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Lion Electric President Nicolas Brunet Resigns

The president of Canadian electric bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric Co. resigned as the cash-poor company made a last-ditch attempt to stay afloat.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

China Benefits as Europe鈥檚 Big Battery Ambitions Are Failing

Europe鈥檚 bid to build a homegrown battery industry to break China鈥檚 dominance in electric vehicles is failing.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

Micron Gets $6.2 Billion Chips Award

The Biden administration has reached a final agreement to give Micron Corp. nearly $6.2 billion in subsidies from a program designed to boost American semiconductor manufacturing.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelTCA

Recycler to Be First US Supplier of Key EV Battery Component

Ascend Elements said it will start to market lithium carbonate, a key component in EV batteries, that it has been able to recycle and refine at its Covington, Ga., facility.

December 10, 2024
BusinessTechnology

Price of EV Battery Packs Falls Most Since 2017

The average price of lithium-ion battery packs has fallen the most in seven years,聽 a development likely to accelerate price parity between electric vehicles and gasoline-powered cars.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentBusiness

Trudeau Says Canada 鈥榃ill Respond鈥 if Trump Imposes Tariffs

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada 鈥渨ill respond鈥 if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on Canadian imports.

December 10, 2024
BusinessTechnology

Stellantis, CATL to Build EV Battery Factory in Spain

BARCELONA, Spain 鈥 Chinese electric battery company CATL and automaker Stellantis will build a major battery factory in northern Spain, the partners announced Dec. 10.

December 10, 2024
GovernmentFuel

Diesel Price Drops 8.2垄 in Year鈥檚 Largest Decline

The decline represents the largest weekly drop since Dec. 11, 2023, when prices fell 10.5 cents.聽At the national level, diesel remains 52.9 cents cheaper than the same week in 2023.

December 9, 2024
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentLogistics

FreightVana Buys Brokerage Operations of Loadsmith

FreightVana believes the deal will boost its position in the power-only brokerage segment.聽Loadsmith provides power-only and standard freight brokerage.

December 9, 2024
BusinessEquipment

Continental Launches Longhaul Drive Tire

Continental launched a new longhaul drive tire for the U.S. market.

December 9, 2024

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