for trucking.
May 22, 2020VW, Ford Forge Ahead With EV Technology Sharing to Cut Costs
Robotic arms spray a Volkswagen vehicle in the paint shop of the company's Wolfsburg, Germany, factory in March 2019. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. are pushing ahead with plans to team up on electric- and self-driving vehicles even as the coronavirus derails other projects, according to people familiar with the matter.
May 14, 2020Electric-Vehicle Charging Startup Amply Power Secures $13.2 Million
An electric vehicle charger in Bangkok, Thailand, in June 2019. (Brent Lewin/Bloomberg News)
Startup Amply Power has raised $13.2 million from investors including Soros Fund Management to advance the company’s electric-vehicle charging service for commercial fleets.
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