Bloomberg Ford Motor Co, playing catch-up to Tesla Inc in electric cars, is rolling out a battery-powered cargo van to lay claim to a new segment of the commercial fleet market that its gas-powered vehicles dominate. Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley unveiled an electric version of its Transit model, the ubiquitous airport shuttle, delivery and service van that is the …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc is about to team up with Cruise LLC, the self- driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co, to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles. Cruise’s robot-piloted cars will ferry orders to customers’ homes from a Walmart store in Scottsdale, Arizona, starting early next year, Tom Ward, the retailer’s senior vice president of customer product, …

Bloomberg Spotify Technology SA agreed to acquire Megaphone, which creates tools for podcast advertisers, in a deal that values the acquisition at $235 million. Founded by online news company Slate, Megaphone connects podcast publishers such as Vox and ESPN with networks of advertisers. Spotify will use Megaphone’s network and tools to offer advertising technology to thousands of podcasts. After building …