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Uber Launches App-Based Freight Platform

After surging to prominence with its ride-hailing app for car passengers, Uber Technologies Inc. is targeting trucking as its next big venture.

May 18, 2017

Uber Ordered to Return Stolen Waymo Files

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo self-driving car unit, a federal judge ruled May 15, while stopping short of shutting down the ride-services company's autonomous car program.

May 16, 2017

Rice Lake Introduces Replacement Scale

Rice Lake Weighing Systems introduced the Survivor OTR-LP, a replacement scale designed to fit into non-Rice Lake truck scale foundations.

May 15, 2017

Three Wharton Dealmakers Bet Their Future on Trillion-Dollar Chinese Trucking Industry

In 2001, three Chinese men named Richard enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School before heading to high-flying careers as bankers and dealmakers. More than 15 years later, they’ve teamed up to stake their future on building an Uber-like service for China's convoluted trucking industry.

May 15, 2017

Uber Adds Trucking Brokerage Firm Amid Longhaul Push

SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. hired the team behind a Chicago transportation brokerage last fall as part of an effort to break into the longhaul trucking industry.

May 12, 2017

Rand McNally Introduces Navigation Device With Voice Assistance, In-Cab Entertainment

Rand McNally has introduced a dashboard device that combines truck navigation with an onboard SiriusXM radio, voice assistance and a built-in dash camera.

May 8, 2017

Uber Demotes Man at Center of Waymo Self-Driving Car Lawsuit

Anthony Levandowski, who is at the center of Alphabet Inc.’s trade secrets lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc., stepped down from his post overseeing self-driving car technology

May 1, 2017

China’s Uber for Trucking Said to Get $156 Million in Funding

Truck Alliance Inc., an Uber-type service for trucks in China known as Huochebang, is near an agreement to raise about $156 million, people familiar with the matter said.

May 1, 2017

Will Uber Replace Freight Brokers? ‘Absolutely Not,’ Tech Expert Insists

ORLANDO, Fla. — The emergence of Uber-style transactions in the freight industry will not replace brokers, experts in the segment said while acknowledging a surge in both the number of new motor carriers and mobile apps to locate freight.

April 24, 2017

Connected Vehicle Safety Mandate Hits Unexpected Pothole of Opposition

A once-popular idea to equip cars with technology to communicate with one another and avoid collisions is encountering unexpected potholes in Washington.

April 17, 2017