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Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Frito-Lay Replaces All Diesel Vehicles at Facility With Cleaner Tech

Frito-Lay has largely completed the transformation of a snack food facility in California to use zero-emission and near-zero-emission technologies for production and transportation.

March 24, 2021
Business, Technology, Autonomous

Tesla, Apple Trigger Wall Street Dreams of $3 Trillion Valuation

A growing chorus of Wall Street professionals is predicting that electric and autonomous vehicles sales will propel Tesla Inc. and Apple Inc. to $3 trillion each in market value by 2030.

March 22, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

EV Maker Lordstown Dips on SEC Look at Short-Seller Claims

Electric-truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp. fell in extended trading after reporting it received an inquiry on its operations from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

March 18, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Lordstown Motors Sets Debut Report Without EV Pickups to Show Off

Lordstown Motors Corp.’s first-ever quarterly report is likely to be overshadowed by broader concerns about customer demand and progress on getting production going at the electric-vehicle startup.

March 17, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

BMW Ramps Up Move to Electric Cars

FRANKFURT, Germany — BMW intends to speed the rollout of new electric cars, vowing to bring battery-powered models to 50% of global sales by 2030, the German automaker said March 17.

March 17, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

VW Shares Soar on Plans to Beat Tesla

Volkswagen AG shares surged the most since a historic short squeeze a dozen years ago after back-to-back days of briefings on how it plans to supplant Tesla Inc. as the global electric vehicle leader.

March 16, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel

Foxconn Mulls Making EVs at Wisconsin Plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, is considering making electric vehicles at its highly anticipated Wisconsin plant that has been scaled back since its announcement in 2017, the company’s chairman said March 16.

March 16, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Electric Last Mile Gets 45,000 Van Orders Amid E-Commerce Boom

Electric Last Mile Inc., the plug-in delivery van startup that’s in the process of merging with blank check company Forum Merger III Corp., said it has 45,000 preorders and will start production at the former Hummer plant in Indiana in the third quarter.

March 16, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Automakers Embrace EVs, but What About Buyers?

DETROIT — The world’s major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. But do customers feel the same way?

March 15, 2021
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

GM-Backed Cruise Buys Self-Driving Startup Voyage

Cruise, the self-driving technology company that’s majority-owned by General Motors Co., said it acquired autonomous-vehicle startup Voyage, which operates a service in retirement communities.

March 15, 2021