Aug 22, 2022
Tesla loses challenge to California agency suing for race bias

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A California administrative agency has declined to review Tesla Inc's claim that the state's civil rights watchdog suing the company for race bias at an assembly plant is rushing to sue businesses without conducting full investigations.…

Aug 12, 2022
U.S. tightens export controls on advanced chip, gas turbine engine tech

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday adopted new export controls on technologies that support the production of advanced semiconductors and gas turbine engines that it said are critical to its national security. The "emerging and foundational…

Aug 11, 2022
Two lawmakers ask U.S. regulator about Tesla crashes, safety probes

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. lawmakers who chair subcommittees overseeing auto safety asked the federal auto safety regulator for a briefing on its probes into crashes involving Tesla Inc electric vehicles using Autopilot and advanced driver assistance…

Aug 08, 2022
U.S. fuel retailers rail against green aviation fuel tax credit

By Laura Sanicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. fuel retailers are fighting the inclusion of a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Democrats' $430 billion spending bill, arguing SAF is more carbon intense and less efficient than renewable…

Aug 01, 2022
U.S. considers crackdown on memory chip makers in China

By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is considering limiting shipments of American chipmaking equipment to memory chip makers in China including Yangtze Memory Technologies Co Ltd (YMTC), according to four people familiar with the matter,…