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UK haulage industry urges PM to act on driver shortage – Just Auto

Britain’s haulage industry and leading trade bodies have written to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, urging him to implement immediate measures to address the HGV driver shortage. Business leaders are calling for urgent action to tackle the lack of HGV drivers, with more than 1,600 hauliers and companies writing to the Prime Minister. The letter urges the […]

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Geodis appoints Jürgen Adler as Automotive market head – Just Auto

Geodis has appointed Jürgen Adler as head of the Automotive market, one of the vertical sectors in which the logistics company is seeking to expand. Adler holds a degree in Transport and Logistics from the University of Bonn and has more than 25 years’ experience in the logistics and transport sector of the automotive industry.

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Rivian had a ‘small’ battery fire at its electric pickup truck factory

Rivian had a ‘small’ battery fire at its electric pickup truck factory in Normal, Illionois, according to the local fire department. After a few delays, Rivian finally started production of its R1T electric pickup truck last month. It is now trying to ramp up production, but according to its latest filing, the company is still

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Veoneer’s Mary Cummings to become NHTSA senior advisor – Just Auto

Veoneer says Mary Louise Cummings has submitted her resignation from the Veoneer board and from her role as a member of the audit committee of the board, effective 1 November, 2021, in connection with accepting her nomination by the Biden administration as senior advisor for Safety at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). “I

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Airports in Italy, France to build eVTOL air taxi veliports together

A group of airports in Italy and France are banding together to create electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) veliport infrastructure to speed the deployment of quicker, carbon-free air taxi transportation between their respective city centers and passenger terminals. Operators of airports in Rome, Venice, Bologna, and Nice announced the creation of the jointly owned Urban Blue

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