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Elon Musk flipped the script on those who doubted Tesla Inc. could return to profitability and meet aggressive timelines, delivering positive earnings few saw coming and declaring he’s ahead of schedule on a new plant and product.

Transit officials in San Diego are rolling out a new $12.5 million pilot program to test the region’s first electric buses.

TOKYO — The Tokyo Motor Show opens this week with plenty of futuristic technologies but absent one of the auto industry’s hugest influencers: Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn.

Renault SA will offer its electric Kangoo van with added hydrogen fuel cells before the end of the year and roll out the technology to another model in 2020.

Canadian National Railway joined the growing list of Class 1 railroads to report strong third-quarter financial results, and at the same time drive down costs by improving efficiency by adopting the principle of precision scheduling railroading.

WASHINGTON — A Federal Emergency Management Agency official addressing a House transportation panel Oct. 22 touted a disaster mitigation program established last year.

Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. is expected to turn a profit by the end of 2021, a year earlier than analysts had expected, company executives said.

A natural gas pipeline that has been held up by New York could help Gov. Andrew Cuomo meet his ambitious clean energy goals if he approves it, according to the developer behind the $1 billion project.

UPS Inc. and AmerisourceBergen, the Chesterbrook, Pa.-based drug distributor, are working together to use UPS’ new Flight Forward “drone airline” to ship drugs and supplies to hospitals through small, unmanned aircraft across the U.S.

Rio Tinto Group is starting pilot production of lithium in California and will consider an expansion to become the top domestic supplier in the U.S. as the world’s biggest miners look to boost their exposure to the electric car battery revolution.