WASHINGTON — The day before traveling to Cleveland for his first presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden, President Donald Trump inspected the new Endurance electric pickup truck from Ohio’s Lordstown Motors outside the White House, claiming success for boosting the region’s economy after General Motors shuttered its plant that made the Chevrolet Cruze.
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Poll: Californians Not Sold on Treating Uber, Lyft Drivers as Independent Contractors
Uber, Lyft and other app-based companies are in danger of coming up short with voters on a ballot measure that would allow them to again classify their workers as independent contractors, a new statewide poll shows.
September 23, 2020Tesla’s Austin Site Plan Outlines Footprint for Huge Truck Factory
Bulldozers and other construction equipment have been at work for weeks at the location of Tesla’s future $1.1 billion electric vehicle factory in southeast Travis County, but a site plan filed by the company is providing the first public indication of the facility’s huge eventual footprint.
September 18, 2020Ohio Trucker Touts Trump’s Handling of Lordstown in RNC Video
CLEVELAND — Youngstown, Ohio, trucker Geno DiFabio received prime time billing at this week’s Republican National Convention, appearing in a video Aug. 25 with Vice President Mike Pence praising President Donald Trump’s handling of the Lordstown General Motors assembly plant closure.
August 26, 2020Amazon to Establish Tech Hubs in Six Cities, Including Detroit
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. said Aug. 18 it will put a tech hub in Detroit and five other U.S. cities. The move is expected to create 3,500 jobs in total.
August 18, 2020USPS Grapples With Financial Crisis as Mail Delays Continue
Earlier this month, local letter carriers were told to delay delivering mail in order to save money for the United States Postal Service, a direction that apparently came from top federal officials to mail carriers throughout the country.
July 29, 2020United Airlines Eyes Mammoth Bay Area Job Cuts
United Airlines has issued a formal notice to state officials that the air carrier intends to chop more than 6,000 jobs at San Francisco International Airport.
July 20, 2020Texas County Gives Thumbs Up to Tesla Factory Tax Break
The prospect of a Tesla Inc. factory in the Austin, Texas, area has moved a big step closer to reality, after Travis County commissioners on July 14 approved tax breaks the electric vehicle maker requested.
July 15, 2020Michigan Creates Office to Navigate Emerging Tech in Transportation
Michigan is creating a centralized team to handle future technology issues, with the new Office of Future Mobility and Electrification.
July 13, 2020Mexican President Lopez Obrador to Meet With Trump on USMCA
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will on July 8 hold talks with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump during a working visit aimed at marking the launch of the new North American trade agreement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
July 8, 2020