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Toyota to Resume Japan Production After Supplier Cyberattack

Toyota Motor Corp. will resume work at all its Japanese factories March 2 after a one-day shutdown, limiting the fallout from a cyberattack on one if its key suppliers.

March 1, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous

Waymo, Cruise Set Pace in Electrifying Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles are mostly electric so far. That’s one of the main conclusions of BloombergNEF’s just-published annual report analyzing the state of AV testing programs in the U.S. and China.

March 1, 2022
BusinessTechnologyAutonomous

GM’s Cruise Names Interim CEO Vogt Full-Time Chief

Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle company that is majority-owned by General Motors Co., named founder Kyle Vogt its full-time chief executive officer.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentTop 100

Class 8 Truck Makers, Buyers Struggle to Get in Sync on Orders

No one asked for these challenges: not the truck buyers staring at a rising tide of freight demand, and not truck makers delivering as many new heavy-duty trucks as they can to customers, but still way too few.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Chevron to Buy Renewable Energy Group for $3.1 Billion

Chevron Corp. agreed to buy green diesel producer Renewable Energy Group Inc. for $3.1 billion in the biggest low-carbon deal of CEO Mike Wirth’s four-year tenure.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuel

Hyliion Receives Order for 50 Hypertruck ERX Powertrains

Hyliion Holdings Corp. announced private fleet GreenPath Logistics ordered 50 Hyliion Hypertruck ERX powertrains.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyLogisticsAutonomous

Embark Partners With Alterra on Transfer Points

Autonomous truck software developer Embark Trucks Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Alterra Property Group, a real estate investment company focused on industrial outdoor storage properties, to identify and launch transfer-point sites across the Sunbelt.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Blacklisted Chinese Chipmaker Seeks Vindication in US Trial

A Chinese chipmaker blacklisted by Washington as a technology thief more than three years ago is getting a chance to prove it was wrongly accused.

February 28, 2022
BusinessTechnologyEquipment

Toyota Idles All Japan Plants Due to Supplier System Outage

Toyota Motor Corp. will suspend output at all of its Japan factories on March 1 following disruptions to a supplier’s systems, marking another setback for the world’s top auto producer.

February 28, 2022
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyFuel

BP Exits Stake in Russian Oil, Gas Company Rosneft

BP is exiting its share in Rosneft, a state-controlled Russian oil and gas company, in reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

February 28, 2022