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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sept. 15 dispatched two of his top aides to Detroit to help resolve the strike by unionized autoworkers.

August saw a return to a relatively steep depreciation in the price of used Class 8 trucks, according to J.D. Power's  Chris Visser, although some of the details are yet to fully materialize.

DETROIT — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers went on strike Sept. 15 after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

The first deliveries of Nikola’s hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered Class 8 truck are set to begin as early as late September, CEO Steve Girsky said Sept. 13.

WASHINGTON — Efforts by the Biden administration to limit pollution from tailpipes face a crucial test as legal challenges brought by GOP-led states head to a federal appeals court.

Electric cars are smashing all kinds of records in the U.S. Their share of new cars exceeded 7% for the first half of the year, speeding past a critical tipping point for mass adoption.

U.S. Class 8 retail sales in August stayed about the same from the year-ago period but increased from the prior month, Wards Intelligence reported.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Leaders from Volvo Trucks said they’re taking a customer-focused approach to achieving corporate goals for reduction of carbon emissions.

Proposed merger partners ElectraMeccanica and Tevva plan to launch a Class 8 hybrid electric and hydrogen-powered truck in the United States in 2027, ElectraMeccanica CEO Susan Docherty said.