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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the top speeds many vehicles are capable of are not necessary for city driving and ride-sharing.

A December court ruling allowed Rivian and Lucid to continue direct EV sales in the state.

 Ford Motor Co.'s top labor executive is retiring ahead of contract talks with the UAW later this year.

His successor will be Bryce Currie, who previously was chief manufacturing officer at supplier Johnson Controls.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling nearly 324,000 vehicles in the U.S. for a water intrusion risk that can cause the engine to stall, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

An engine stall while driving can increase the risk of a crash, NHTSA said.

Anti-EV legislation in Wyoming is modeled on California's efforts to end internal combustion sales by 2035.

The funding will strengthen the domestic supply chain by yielding batteries that last longer, charge faster, perform efficiently in freezing temperatures and have greater range retention, DOE said.

J.D. Power announced Tuesday its acquisition of ZappyRide, an electric vehicle data company that builds white-label software and tools for automakers, electric utilities and more green technology stakeholders, the company said in a release.

The company credits Bommarito's success in motivating and managing personnel as the reason General Motors in 1971 awarded him an Oldsmobile franchise in Ellisville, Mo. That Oldsmobile store marked the beginning of what would become a large dealership group.