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Climate Matters

UK boosts climate effort by banning new gas vehicles by 2035

NewsPlexus Media

Feb 6, 2020

Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035 — five years earlier than its previous target — in a bid to speed up efforts to tackle climate change. The announcement was timed to coincide with the launch of Britain's plans for the United Nations' climate summit, known as COP26, which is scheduled to be held in Glasgow in November.

The Main Street Journal

Tesla stock is soaring. Madness or visionary investing?

NewsPlexus Media

Feb 6, 2020

Eight months after it seemed headed for the corporate junkyard, Tesla is now worth more than General Motors, Ford and Fiat Chrysler combined, even though the Big Three together sell more cars and trucks in two weeks than Tesla does in a whole year. In a reversal of fortune analysts find amazing if not nutty, the stock of the electric vehicle and solar panel maker has rocketed to nearly $900, up over 30% in just the past two days.

The Main Street Journal

GM electric car push could mean fewer and lower paying jobs

NewsPlexus Media

Sep 22, 2019

If U.S. consumers ever ditch fuel burners for electric vehicles, then the United Auto Workers union is in trouble. Gone would be thousands of jobs at engine and transmission plants across the industrial Midwest, replaced by smaller workforces at squeaky-clean mostly automated factories that mix up chemicals to make batteries.

The Main Street Journal

Carmakers to add alerts to prevent child heatstroke deaths

NewsPlexus Media

Sep 5, 2019

By the 2025 model year, nearly all new vehicles sold in the U.S. will come with electronic alerts to remind people to not leave children behind in the back seats. Twenty automakers representing 98% of new vehicles sold have agreed to install reminders in an effort to stop heatstroke deaths. So far this year 39 children have died in the U.S. after being left alone in cars during hot weather. The advocacy group Kids and Cars says a record 54 children were killed last year.

In Other News

Lee Iacocca, engineer of Chrysler's turnaround, dies at 94

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Jul 4, 2019

Lee Iacocca, the auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford's lineup in the 1960s and became a corporate folk hero when he resurrected Chrysler 20 years later, has died in Bel Air, California. He was 94.

The Main Street Journal

Legal pot makes it harder to recruit truck drivers, industry leader says

NewsPlexus Media

Jun 14, 2019

As the trucking industry struggles with a driver shortage, the president of a major lobby placed part of the blame on wider acceptance by states of marijuana use. American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear told lawmakers at a Wednesday hearing that legalization of recreational marijuana by states is making it harder for the industry to find drug-free drivers. Still, low pay and poor working conditions are also hurdles to industry recruitment, according to a union leader.

New York State Government

NY moves toward requiring backseat seat belts for all adults

NewsPlexus Media

May 18, 2019

New York is poised to become the 20th state to require backseat passengers of all ages wear to seat belts or risk incurring a fine.

New York State Government

Report: Surge in electric car sales could become $5B in state benefits by 2030

NewsPlexus Media

Apr 29, 2019

New Yorkers are buying electric vehicles at a record pace — and a new NYSERDA report suggests building on that increase could provide as much as $5.1 billion in net “societal benefits” by 2030.

Science and Technology News

Tesla CEO plans to hand the car keys to robots next year

NewsPlexus Media

Apr 23, 2019

Tesla CEO Elon Musk expects to start converting the company's electric cars into fully self-driving vehicles next year as part of an audacious plan to create a network of robotic taxis to compete against Uber and other ride-hailing services.