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City Auction Group develops new logistics facility

Motor Trader

City Auction Group will launch a new 28-acre site to house the Headquarters of its logistics business, PurpleRock, in September. This will expand capacity with an additional 5,000 vehicles across defleet, logistics and secure storage. PurpleRock provides vehicle defleet, logistics and repair solutions, across twelve locations. “I

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Mercedes Puts Humanoid Robots To Work At Berlin Production Site

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Apollo robots manage logistics, quality checks, and assist with repetitive tasks on the line. Read: BMW Travels To The Future By Trialing Humanoid Robots At US Plant Apollo robots are initially being used for internal logistics and have a focus on repetitive tasks.

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Ship.Cars Develops New Security Initiatives to Combat Fraud

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In addition, the company unveiled plans to develop a new fraud detection tool that leverages advanced algorithms to monitor user activity for suspicious behavior. As a technology development company, our platform provides reliability and intuitive features at a fair price. Department of Transportation Authority Monitoring.

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Omoda and Jaecoo strive to solve aftersales issues

Autocar

In what is said to be an industry first, the “strategic partnership” between the Chery-owned duo and Thatcham Research has been created to support the design and development of existing and future models in areas concerning safety, security and sustainable and economic repair.

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Logistics providers must consider new issues as volume of BEVs being shipped rises

Auto Remarketing

Auto logistics providers anticipate a large increase this year in the volume of battery-electric vehicles, or BEVs, they transport. Load factor aside, BEV weight also impacts the type of loading equipment and trailers used, Jerry Louisos, senior vice president at Preowned Auto Logistics, told Auto Remarketing. “It

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Renault reveals flexible electric van trio with 279 miles of range

Autocar

Step-in Van (left) has the footprint of a Kangoo but the height of a Trafic The three electric vans form a 350m model range investment in partnership with Volvo and France's CMA CGM Flexis a joint venture between Renault , Volvo Trucks and French logistics firm CMA CGM has revealed the trio of electric vans that it will bring to market next year.

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China’s Dongfeng Motors Deploys AI-Powered Humanoid Robot For Assembly Line

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Walker S will be able to perform complex inspection, assembly, and logistics tasks. A recent addition to this (somewhat alarming) trajectory is a humanoid robot developed in China. This robot is poised to tackle delicate tasks like inspection, assembly, and logistics at one of Dongfeng’s automotive assembly plants.

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