Rivian Moves Engineers to Illinois Plant to Increase Production

Rivian plans to relocate its engineering core to its bases of operations in Illinois and California to expedite production; the European Union has agreed to let cars running on synthetic fuels slide on by in the bloc’s 2035 internal-combustion engine phase-out legislation; Tesla is back in court for racial harassment; Audi is restructuring its naming conventions to designate odd numbers for internal combustion ones and even numbers for EV-only models; Hertz’s CFO is leaving the rental car company; Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda died 71 years ago today.