Equipment

California is fast becoming a leading research, design and manufacturing center for electric vehicles, and Southern California has an outsized part in that development.

Van manufacturers are working to meet the demands of the growing e-commerce delivery business. They also see these vans as the perfect incubator for the transportation industry’s move toward electric-powered vehicles.

Local authorities have declared the fire at one of Tesla Inc.’s biggest utility-scale batteries in Australia under control after the blaze initially erupted July 30.

Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric truck startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Ford Motor Co., is in talks with the U.K. government on building its first manufacturing plant outside the U.S. near the English city of Bristol, Sky News reported.

WASHINGTON — After years of working with emerging technologies in the automotive sector, Paccar Inc.’s new chief technology officer sees a similar transformation unfolding in the commercial truck market.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced July 28 that it has directed $60 million toward projects meant to reduce emissions in trucks and cars.

Dana Inc. has signed a strategic agreement with Switch Mobility to help advance electrified commercial vehicles, the companies announced July 30.

FleetPride Inc. announced it acquired the assets of Auto Masters Fleet Services, which is based in Jacksonville, Fla., and which has a second location in Tampa.

The Ohio Department of Transportation has started reconstructing a stretch of Interstate 70 in an effort to improve travel for truckers and other motorists.

A group of transportation industry representatives has sent letters to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo asking that they hold off on adopting the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule.