WASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued final national pollution standards that promise to accelerate the adoption of cleaner vehicle technologies.
Two recipients of the Assembly Plant of the Year award (Ford and Kenworth) are using state-of-the-art tools and technology to produce electric vehicles.
WASHINGTON—Daimler Truck North America, Navistar Inc. and Volvo Group North America have formed a coalition called Powering America’s Commercial Transportation.
BYHALIA, MS—Accelera by Cummins, a joint-venture between Cummins Inc., Daimler Truck North America and Paccar Inc., plans to build a battery factory here.
SELMER, TN—GE Appliances is using an autonomous truck to deliver air conditioners and refrigerators from its assembly plant here to a nearby warehouse.
JOLIET, IL—Lion Electric Co. recently celebrated the official opening of a 900,000-square-foot facility here that will assemble battery-powered school buses and trucks.
ANTSY, England—The London Electric Vehicle Co. has unveiled a new modular platform for commercial applications, such as battery-powered delivery trucks.
