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Workhorse Passed Over as Oshkosh Wins USPS EV Contract

Electric-vehicle maker Workhorse Group Inc. plunged on Feb. 23, triggering multiple trading halts, after a key U.S. Postal Service contract that some had expected it to win went to rival Oshkosh Corp. instead.

February 24, 2021

Nikola Two Truck Will Run 900 Miles on Tank of Hydrogen, Company Says

Nikola Corp. announced updates on its zero-emission hydrogen fuel-cell electric commercial truck program as the company vied for attention beside other truck makers in an increasingly crowded space it helped create in 2016 with its introductory announcement.

February 23, 2021

Xos to Go Public and Expand Battery-Electric Vehicle Production

Xos Inc., a 5-year-old truck maker focused on delivering battery-electric commercial vehicles in Classes 5-8, announced a definitive agreement to go public through a business combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company based in Boca Raton, Fla.

February 22, 2021

Lucid Motors Reportedly Near Deal to Go Public

Lucid Motors Inc. is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with a blank-check company started by investment banker Michael Klein that could be announced early this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

February 22, 2021

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Chooses AWS as Cloud Provider

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø announced it selected Amazon Web Services Inc. as its preferred cloud provider to handle the scale and speed needed for data transfer, storage and compute capacity as the company prepares to deploy its fleet of next-generation self-driving test trucks in New Mexico and Virginia.

February 19, 2021

How Consolidation Is Reshaping Trucking’s Technology Sector

Consolidation has dramat­ically reshaped trucking’s technology market over the past decade, with dozens of software and telematics companies joining forces to create larger organizations with expanded capabilities and broader reach.

February 19, 2021

Apple in Discussions With Suppliers for Lidar

Apple Inc. is in discussions with multiple suppliers of self-driving car sensors known as lidar, according to people familiar with the matter, a key milestone toward development of its first passenger vehicle.

February 19, 2021

Lidar Startup AEye Goes Public in $2 Billion SPAC Deal

AEye Inc., a startup that makes lidar systems for self-driving vehicles, is going public by merging with blank-check company CF Finance Acquisition Corp. III in a deal valued at $2 billion.

February 17, 2021

Electric Aircraft Demand Seen Growing for Deliveries

Electric aircraft such as drones could account for 30% of same-day package deliveries by 2040 as network scale dramatically brings down costs, according to L.E.K. Consulting.

February 16, 2021