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Uber-Like Package-Delivery Service Roadie Harnesses Holiday Travelers

Roadie, an Atlanta-based company which began service in central Ohio earlier this year, connects road-trippers with those who are looking for a way to ship a package, either across town or across the nation.

December 28, 2016

Uber for Trucking Firm in China Valued at $1 Billion

Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks known in China as Huochebang, raised about $115 million in a financing round that valued the startup at $1 billion.

December 22, 2016

Amazon Hails Uber to Make Deliveries in Boston

Don’t be surprised if the next time you get a package from Amazon that the item arrives in a car rather than in a white Amazon van or a big UPS truck.

December 21, 2016

Kenworth Makes Bendix Wingman Medium-Duty Option

The Bendix Wingman Advanced collision mitigation system now is available for order as an option for Kenworth Truck Co.'s T270 and T370 medium-duty trucks, the truck maker said.

December 21, 2016

Ohio Eyes Self-Driving Trucks, Cars Tests

An ambitious plan to build a 500-acre specialty testing site in East Liberty, Ohio, for driverless cars and commercial trucks could go a long way toward cementing Ohio’s status as a key location for developing and proving the technology that looks to be a lock for the future of the automotive industry.

December 19, 2016

California DMV Calls Uber's San Francisco Self-Driving Cars Illegal

Uber Technologies Inc. has reverted to one of its bad-boy habits: ignoring regulators. California Department of Motor Vehicles officials said Dec. 14 that the ride-hailing provider is breaking the law by rolling out self-driving cars in San Francisco without their approval.

December 15, 2016

Amazon Popcorn Airdrop Makes Drone Delivery History

Retail giant Amazon has made its first drone delivery to an actual customer, dropping off a Fire TV device and a bag of popcorn to a house in the English countryside 13 minutes after receiving an online order.

December 14, 2016

Bendix Expands Mexican Production of Valves, Manifolds

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has doubled its capability to manufacture high-performing solenoid valves and assembled manifolds at its Acuña, Mexico, site.

December 13, 2016

DOT Announces Proposed Rule for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Dec. 13 issued a proposed rule offering guidance for the development of vehicle-to-vehicle technologies that would provide advance warning of potentially life-threatening crashes for light vehicles.

December 13, 2016