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GM’s Future EVs Get Range Boost With Wolfspeed Deal
General Motors’ future electric vehicles will offer more range on a single charge and charge faster because of a new supplier agreement it announced with Wolfspeed Inc.
Ford Plans Three EV Battery Factories, Auto Plant in Ky., Tenn.
In the single largest manufacturing investment in its 118-year-history, Ford Motor Co. on Sept. 27 said it and a partner will invest $11.4 billion and create 11,000 new jobs to build electric vehicles and batteries at two new sprawling campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky.
USPS Mail, Small Package Delivery May Take Longer as of Oct. 1
The U.S. Postal Service is making changes to its express shipping as of Oct. 1 that could delay some mail going across country.
Pandemic, Amazon Driving Growth of Minnesota Mega-Business Centers
An enormous new kind of trucking center is rolling into the Twin Cities — thanks in part to the pandemic and the home-delivery giant Amazon.com Inc.
Costco Limits Paper Products, Water Due to Supply Chain Delays
Costco is bringing back purchase limits on some essential items like toilet paper, paper towels, bottled water and high-demand cleaning products, and it’s blaming supply chain delays.
Pittsburgh Unveils Long-Term Transportation Blueprint
Picture Pittsburgh 50 years from now with these transportation changes: a terminal in a central location to handle a hyperloop system, vehicles for vertical takeoffs and landings, and high-speed trains; aerial trams linking neighborhoods; and new bridges crossing the Monongahela River at Hazelwood for motorized vehicles and at the former Wabash rail bridge piers for bikes and pedestrians.
Caltrans Releases Video for Highway 70-99 Corridor Plan
Caltrans released a virtual open house video presenting the California State Routes 70-99 Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (SR 70-99 CMCP), according to an agency news release.
Democrats Unveil New EV Tax Credit Proposal
WASHINGTON — Democrats in Washington want to include a significant new incentive to buy electric vehicles in their $3.5 trillion social spending bill, according to a new plan revealed by the House Ways and Means Committee.
NYC Unveils Plan for Electric Vehicle Charging Network
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Over the next decade, New York City will create one of the country’s largest electric vehicle charging networks in an effort to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
NTSB’s Homendy Expected to Be a Tesla Watchdog
Federal regulators last month officially opened an investigation into crashes involving Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system. Jennifer Homendy, the new leader of the government’s transportation safety watchdog, hopes that’s just the beginning.