Technology
Lordstown Motors, Camping World Team Up on EV Network
The Lordstown Motors Corp. Endurance electric pickup truck was unveiled in June. (Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg News)
Lordstown Motors and Camping World will partner on a national electric-vehicle service and collision network for Lordstown Motors vehicles.
December 17, 2020EV Startup Canoo Fast-Tracks Launch of Commercial Delivery Van
Canoo unveils its first van model, appropriately called Canoo, at the AutoMobility LA auto show in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2019. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)
Electric vehicle startup Canoo Holdings Ltd. is talking up the commercial vehicle sales part of a business model that has attracted more attention for its planned consumer-subscription service.
December 17, 2020Volkswagen Loses Top EU Court Case in Diesel Scandal
Michael Sohn/Associated Press
The European Union’s top court ruled that Volkswagen breached the law by installing on its cars a so-called defeat device to cheat on emission tests and cannot argue it was merely protecting car engines.
December 17, 2020Tesla Beats Detroit Rivals by Almost Two Years on Brake Safety
Tesla logo on the wheel hub of a Tesla Model S electric vehicle. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Tesla is the lone U.S. automaker to meet a commitment to equip all its models with automatic emergency braking almost two years ahead of schedule.
December 17, 2020Airfreight Booking Site Cargo.one Receives $42 Million in Funding
Cargo being loaded onto an airplane. Air cargo costs have skyrocketed in the past year as the pandemic kept planes on the ground, limiting the space available in the holds of passenger jetliners. (pluem05/Getty Images)
Cargo .one, which operates an online system for airfreight booking, raised $42 million from investors after the COVID-19 crisis helped to drive new business.
December 17, 2020CEO of Arrival Aims to Make Electric Buses, Vans in Microfactories
Arrival CEO Denis Sverdlov by Simon Dawson/Bloomberg News
Russian-born entrepreneur Denis Sverdlov wants to revolutionize automaking, replacing Henry Ford’s century-old conveyor-belt assembly lines with tiny factories that cost far less.
December 16, 2020Batteries for Electric Cars Speed Toward Tipping Point
An electric vehicle charging station. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)
According to a survey conducted by BloombergNEF, electric vehicle makers soon will be producing models that are as affordable — and as profitable — as comparable combustion-engine models.
December 16, 2020NACFE Report Says Challenges Remain for Broad Fuel Cell Adoption
Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck (Daimler Truck AG)
Hydrogen fuel cell technology will likely roll out in heavy-duty trucks over the next five years, but hurdles remain before U.S. motor carriers will adopt them beyond small numbers of test vehicles, according to a new report.
December 16, 2020Drones Could Help Bridge the Economic, Social Divides for Vaccine Distribution
Drones could be used to get the COVID-19 vaccines to remote and impoverished areas off Florida's coast. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg News)
The challenge of ensuring equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine is one of global scale, and the city of Miami provides a backdrop for the social and economic divides that the medical community must overcome.
December 16, 2020Medium-Duty Sales Notch Year-Over-Year Increase in November
2022 Ford F-650 and F-750 trucks. (Ford Motor Co.)
Classes 4-7 U.S. retail sales in November surpassed 18,000 and jumped nearly 10% compared with a year earlier as only Class 7 failed to post a year-over-year gain, WardsAuto.com reported.
December 15, 2020