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Hours before Tesla Inc. and Ford Motor Co. announced their surprise charging partnership, Ford’s chief executive officer offered his take as to why the U.S. has been so slow to adopt electric vehicles.

The North Texas area has become the new frontier for the development of self-driving trucks, with several companies setting up shop — and using local  highways for real-world testing.

With a lingering labor shortage affecting drivers for several years, fleets are finding that there’s a steady growth of job demand for operational support roles known as back-office jobs.

Daimler Truck will join merging companies Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. and Hino Motors as part of an ecological tech alliance forged between themselves and their top stakeholders. 

Foxconn hasn’t made good on its pledge to acquire enough Lordstown shares to build an 18.3% stake in the company, and now a dispute threatens to sink the electric vehicle startup.

Embark Technology is set to be acquired by fellow autonomous vehicle software company Applied Intuition, the companies announced May 25.

Connecticut will be home to building manufacturer FullStack Modular as its headquarters moves from New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard to Gateway Terminal at the Port of New Haven.

DETROIT — All of Ford Motor Co.’s current and future electric vehicles will have access to about 12,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the U.S. and Canada starting next spring.

ATLANTA — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced May 25 they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai’s new EV assembly plant in southeast Georgia.

Self-driving truck company TuSimple Holdings has disclosed more details about plans to reduce its workforce by 30% — including that it will eliminate 151 jobs in San Diego.