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WASHINGTON — Some Democratic senators on Feb. 9 called for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices.

U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.

Ford Motor Co. this week began shipping its new all-electric E-Transit cargo van from its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri to customers across the U.S.

Ram’s electric pickup truck still is two years away, but the “Built to Serve” brand is giving the public a tease of a concept vehicle and an opportunity to share what they want from the EV.

Mack Trucks and Mack Financial Services launched an all-inclusive vehicle-as-a-service program to help simplify the purchase process and help customers better manage expenses associated with acquiring the Mack LR Electric, a battery-electric vehicle.

President Joe Biden and Tritium DCFC Ltd. CEO Jane Hunter will announce Feb. 8 that the Australian electric-vehicle charging company plans to build its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Tennessee.

The national average price for diesel continued its rampage in the new year, surging 10.5 cents to $3.951 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released Feb. 7.

The head of Navistar International Corp. is aiming to reclaim the market strength the company previously owned in the North American Class 8 market, and believes it has the plan and leadership to do it.

The U.S. Postal Service said it could buy more electric vehicles if more funding were available, after Biden administration criticism of the agency’s plan to replace its fleet mainly with gas-powered delivery trucks.

Electric trucks comprise a fraction of the commercial vehicle fleet in the U.S., but orders in the pipeline — including one from a prominent online seller — could make the numbers spike in coming years, a study said.