Plus: Lucid launches three new models and a robotaxi as the EV company expands its midsize-vehicle platform. And Atlassian to cut about 10% of its workforce. Julie Chang hosts.
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Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, March 12.
I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.
The Trump administration is suing California to block its efforts to limit carbon emissions from cars
in position to zero emission vehicles.
In a lawsuit filed today, the Justice Department said the state's rules create an illegal electric vehicle mandate
and a patchwork of inconsistent regulation, violating the uniform national approach intended by Congress.
The DOJ alleges the rules violate the Energy Policy Conservation Act, which makes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
the sole regulator of US fuel economy.
A representative for Governor Gavin Newsom called the lawsuit meritless.
Lucid Group announced a new mid-size vehicle platform today, which will feature three models, including two SUVs called Cosmos and Earth,
plus an unnamed consumer model.
The platform will also include a new electric drive unit called Atlas, designed with identical front and rear housings and mounts,
to better scale manufacturing and reduced costs.
The EV company also introduced Lunar, a two-seat robotaxi concept based on its mid-size platform.
Lucid aims to make the mid-size segment more affordable, starting vehicles below $50,000.
It said cars will have smaller battery packs to keep costs down.
Lucid's mid-size platform is part of its goal to become profitable.
And Atlassian is cutting about 10% of its workforce, or about 1,600 people.
In a blog post yesterday, its CEO said Atlassian's approach is not to replace people with AI,
but to reshape its workforce's mix of skills to succeed as an AI first company.
He said the company will focus on retaining strong performers, graduates, and workers with transferable skills.
And added that the cuts will allow it to invest further in AI and enterprise sales, as well as accelerate profitability.
The software company expects to incur $225 to $236 million of charges in connection with the restructuring.
For a deeper dive into what's happening in tech, check out Friday's tech news briefing podcast.
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