Richard Truett

The interior sports most of the revisions, which include a new and larger floating curved glass touch screen, available active noise cancelation, new upholstery and an optional air purification system.

Facility upgrades and additional equipment will enable production of 3,000 Blue Arc EVs per year.

Tremec, which makes manual and dual-clutch transmissions, has developed a high-performance electric drive unit for sports cars.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra will smash another glass ceiling in July when she is inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame — the first female CEO of an automaker to earn the honor.

New EV drivers are discovering that not all public charging experiences are created equal. Prospective EV buyers are catching wind of network glitches and inconsistencies, and that’s giving them pause.

Robin Ford added two specialists to its call center. Their only job: Call new- and used-vehicle, service and commercial customers for feedback. The calls usually take place a day or two after the customer visit.

Volvo’s EX90 three-row electric crossover, due at the end of the year, is a good example of how automakers are building capability into vehicles that they might someday be able to monetize.

Shyft Group and several startups are using the NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis to debut new electric commercial trucks.

The FIRST Robotics competitions taking place now around the globe is a huge affair; in the United States, around 615,000 high school students work on robotic teams. The program, founded in the 1970s by inventor Dean Kamen, serves as an incubator for talent for just about every industry that needs engineers, software developers, fabricators, code writers and technicians.

<p>Two Minnesota high schools’ career and technical education programs will receive Northern’s NorthStar fuel-injected 740-cc kart engines. Richard Petty and motorcycle builder Billy Lane will act as mentors.</p>