NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Manufacturer Dana Inc. rolled out innovations to its mainstay lineup of truck axles and driveshafts, and it also unveiled Rhombus Tire Analytics, a cloud-based system for managing tire maintenance.

XPO Logistics posted its first full-year profit of the Brad Jacobs era, with net income of $63.1 million, or 53 cents a share, compared with a $245.9 million loss in 2015, or $2.65, the company said Feb. 21.

A coalition of at least 16 House Democrats, led by Oregon’s Peter DeFazio, said Feb. 16 it will file a “Blueprint for America’s New Trade Policy,” urging President Trump to fulfill his campaign promises and negotiate a thorough overhaul of the North American Free Trade Agreement or withdraw from the 1994 agreement.

California is proceeding with its Phase 2 greenhouse-gas emissions rule for trucks — designed to be “harmonized” with the similar fed-eral rule released last year — no matter the fate of the U.S. regulation.

WASHINGTON — Connected vehicles and platooning are two of the major technological developments coming soon to trucking, and manufacturers, fleets, regulators and academics are wrestling with the details now.

ArcBest Corp. remained profitable for both the fourth quarter and all of 2016 but at lower levels than the year before, the Fort Smith, Arkansas, carrier said Feb. 8.

Eight states, including California, and five environmental advocacy groups have asked a U.S. appellate court for permission to intervene in a civil case between the Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association and two federal agencies concerning the final Phase 2 greenhouse-gas rule — just one month after TTMA filed its petition for review.

UPS Inc. lost $239 million, or 27 cents a share, in the fourth quarter due to a one-time “mark to market” charge on pension assets worth $1.67 billion after taxes from what was an otherwise profitable period. For the last three months of 2015, the after-tax charge was $79 million.

Three of the world’s largest heavy-duty truck makers remained profitable in an anemic 2016, with fourth-quarter results revealing that European sales outpaced the North American market.

Daimler AG had a strongly profitable fourth quarter to top off a year of modest improvements, but the growth came from the sale of Mercedes-Benz cars and buses, while the global truck division reported double-digit contractions in operating profit and revenue for both the quarter and the year.