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Trucks heading to Canada are stuck in heavy traffic after they were diverted to the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, after the Ambassador Bridge was closed due to Canadian anti-vaccine protests. (Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via AP)

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US urges Canada to end bridge blockade

by Rob Gillies Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressFebruary 10, 2022

FILE - Vince Patton, a new Tesla owner, demonstrates on Dec. 8, 2021, on a closed course in Portland, Ore., how he can play video games on the vehicle's console while driving. The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into a report that Tesla vehicles allow people to play video games on a center touch screen while they are driving. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

US probes potential of drivers playing video games in Teslas

by Tom Krisher Associated PressDecember 22, 2021

President Joe Biden smiles after driving a Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, during an event on clean cars and trucks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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US automakers pledge huge increase in electric vehicles

by Tom Krisher Associated Press, and Aamer Madhani Associated PressAugust 5, 2021

This image provided by Siemens shows a rendering of one of the new Amtrak trains to be built in the U.S. by Siemens Mobility. Amtrak announced plans Wednesday to spend $7.3 billion to replace 83 passenger trains, some of which are nearly a half-century old.

Amtrak to buy dozens of new high-speed trains

by Tom Krisher Associated PressJuly 7, 2021

Tesla crash with no driver probed

by Tom Krisher Associated PressApril 19, 2021

Business skittish about Trump, GOP

by Josh Boak The Associated Press, Brian Slodysko The Associated Press, and Tom Krisher The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2021

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, CEO of PSA Groupe Carlos Tavares arrives for the presentation of the company's 2019 full year results in Rueil-Malmaison, west of Paris. Fiat Chrysler Shareholders of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Group are meeting Monday, Jan. 4, 2021 to vote on a merger that will create the world's fourth-largest automaker. The new company called Stellantis will be run by PSA CEO Carlos Tavares, who is known for cutting vehicles or ventures that...

Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot shareholders approve merger

by Colleen Barry Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressJanuary 4, 2021

A Boeing 737 Max jet, piloted by Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson, prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle, Sept. 30.

FAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again

by David Koenig Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressNovember 18, 2020

Jeff Clark, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, speaks as Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, right, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, left, look on during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Automakers Daimler AG and subsidiary Mercedes-Benz USA have agreed to pay $1.5 billion to the U.S. government and California state regulators to resolve emissions...

Daimler AG to pay $1.5B to settle emissions probes

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Tom Krisher Associated PressSeptember 14, 2020

FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a Hertz car rental is closed during the coronavirus pandemic in Paramus, N.J. Hertz filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, May 22, 2020, unable to withstand the pandemic that has crippled global travel and with it, the heavily indebted 102-year-old car rental company's business. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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Debt and coronavirus push Hertz into bankruptcy protection

by Tom Krisher Associated PressMay 23, 2020