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Automotive News Daily Drive · August 30, 2022 | Toyota production shrinks again, the case for an AV and EV czar, and more

Toyota’s global output sinks for the fourth straight month. Nikola plans to raise up to $400 million with its stock sale. Tesla runs afoul of federal labor law. Plus, consultant and transportation strategist Selika Josiah Talbott makes her case for creating a federal AV and EV czar.

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