Transportation
Electric vehicle start-up Nikola has begun production of its first battery-electric semitruck
Nikola Motor’s Tre semi-truck. Nikola Motor Company Electric heavy-truck startup Nikola announced on Wednesday that it has begun production of the battery-powered version of its electric Tre semitruck at its factory in Coolidge, Arizona, beating rival Tesla’s electric semitruck to market. Nikola plans to begin deliveries of the trucks in the second quarter, executives said […]
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SpaceX raises prices for rocket launches and Starlink satellite internet as inflation hits raw materials
A Starlink logo of a satellite internet constellation being constructed by SpaceX is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SpaceX is raising prices across its products and services, including for rocket launches and Starlink satellite internet, citing “excessive levels of inflation.” The double-digit price […]
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Stellantis, LG Energy Solution to invest $4.1 billion in Canadian EV battery plant
Chris Feuell, CEO of Chrysler brand of Stellantis, introduces the all-electric Chrysler Airflow Concept vehicle during a Stellantis press event at CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 5, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Alex Wong | Getty Images DETROIT – Automaker Stellantis and LG Energy Solution will invest about $4.1 billion […]
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Black box found from Boeing passenger jet that crashed in China, state media says
Paramilitary police officers conduct a search at the site of a China Eastern Airlines plane crash in March 2022 in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China’s southern Guangxi region. AFP | Getty Images BEIJING — One of the two black boxes containing data from Monday’s China Eastern Airlines plane crash has been found, Chinese state […]
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Alaska Airlines is trying to ease staffing shortage by offering flight attendants double pay to pick up shifts
A Boeing 737-990operated by Alaska Airlines takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Alaska Airlines is offering flight attendants double pay to pick up extra trips this spring in hopes of avoiding staffing shortfalls ahead of an even bigger jump […]
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Londoners urged to avoid ‘unnecessary car journeys’ after mayor triggers high pollution alert
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a high pollution alert for the U.K. capital. Andrew Holt | Photolibrary | Getty Images LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a high pollution alert for the U.K. capital, telling those with lung and heart problems to “avoid physical exertion” for its duration. In […]
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Buttigieg says DOT will dole out $2.9 billion in infrastructure grants to states and cities
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to the news media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said the administration was ready to dole out $2.9 billion in grants for state and local bridge, road and other […]
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX sent thousands of Starlink satellite internet dishes to Ukraine, company’s president says
A shipment of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite antennas, also known as terminals, arriving in Ukraine. Fedorov Mykhailo on Twitter WASHINGTON – SpaceX has sent “thousands” of Starlink satellite internet kits to Ukraine, company President Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC on Tuesday. Elon Musk’s space company began sending Ukraine shipments of Starlink satellite kits — which come with […]
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Rocket builder Firefly aiming for second launch attempt in May, raises $75 million
The company’s inaugural Alpha rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sept. 2, 2021. Firefly Aerospace WASHINGTON – Firefly Aerospace aims to make its second attempt to reach orbit with its Alpha rocket in the coming weeks, having received government approval to resume launch operations after a controversial investor sold his stake. […]
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will hopefully launch first Starship orbital flight in May
Prototypes of SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster stand at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas. Michael Sheetz | CNBC Elon Musk on Monday gave an update on the timeline for SpaceX’s first orbital launch of the company’s next-generation Starship rocket. “We’ll have 39 flightworthy engines built by next month, then another month to […]
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