EVgo fast-charging stations in Los Angeles. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg) When Jeffrey Raun drives his Tesla Model 3 far from his Anchorage, Alaska, home he pays some of the highest public charging rates in the nation. Juicing the car’s battery from 10% to 90% full costs somewhere around $32 at the Three Bears grocery and sporting goods ...more
(Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg News) Bankrupt battery maker Northvolt AB will stop production at its last remaining factory in northern Sweden at the end of June if it fails to find a buyer before then, a person familiar with the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. The plant in Skelleftea has been running ...more
The moves in both states were welcomed by industry groups. (vitpho/Getty Images) Two states have halted implementation of laws modeled after California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule in the wake of stakeholder pushback and shifting regulatory and legislative winds. In the span of a few days, leaders in both Oregon and Vermont reversed plans to limit ...more
A containership passes under the International Gateway Bridge at the Port of Long Beach. (Tim Rue/Bloomberg) U.S. businesses are under mounting pressure to import goods while President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs are on pause, and they’re simultaneously navigating increasingly complex filing rules when their cargo crosses the border. Two de facto deadlines loom for companies ...more
At issue are cutting tailpipe emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and curbing smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks. (Matt Rourke/AP) WASHINGTON — The Senate voted on May 22 to block California’s first-in-the nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, acting to kill the nation’s most aggressive effort to transition toward electric vehicles ...more
At issue are cutting tailpipe emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and curbing smog-forming nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks. (Matt Rourke/AP) WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on May 21 voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back vehicle emission standards in California, including a rule phasing out the sale of new ...more
A welder on an assembly line at a Stoughton Trailers facility. (Stoughton Trailers) U.S. trailer orders came back down in April after a short-lived spike the previous month, ACT Research reported. Preliminary net data showed orders fell 32% to 9,400 units when compared to the same time last year. They also dropped 57% from March. ...more
Fleet owners with Rivian vehicles, including the Rivian Commercial Van, will now be able to monitor the performance of the rolling stock on the Samsara Platform. (Bloomberg News and Samsara) Telematics vendor Samsara is teaming up with electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian, the companies said May 20. Fleet owners with Rivian vehicles, including the Rivian Commercial ...more
“President Trump has publicly pledged to block this sale since January 2024,” McCall said. (Justin Merriman/Bloomberg) United Steelworkers President David McCall urged President Donald Trump to block Nippon Steel Corp.’s bid to purchase United States Steel Corp., reiterating his opposition to the controversial proposed merger. His comments come after the Committee on Foreign Investment in ...more
Tesla cars are loaded onto carriers at the company's plant in Fremont, Calif. Under the budget bill, electric vehicle owners would pay an annual fee of $250. (Ben Margot/Associated Press) A massive House-passed tax and budget measure promises to return a federal account central to transportation maintenance projects to solvency. Annual registration fees of $250 ...more
