Lordstown Motors Inc., an electric-vehicle startup that recently went public, said it may not have the cash to get its debut pickup truck to market — and might not last as a company in the next 12 months if it can’t raise more capital.
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Lordstown Motors Reveals Cash Crisis
Walmart, Target Unveil Own Versions of Amazon Prime Day
Not to be outdone, Walmart and Target have announced they will hold big sales that will compete with Amazon Prime Day.
June 8, 2021Automakers Face a Threat to EV Sales: Slow Charging Times
DETROIT — If the auto industry is to succeed in its bet that electric vehicles will soon dominate the roads, it will need to overcome a big reason why many people are still avoiding them: fear of running out of juice between Point A and Point B.
June 8, 2021Tesla Heavy Trucking Exec Jerome Guillen Departs
Tesla Inc. has parted ways with Jerome Guillen, a 10-year veteran who most recently served as president of heavy trucking and was one of four top executives running the company, including Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.
June 7, 2021US Recovers Millions in Ransom From Colonial Pipeline Hackers
The U.S. recovered almost all the bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline Co. in May in a sign that law enforcement is capable of pursuing online criminals even when they operate outside the nation’s borders.
June 7, 2021J.B. Hunt Boosts Supply Chain Inclusivity With $1 Million Scholarship Fund
J.B. Hunt Transport Services and the University of Arkansas jointly endowed a $1 million scholarship fund June 2 to advance supply chain sustainability and inclusivity.
June 7, 2021Bosch Opens Chip Factory to Help Relieve Global Shortage
Robert Bosch GmbH opened a 1 billion euro ($1.2 billion) semiconductor chip factory that gradually should help alleviate supply constraints and herald broader efforts to make Europe less dependent on imports from Asia or the U.S.
June 7, 2021Drivers, Fleets Become More Comfortable With Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Advanced driver assistance systems initially encountered driver resistance, but over time have become a more widely accepted and even embraced trend as drivers realize their benefits.
June 7, 2021ChargePoint CEO Sees Electric Pickups Winning Over Americans
The largest vehicle charging network in the U.S. is counting on electric pickup trucks to finally win over American drivers for EVs.
June 4, 2021Detroit Adds New Features to Suite of Safety Systems
Detroit announced it added new features to its Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems for the Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star 49X models spec’d with a Detroit powertrain.
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