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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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Cox Automotive wins 5 year contract with Lookers UK

Motor Trader

The fully integrated remarketing programme brings valuation, auction and logistics solutions together. Lookers will use Dealer Auctions closed network technology in parallel. This will be enhanced by Cox Automotives valuation, appraisal and consumer car and LCV buying solution, eVA, and its smart logistics marketplace, Movex.

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JLR parts crisis "mostly" resolved as supply improves

Autocar

The problems arose when JLR downsized its UK parts supply network from 18 warehouses to one ‘super-centre' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) boss Adrian Mardell says that the firm has begun to resolve the parts backlog caused by delays at its new logistics hub – but has cautioned that it will take time for dealers to be able to repair all the cars affected.

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Japan Wants To Build A 311-Mile Cargo Conveyor Belt Because It’s Running Out Of Delivery Drivers

Carscoops

Many logistics companies around the world have high hopes for fully driverless trucks that will be able to operate around the clock without needing to sleep or take toilet breaks. The belt would run in tunnels and above ground, and could deliver as much cargo as 25,000 truck drivers daily. But Japan has an alternate proposal.

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Jaguar F-Pace owners hit with electric power steering fault

Autocar

It was reported last October that as a result of supply issues caused when JLR reconfigured its UK parts supply network from 18 warehouses to one ‘super centre’, 10,000 of the manufacturer's cars were off the road awaiting replacement parts.

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Media post: This is How the Motor City of Detroit was Born

Best Selling Cars Blog

Transport curator at The Henry Ford Museum Matthew Anderson says that time and logistics were equally important in Detroit’s ascent. Situated midway between Kentucky’s coal deposits and Minnesota and Wisconsin’s iron ore reserves, Detroit was also home to a sizable railroad network and the Great Lakes transit network.

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Prodrive reveals radical £25,000 electric van for 2028

Autocar

Engineered by Prodrive and designed by Astheimer (responsible for 2022’s striking Aura sports car concept and the Volta Zero electric truck ), the Evolv has been conceived to cater to a growing demand from logistics firms and retailers for “versatile, zero-emission vehicles”.

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