NTSB Critical of Tesla, Apple in Probe of 2018 Crash
The 2018 fatal crash of a Tesla Inc. SUV, in which an Apple Inc. employee was playing a game on his company-issued phone and the car veered into a divider, highlights the “misuses of technology,” a U.S. investigator said Feb. 25.
February 25, 2020Automated and Electric Concerns at 2020 TMC
Transport Topics Features Editor Seth Clevenger recaps a three-part 2020 TMC work session on automated and electric vehicles, as well as platooning strategies.
February 24, 2020Tesla to Face Fresh Autopilot Scrutiny After Company Snubs NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board on Feb. 25 will convene its second hearing on a fatal crash involving Tesla Inc.’s automated driver-assist technology, even though the pioneering automaker hasn’t filed formal responses to recommendations stemming from the first one more than two years ago.
February 24, 2020Kenworth, Meritor Partner on Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks
Kenworth Truck Co., a unit of Paccar Inc., announced it will collaborate with Meritor Inc. on electric powertrain development for its T680E model Class 8 battery-electric vehicles.
February 20, 2020Outrider Gets $53 Million to Automate Truck Yards
Technology company Outrider closed out an early stage of financing with $53 million to automate truck yards, the company announced Feb. 19.
February 19, 2020GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Poised to Begin Electric Transformation
The last Chevrolet Impala will roll down the line next week at Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, making way for the plant’s next phase: electric vehicles.
February 19, 2020Electric Trucks Must Reap Financial and Environmental Benefits, Execs Say
FONTANA, Calif. — The financial case must be just as sound as the environmental argument if electric trucks are to succeed in the marketplace, stakeholders said.
February 19, 2020Tesla Offers $2B in Added Shares, Stock Goes Up Despite Dilution
Shares of Tesla rose about 1.5% in trading the morning of Feb. 13 after the electric vehicle and solar panel maker said it would sell over $2 billion worth of additional shares.
February 13, 2020Federal Policymakers to Draft Self-Driving Vehicles Bill
WASHINGTON — Policymakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are aiming to draft a bipartisan measure that would guarantee the deployment of lifesaving technologies in self-driving vehicles, the chairman of a key committee said Feb. 11.
February 11, 2020Battery-Electric Nikola Tre to Be Made at Iveco Plant in Germany
Nikola Corp. and joint venture partners Iveco and FPT Industrial announced they will manufacture the battery-electric Nikola Tre model at Iveco’s plant in Ulm, Germany, beginning in 2021, after the facility undergoes a $43.9 million upgrade.
February 7, 2020