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The recent passage of legislation specific to EVs in the House is the latest effort from congressional Republicans pushing back on the Biden administration’s transportation agenda.

WASHINGTON — California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish flames after a crash, NTSB said Sept. 12.

Uber Technologies will be the sole supplier of driverless rides on Alphabet’s Waymo cars in Austin and Atlanta, a boost to the rideshare app’s ambitions in the autonomous vehicle arena.

The office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Sept. 13 formally approved tariff increases on billions of dollars in Chinese goods, paving the way for them to go into effect in two weeks.

The European Union should use emergency regulation to delay its 2025 emissions targets for automakers, according to a draft proposition from the industry lobby seen by Bloomberg.

Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend an additional $2.1 billion on its contract delivery program, including safety programs, training and additional pay for the contracting firms.

The transportation sector can better forecast freight trends when companies share information, according to stakeholders of an initiative aimed at facilitating that exchange.

General Motors is in discussions to buy EV batteries that would use technology from China’s CATL and be assembled at a new plant slated to be built in the U.S., Bloomberg reports.

A U.S. regulator has opened a preliminary investigation into some electric vehicles manufactured by Vietnam’s VinFast Auto Ltd. over a safety issue.

General Motors is joining forces with South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co. in a pact that may presage a deeper strategic relationship between the two major automakers to co-develop vehicles.