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WASHINGTON — Ratcheting up his criticism of the Biden administration, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Jan. 25 moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles.

The California Air Resources Board is making plans to modify its proposed Advanced Clean Fleets regulation to address possible electric charging infrastructure delays and unavailability of models of zero-emission trucks.

The pandemic-era surge in shipping costs was a “smoking gun” that foretold the global inflation spike, and the sharp drop in maritime-freight expenses since peaking last year will contribute to an easing in price pressures.

The national average price for diesel reversed its trend and climbed 8 cents to $4.604 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data for the week ending Jan. 23.

Additional funding is available for officials seeking to modernize operations at small shipyard facilities around the country, the U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced.

SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk returned to the stand for a third day on Jan. 24 in federal court in San Francisco to testify in a trial stemming from a class action lawsuit.

Faced with information technology challenges to its medical examiners' online registry, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced measures to ensure physicians will resume taking critical refresher training.

U.S. business activity contracted for a seventh month, though at a more moderate pace, while a measure of input prices firmed in a sign of lingering inflationary pressures.

The good news for EV automakers and charging network operators is that changes to an 18-year-old U.S. program that has driven adoption of ethanol and biodiesel is getting a makeover for the electric vehicle age.

U.S. gasoline prices are back on the agenda in Washington as both political parties go on the offensive.