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Global Auto Plants Idle as Chip Supplies Dry Up

Many of the world’s biggest automakers are suspending operations at their factories in Asia, Europe and North America due to a persistent shortage of semiconductors that was exacerbated by a fire at a key chip-producing plant over the weekend.

March 24, 2021
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Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern Merger Will Create 'Transformative' Network

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. envisions a “transformative” remaking of its freight-rail business after an announced merger with Kansas City Southern Railway that will create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada network.

March 24, 2021
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Japan’s Toyota, Isuzu, Hino Join in Truck Technology Tie Up

Toyota, Isuzu and Hino are setting up a partnership in commercial vehicles to work together in electric, hydrogen, connected and autonomous driving technologies, the three Japanese automakers said March 24.

March 24, 2021
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Frito-Lay Replaces All Diesel Vehicles at Facility With Cleaner Tech

Frito-Lay has largely completed the transformation of a snack food facility in California to use zero-emission and near-zero-emission technologies for production and transportation.

March 24, 2021
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Containership Blocking Suez Canal Remains Stuck

A giant containership remains stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes that’s vital for the movement of everything from oil to consumer goods.

March 24, 2021
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BorgWarner Shares Drop After Skepticism on New EV Vision

BorgWarner Inc.’s attempt to garner more respect from investors for its effort to shift to electrification fell flat, triggering an 8% slide in the auto-parts maker’s shares on the day it presented its strategic vision.

March 24, 2021
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Self-Driving Truck Developer TuSimple Files for IPO

Self-driving truck developer TuSimple is moving forward with plans to become a publicly traded company.

March 23, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Maersk Can’t Find Enough Women to Pursue Top Jobs

The chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Jim Hagemann Snabe, said it is proving difficult to get enough women to apply for top management jobs at the world’s biggest container-shipping company.

March 23, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Trucking Continues to Offer States Revenue Stability

One year since the COVID-19 pandemic caused vehicle travel and associated fuel tax revenue to plummet, recovery has been on a slow but positive trajectory.

March 23, 2021
BusinessLogistics

Amazon to Sell Deliveroo Stake of Up to $148 Million in IPO

Amazon .com Inc. could raise as much as $148 million (107 million pounds) by selling some of its stake in Deliveroo Holdings in the food-delivery startup’s London initial public offering.

March 23, 2021