Robo-deliveries are now reality in China

Neolix expects to deliver a thousand of the vehicles, which resemble tiny vans, within the first year as it broadens out.

Forget drones. The future of deliveries may be robo-vans.

A Chinese startup called Neolix kicked off mass production of its self-driving delivery vehicles Friday – saying it’s the first company globally to do so – and has lined up giants such as JD.Com Inc and Huawei Technologies Co as customers.