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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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Is FBA worth it on Amazon if you’re a new small business?

Shawn Ryder

For small businesses, this can significantly simplify logistics and allow them to scale quickly without the need for extensive warehousing facilities. Your Business Goals: If your primary goal is rapid growth and you desire to streamline logistics, FBA can be an excellent solution.

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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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Motor Trader Commercial Industry Awards 2025 launched today

Motor Trader

Our aim is to recognise and reward the very best in the transport industry and create a networking evening with all the glamour and glitz of a Motor Trader event evening.” “Motor Trader has organised the Motor Trader Industry Awards for car dealers for over three decades.

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Renault And Volvo Joint Venture Unveils Three New Electric Delivery Vans

Carscoops

Designed to revolutionize urban logistics, all three vans are based on an electric skateboard platform and share an electronic architecture. Flexis will sell vehicles directly to fleets and logistics providers, but they’ll also supply them to Renault which will “distribute them under their own brands in their sales networks.”

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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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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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