A black mark on Jerry Dias' otherwise stellar career | Lot of eager buyers for 'threatened business' | Twin-turbos right move | EV shortcomings and the need for dealers | Path toward AV truck at scale

The abrupt resignation of Dias as president of Unifor amid an accusation of corruption and a reckoning with personal problems leaves a dark cloud of suspicion over a career that had moments of brilliance.

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