Publishers Seek to Join Lawsuit Against Google Over Alleged AI Copyright Infringement 
Toyota Industries Buyout Faces Resistance as Elliott Rejects Higher Offer 
TSMC Shares Hit Record High as AI Chip Demand Fuels Strong Q4 Earnings 
Jamie Dimon Signals Possible Five More Years as JPMorgan CEO Amid Ongoing Succession Speculation 
Google Seeks Delay on Data-Sharing Order as It Appeals Landmark Antitrust Ruling 
Chevron Set to Expand Venezuela Operations as U.S. Signals Shift on Oil Sanctions 
White House Pressures PJM to Act as Data Center Energy Demand Threatens Grid Reliability 
Boeing Reaches Tentative Labor Deal With SPEEA Workers After Spirit AeroSystems Acquisition 
Proposed Rio Tinto–Glencore Merger Faces China Regulatory Hurdles and Asset Sale Pressure 
BYD Shares Rise in Hong Kong on Reports of Battery Supply Talks With Ford 
China’s AI Models Narrow the Gap With the West, Says Google DeepMind CEO 
xAI Restricts Grok Image Editing After Sexualized AI Images Trigger Global Scrutiny 
U.S. Transportation Board Sends Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern Merger Back for Revision 
Micron to Buy Powerchip Fab for $1.8 Billion, Shares Surge Nearly 10% 
Rio Tinto and BHP Agree to Explore Major Iron Ore Collaboration in Pilbara 
Sanofi Gains China Approval for Myqorzo and Redemplo, Strengthening Rare Disease Portfolio 
Tesla Revives Dojo Supercomputer Project With AI5 Chip at the Core 
Major US utilities led by Tesla and Uber are launching a new group dubbed Zero-Emission Transportation Association to lobby for national policies to boost consumer electric vehicle incentives and encourage the retirement of gasoline-powered vehicles.
The new group also advocates for tougher emissions and performance standards that will enable full electrification by 2030.
The group is calling for “strong federal charging infrastructure investments” with a goal to reach 100 percent electric vehicle sales by 2030 in line with President-elect Joe Biden’s measures.
Biden promises new tax incentives for EVs, the installation of 550,000 charging stations, and more federal government investment in clean energy research to create over a million good jobs in the US.
According to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, the group will support Uber’s efforts to move 100 percent of rides to EVs in the US, Canada, and Europe by 2030 and go zero-emissions by 2040.
Automakers in the US sold 326,000 EVs in 2019, accounting for about 2 percent of total US auto sales, with Tesla selling nearly 60 percent of the total.
Other members of the group are ConEdison, Duke Energy, PG&E, EV charging companies Chargepoint and EVgo, fledging automakers like Lordstown Motors, Rivian, and Lucid Motors, and Albemarle Corp, the world's largest producer of lithium for EV batteries.
