Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off first Semi truck deliveries

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off first Semi truck deliveries

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicks off deliveries of the company’s heavy-duty truck, the Semi, at the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada. Tesla Inc. You’re here CEO Elon Musk kicked off deliveries of the company’s first few production Semi trucks on Thursday, speaking on stage at the company’s factory in Sparks, Nevada, with Dan Priestly, the company’s … Read more

Elon Musk has criticized Apple for years. Apple has mostly ignored him

Elon Musk has criticized Apple for years. Apple has mostly ignored him

Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images You’re here and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is also the new owner and CEO of Twitterbashed Apple this week after claiming the company has threatened to remove the Twitter app from its App Store, accusing the company of hating “free speech.” The Twitter app is still … Read more

Tesla’s dominance of EVs is eroding as cheaper cars hit the market

Tesla's dominance of EVs is eroding as cheaper cars hit the market

You’re here is still the top-selling electric vehicle brand in the US, but its dominance is eroding as rivals offer a growing number of more affordable models, according to a report Tuesday by S&P Global Mobility. The data firm found that Tesla’s market share of new registered electric vehicles in the US stood at 65% … Read more

Rails, unions draw lines in sand as Biden asks Congress to stop strike

Rails, unions draw lines in sand as Biden asks Congress to stop strike

The National Railway Labor Conference and The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (BMWED) are drawing their lines in the sand after President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass legislation that would enforce the attempted rail labor agreement. In a statement, the BMWED said pressing Congress to … Read more

Rail shutdown: Congress prepares to act after Biden calls on Capitol Hill to ‘immediately’ pass legislation to avert strike

Rail shutdown: Congress prepares to act after Biden calls on Capitol Hill to 'immediately' pass legislation to avert strike

CNN — Democratic leaders say they could act as soon as this week after President Joe Biden on Monday called on Congress to pass legislation “immediately” to warn a rail shutdown by officially adopting a September tentative agreement approved by labor and management leaders. “I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt … Read more

With rail strike looming, tech companies reroute chips to trucking

With rail strike looming, tech companies reroute chips to trucking

A container delivery truck heads for one of the terminals at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Technology companies supplying critical semiconductor chips to the economy have started shifting cargo shipments from railroads to trucks with a national freight rail strike looming. The moves … Read more

Hyundai’s best years in the US face test from Biden Inflation Reduction Act

Hyundai's best years in the US face test from Biden Inflation Reduction Act

Drew Anger | Getty Images News | Getty Images SAVANNAH, Ga. — Hyundai Motor Group is having its best years ever in the US The South Korean automaker has successfully moved from bargain economy vehicles and dancing hamsters to competing against formidable automakers in the highly profitable American market. The company’s Hyundai, Kia and Genesis … Read more

If rail strike begins, every union will honor picket line, says BLET

If rail strike begins, every union will honor picket line, says BLET

Shipping containers sit at a railway facility waiting to be transferred. Scott Olson | Getty Images One of the largest rail labor unions, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), will honor the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS) strike date of December 5, the first date upon which a rail union to reject the … Read more

Largest railroad union rejects labor deal, raising risk of a crippling strike

Largest railroad union rejects labor deal, raising risk of a crippling strike

New York CNN Business — America faces a growing risk of a crippling national freight rail strike in two weeks after rank-and-file members of the nation’s largest rail union, which represents the industry’s conductors, rejected an attempted labor deal with freight railroads, the union announced Monday. The nation’s second-largest rail union, which represents engineers, ratified … Read more

SMART-TD votes down labor deal as rails move closer to national strike

SMART-TD votes down labor deal as rails move closer to national strike

An aerial view of shipping containers and freight railway trains at the BNSF Los Angeles Intermodal Facility rail yard in Los Angeles, California, September 15, 2022. Bing Guan | Reuters SMART-TD, one of the largest railroad labor unions, voted down the tentative agreement with rail management, raising the likelihood of a strike in December. The … Read more