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DETROIT — General Motors Co. is halting production for two weeks at its Missouri midsize truck plant due to a global semiconductor supply constraint, the automaker said March 24.

Leaders in the Mobile, Ala., area have proposed plans for a new toll bridge project that will be exclusive to large trucks.

Many of the world’s biggest automakers are suspending operations at their factories in Asia, Europe and North America due to a persistent shortage of semiconductors that was exacerbated by a fire at a key chip-producing plant over the weekend.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. envisions a “transformative” remaking of its freight-rail business after an announced merger with Kansas City Southern Railway that will create the first U.S.-Mexico-Canada network.

Toyota, Isuzu and Hino are setting up a partnership in commercial vehicles to work together in electric, hydrogen, connected and autonomous driving technologies, the three Japanese automakers said March 24.

Frito-Lay has largely completed the transformation of a snack food facility in California to use zero-emission and near-zero-emission technologies for production and transportation.

A giant containership remains stuck in the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes that’s vital for the movement of everything from oil to consumer goods.

BorgWarner Inc.’s attempt to garner more respect from investors for its effort to shift to electrification fell flat, triggering an 8% slide in the auto-parts maker’s shares on the day it presented its strategic vision.

Self-driving truck developer TuSimple is moving forward with plans to become a publicly traded company.

The chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Jim Hagemann Snabe, said it is proving difficult to get enough women to apply for top management jobs at the world’s biggest container-shipping company.