Autos & Transportation

An Israeli cybersecurity firm is raising fresh concerns about hackers taking control of moving cars, remotely shutting down an engine with the help of a smartphone app, a Bluetooth connection and a car’s data transmitter.

General Motors Co. will build a development facility in San Francisco and eventually add 1,100 employees there to work on autonomous vehicles, a major expansion of GM’s Silicon Valley presence as it vies with other auto makers to lead the race for self-driving cars.

Ford hit another speed bump in a core part of its business, posting a 21% slide in auto sales in China where the company plans to ramp up production despite signs of cooling demand for passenger cars and trucks.

Iran’s upgrade of its airliner fleet has taken another step with a deal valued at up to $1 billion to buy planes from ATR, a joint venture of Airbus and Leonardo

United Airlines pledged to reimburse the 70 passengers on board a plane that a man was dragged off injured after refusing to give up his seat, part of continuing attempts to make amends for his rough treatment.

How rules for overbooked flights and demands fliers can make may change in the wake of United’s dragging a passenger off of a plane, writes Scott McCartney.

Delta Air Lines said unit revenue will return to the black this quarter, though last week’s rain storms will eat into the period’s profit. First-quarter net income fell to $603 million from a year ago.

United Airlines chief Oscar Munoz apologized Tuesday for an altercation in which police forcibly removed a passenger from a flight in Chicago, seeking belatedly to quell a world-wide furor.

As Julian Simon taught, an auction is the best solution to overbooking.

Both airlines faced weekend problems, but Delta frequently offers fliers gift vouchers to avoid involuntarily bumping them, writes Scott McCartney in ‘The Middle Seat.’

Footage of a passenger being dragged from a United Airlines flight sparked outrage and calls for boycotts of the company in the most recent example of consumer activism via technology.

High-school students converted a 1980s Mercedes-Benz into ‘Purple Reign,’ a tribute to the late performer, Prince, and swept the competition at the Houston Art Car Parade

Videos of United forcibly removing a man from a plane spread outrage and concern: A look at your rights and resources from ‘The Middle Seat’ columnist Scott McCartney.

United Continental’s flight-removal uproar isn’t the main concern investors face.

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras SA, Brazil’s third-largest airline by passengers, said it raised $571.2 million in an initial public offering Monday in Brazil and in the U.S., and the shares began trading Tuesday morning.