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Pennsylvania’s new $12.7 million environmental grant program to electrify freight truck fleets is generating interest from municipal and commercial truck fleet owners.

AutoNation Inc., one of the biggest car dealership chains in the U.S., expects prices for new and used cars to decline this year as manufacturers crank up volumes and offer more incentives to price-sensitive buyers.

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. has suspended production and halted shipments of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup after a battery caught fire during a pre-delivery quality check.

Tesla Inc. is recalling 362,758 vehicles due to a crash risk associated with its so-called Full Self-Driving Beta software, according to U.S. authorities.

Senior Republicans are proposing to overturn federal emissions standards targeting heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

TravelCenters of America is being acquired by BP Products North America in a $1.3 billion deal announced Feb. 16.

Projects that aim to accelerate adoption of electric and fuel cell-powered medium- and heavy-duty trucks along freight corridors in 23 states are earmarked to receive $7.4 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Pitt Ohio Transportation Group has made a minority investment in residential delivery provider Aria Logistics, the company announced Feb. 13.

Trucking efficiency improvements are underway at the Port of Baltimore as ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. prepares to soon double its e-commerce service there with larger container vessels.

WASHINGTON — Federal policymakers seeking to modernize freight industry vehicles should revisit efforts to repeal a long-standing excise tax on new trucks, the leader of American Trucking Associations told a Senate committee Feb. 15.