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Lucid Sinks After Cutting Production Goal on Commodity Woes

Lucid Group Inc. slumped after lowering its production target for this year to between 12,000 and 14,000 cars, down from a previous goal of 20,000, citing “extraordinary” challenges with logistics and its supply chain.

March 1, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyLogistics

Biden Takes on Ocean Shipping as FMC Sees Market Setting Rates

President Joe Biden is taking on the concentrated market power of ocean shipping companies, although officials at the agency overseeing the industry indicated they lack both the jurisdiction and, for now, any evidence of wrongdoing.

March 1, 2022
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Toyota to Resume Japan Production After Supplier Cyberattack

Toyota Motor Corp. will resume work at all its Japanese factories March 2 after a one-day shutdown, limiting the fallout from a cyberattack on one if its key suppliers.

March 1, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Waymo, Cruise Set Pace in Electrifying Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are mostly electric so far. That’s one of the main conclusions of BloombergNEF’s just-published annual report analyzing the state of AV testing programs in the U.S. and China.

March 1, 2022
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Shell to Pull Out of Energy Investments in Russia

LONDON — Global oil and gas giant Shell said Feb. 28 that it is pulling out of Russia as President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues to cost the country’s all-important energy industry foreign investment and expertise.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

GM’s Cruise Names Interim CEO Vogt Full-Time Chief

Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle company that is majority-owned by General Motors Co., named founder Kyle Vogt its full-time chief executive officer.

February 28, 2022
GovernmentBusinessSafety

DOT Proposes Adding Oral Fluid Specimen for Driver Drug Testing

The Department of Transportation is proposing to add new drug testing guidelines that would permit motor carriers to test truck drivers using oral fluid samples as an alternative to urine testing.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentTop 100

Class 8 Truck Makers, Buyers Struggle to Get in Sync on Orders

No one asked for these challenges: not the truck buyers staring at a rising tide of freight demand, and not truck makers delivering as many new heavy-duty trucks as they can to customers, but still way too few.

February 28, 2022
Business

Dayton Freight Lines to Acquire Cartage Division From Valley Cos.

Dayton Freight Lines announced Feb. 28 that it plans to acquire the Cartage division from Valley Cos., a transportation and logistics company.

February 28, 2022
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Chevron to Buy Renewable Energy Group for $3.1 Billion

Chevron Corp. agreed to buy green diesel producer Renewable Energy Group Inc. for $3.1 billion in the biggest low-carbon deal of CEO Mike Wirth’s four-year tenure.

February 28, 2022