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The measures underscore the pressures on the German auto industry, which is reeling from sluggish demand in Europe, the cost of tariffs and rising competition from Chinese manufacturers.

“It’s last call at the bar, everyone is stepping up and ordering,” said Tyson Jominy of JD Power, which expects sales of about 16.1 million new vehicles this year.

The European Commission will propose early next week a long-term mechanism that will also reduce the bloc’s existing quotas for foreign steel by almost half.

The department’s plan, released Sept. 30, shows that highway and trucking agencies are among the least affected in a lapse of annual appropriations.

As the trucking industry moves toward the next generation of diesel engines, the introduction of new oils designed to further enhance fuel efficiency also is on the horizon.

Under the latest plan, air traffic controller hiring and field training would also continue — a key difference from the March plan, which would have paused those activities. 

The project, dubbed Ohio One, “remains an important part of our long-term plans to expand leading-edge manufacturing on U.S. soil,” Intel said in a statement.

The legislation, which builds on programs in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, specifically targets certain operations that have been determined to be linked to Chinese firms.

The elimination of a $7,500 consumer tax credit and softening of emissions rules by the Trump administration will sharply curtail EV demand in the U.S., Jim Farley said.

Going online is the latest move by CEO Gil West to further grow retail sales, which gets the company much better pricing than selling its rental vehicles at wholesale auctions.