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Trade Wars May Slow Battery Price Plunge

Battery prices are set to fall for a third straight year 鈥 though not nearly as much as in the past, due to rising trade tensions and metals prices, according to analysts at BloombergNEF.

January 15, 2025
BusinessEquipment

December Medium-Duty Sales Continued to Trend Below 2023

U.S. retail sales of medium-duty trucks declined year-over-year despite a sequential increase in December, according to data from Wards Intelligence.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessFuel

OPEC Sees Steady Oil Demand Growth in First Look at 2026

OPEC forecast another year of steady oil demand growth, driven by India and China, in its first detailed assessment of 2026.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuelAutonomous

McKinsey Looks Toward Tech-Driven Future for Trucking

LAS VEGAS 鈥 McKinsey & Co. shared its expectations of a more technological, integrated and cleaner truck market during CES 2025.

January 15, 2025
Government

Former FTA Chief Fernandez Honored at TRB Meeting

WASHINGTON 鈥 Nuria Fernandez, former chief at the Federal Transit Administration, was among the officials honored at the Transportation Research Board鈥檚 annual meeting.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

NHTSA Closes Safety Investigation of Cruise Robotaxis

NHTSA ended a federal investigation into Cruise robotaxis without taking action, weeks after General Motors Co. decided to shutter the struggling business.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Retailers Helped Fuel an EV Charging Station Blitz

U.S. electric vehicles got a record 766 new high-speed charging stations to plug into in the fourth quarter, with the uptick being driven by retailers.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Energy Nominee Wright Vows to 鈥楿nleash鈥 Expansion

Chris Wright, Donald Trump鈥檚 choice for Energy secretary, said the U.S. must remove bureaucratic barriers and 鈥渦nleash鈥 production of nuclear power as well as liquefied natural gas.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

CHIPS Act Will Ramp Up Production, but Report Cites Costs

WASHINGTON 鈥 The 2022 CHIPS and Science Act will 鈥渟harply increase production鈥欌 of semiconductors in the United States. But it will do so at a high cost, concludes a report.

January 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

CARB Pulls Back EPA Requests on Large Truck Emissions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. 鈥 California鈥檚 efforts to limit pollution from diesel-powered trains and trucks were stalled in anticipation of pushback from the incoming Trump administration.

January 15, 2025