Technology

AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla will build a vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi, and it will start making three new vehicles next year, CEO Elon Musk told fans at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory.

A fast-growing, resilient species of dandelion that could serve as a domestic source for natural rubber for tires is the focus of accelerated commercialization backed by the Department of Defense and involving tiremaker Goodyear, BioMADE and Farmed Materials.

Mack Trucks has introduced its range calculator for its Mack LR Electric refuse vehicles to help customers simulate real-world routes and build routes based on route-specific variables.

Tesla Inc. will start production next year of three products that have fallen well behind Elon Musk’s original schedule, including the Semi.

Truck repair software developer Fullbay announced April 7 that it has acquired digital marketing agency Dieselmatic Digital Inc.. which focuses on repair shops.

HOUSTON — Ports in the United States have a historic opportunity to upgrade aging infrastructure with billions of dollars in federal funding that will prepare facilities for years’ worth of expected growth in freight movement and ready them for a future where many are targeting eventual carbon-neutral operations.

The coronavirus vaccine rollout required rapid adjustment by cold chain companies that continues to influence technologies and operations more than a year later.

DETROIT — Toyota customers soon won’t be able to get U.S. federal tax credits for buying electric or hybrid vehicles.

The head of the U.S.’s second-busiest container seaport said he has seen no letup in import volumes, though there may be some slowing in coming months as high inflation and growing services spending threaten to temper consumer demand for goods.

U.S. Xpress Enterprises and the self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics Inc. are teaming to run an autonomous freight route, the companies announced April 7.