Oct 5, 2023 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles
Michigan will see about $3 billion in investment from LG Energy Solution after the South Korean company and Toyota announced a partnership to ramp up battery production for electric vehicles. Specifically, the company will invest in its LG Energy Solution Michigan...
Oct 5, 2023 | Detroit, Unions, US Economy
Ford Motor Company announced about 400 workers in Metro Detroit have been laid off as a result of the United Auto Workers strike. The automaker says 350 workers at the Livonia Transmission Plant and 50 workers at the Sterling Axle Plant have been instructed...
Oct 5, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Featured, Unions, US Economy
General Motors secured a new $6 billion line of credit as the automaker braces for additional strikes by the United Auto Workers union. “The facility that we announced today is a $6 billion line of credit that I think is prudent in light of some of the messages...
Oct 5, 2023 | China, Electric Vehicles, Europe, Featured
The European Union said Wednesday that it had “sufficient evidence” of illegal Chinese electric car subsidies as it officially launched an inquiry that has enraged Beijing. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised hackles in China when she...
Oct 5, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Testing, Trucks
Not long ago, cars topped with a futuristic apparatus could regularly be seen cruising along Pittsburgh’s streets, testing technology that allowed the vehicles to get around without a person steering the wheel. But such car sightings have become rare as the autonomous...
Sep 28, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Roads, Traffic
If you think your morning or evening commutes have gotten busier, you’re not alone. New Census Bureau survey data shows drivers across America are dealing with longer commute times, as commuting using cars is crawling back post-pandemic. The rate of people...
Sep 28, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, US Economy
Recently, a Washington Post story and a study from a research group issued warnings that charging an EV could cost more than filling a car with gasoline. Then CleanTechnica did their own study, concluding the opposite. Since EVs tend to cost...
Sep 28, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Trucks
California Gov. Gavin Newsome vetoed Assembly Bill 316, which would have banned driverless autonomous trucks over 10,000 pounds from California roads. He said the regulation was unnecessary and existing laws provide sufficient authority for oversight and regulatory...
Sep 28, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Disabilities
On the surface, autonomous vehicles would seem to be an intuitively disability-inclusive concept. After all, many individuals living with physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities are unable to drive and therefore benefit from the associated privilege and...
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