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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.

Jamie L. LaReau | Detroit Free Press
October 4, 2021
Business, Fuel, TCA

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.

September 27, 2021
Government, Logistics, TCA

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.

Michelle Del Rey | Times Union, Albany, N.Y.
September 27, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics, TCA

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.

Bob Shaw | Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.)
September 27, 2021
Business, Logistics, TCA

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.

Sue Gleiter | pennlive.com
September 24, 2021
Government, Business, TCA

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.

Ed Blazina | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
September 24, 2021
Government, Business, TCA

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.

Appeal-Democrat | (Marysville, Calif.)
September 17, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, TCA

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.

Riley Beggin | The Detroit News
September 13, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA

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.

Eric Bascone | Staten Island Advance (N.Y.)
September 10, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous, TCA

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.

Riley Beggin | The Detroit News
September 7, 2021