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Program Airs: December 10, 2 p.m. ET Mike Precia, Rob Abbott, and David O’Neal discuss the key findings in Fleetworthy’s exclusive industry report based on a survey of more than 300 fleet operators and independent truckers.

Almost 600 of the Volvo Group AB unit’s battery-electric straight trucks and tractors are now operational in the U.S. and Canada, collectively driving more than 200,000 miles every week.

The president of Canadian electric bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric Co. resigned as the cash-poor company made a last-ditch attempt to stay afloat.

Europe’s bid to build a homegrown battery industry to break China’s dominance in electric vehicles is failing.

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing.

Ascend Elements said it will start to market lithium carbonate, a key component in EV batteries, that it has been able to recycle and refine at its Covington, Ga., facility.

The average price of lithium-ion battery packs has fallen the most in seven years,  a development likely to accelerate price parity between electric vehicles and gasoline-powered cars.

BARCELONA, Spain — Chinese electric battery company CATL and automaker Stellantis will build a major battery factory in northern Spain, the partners announced Dec. 10.

FreightVana believes the deal will boost its position in the power-only brokerage segment. Loadsmith provides power-only and standard freight brokerage.

The U.S. government is considering whether to provide a loan of up to $550 million to help developing a nickel and cobalt mine in Brazil’s Northeast.