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Borderlands: Mexico’s automotive production hits 9-year low
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Mexico’s automotive production hits 9-year low;…
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Electric Trucks
Starting over: Workhorse overhaul could lead to more than electric vans
Suspending electric van production, converting debt to equity and reducing cash burn are among the new CEO’s early moves at the troubled Workhorse Group.
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Electric Trucks
Paccar, Daimler, Volvo get bulk of $127M in SuperTruck 3 funding
The DOE SuperTruck program shifts to stretch goals for battery-electric and fuel cell trucks along with megawatt charging and green hydrogen.
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Business
Rivian files for what could be the 4th-largest IPO of the decade
Amazon-backed EV maker Rivian makes big news with a public stock offer and beating its rivals to market with the first-ever electric pickup, the R1T.
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Electric Trucks
GM siblings BrightDrop and Cruise Automation talking about driverless delivery
Cruise Automation and BrightDrop, two GM siblings, may find common ground in applying autonomy to electric van delivery.
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Electric Trucks
Electric pickup truck maker Lordstown Motors taps former Icahn executive as CEO
Daniel Ninivaggi takes over as the electric pickup truck startup beset with legal, financial and production challenges seeks to survive.
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Electric Trucks
Workhorse cries foul in screed against Postal Service award to Oshkosh
Workhorse’s unsealed complaint against the Postal Service claims Oshkosh got preferred treatment and skirted the rules in lobbying for the main truck contract.
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Top Lordstown Motors executives out as SPAC-backed startup teeters
Lordstown Motors Corp.’s top two executives are out following an internal investigation into allegations of phony preorders for electric pickup trucks.
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Lightning strike: Lordstown Motors might not survive the year
Once high-flying SPAC Lordstown Motors said Tuesday it may fail without more money to produce commercial electric pickup trucks.
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American Shipper
FreightWaves Flashback: Ford reduces in-transit damage by 70%
1991: In-transit damage used to be a major problem for Ford, but the automobile manufacturer has amped up its hauling standards.
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