Brightdrop EV600 van Source: Brightdrop DETROIT – General Motors is folding its all-electric BrightDrop commercial vans into the Chevrolet brand in an attempt to increase sales, accessibility and recognition of the vehicles. The change is expected to expand the selling and service points from a handful of dealers to Chevrolet’s large network of North American … Read more
The new Ford F-150 and the all-new Ranger trucks are launched at a celebratory event at the Ford Dearborn Plant on April 11, 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Ford Motor is the latest company to walk back some of its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The automaker has taken … Read more
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA Boeing will return its Starliner capsule from the International Space Station without the NASA astronauts that it delivered to orbit in early June, the agency announced on Saturday. With Starliner coming back to … Read more
What’s undisputed is that, starting in the mid-1940s, powerful social forces transformed Los Angeles so that commuters had only two choices: drive or take a public bus. As a result, LA became so choked with traffic that it often took hours to cross the city. In 1990, the Los Angeles Times reported that people were … Read more
Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ chief operating officer is leaving at the end of the month, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. CEO Ed Bastian said in an employee memo that Chief … Read more
A banner advertises the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle at a Ford dealership on August 21, 2024 in Glendale, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images DETROIT – Ford Motor‘s profit engine for decades has been large trucks and SUVs in the U.S. So it might surprise investors that the automaker believes its new path to … Read more
Chinese tech company Baidu announced Monday it can sell some robotaxi rides without any human staff in the vehicles. Baidu BEIJING — Chinese tech company Baidu is reporting slower growth in its Apollo Go robotaxi rides than in prior quarters. Figures Baidu reported Thursday showed the number of robotaxi rides operated publicly grew by 26% … Read more
Locked out railway workers demonstrate outside of the CN Rail Brampton yard on August 22, 2024 in Brampton ON, Canada. Ian Willms | Getty Images Canada’s Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon announced at a press conference on Thursday that he had directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to review his request for binding arbitration and … Read more
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber Technologies and General Motors’ Cruise have agreed to a multi-year partnership, under which the embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to offer driverless rides to Uber users as soon as next year. The … Read more
Aerial view of a ship at sea. Suriyapong Thongsawang | Moment | Getty Images A Greek-flagged oil tanker was left abandoned, adrift and ablaze in the Red Sea following strikes off the Yemeni coast. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations agency on Wednesday reported that a fire had erupted aboard a tanker, which lost engine power … Read more
