BMW
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Asia-Pacific
Record number of Mexican-made vehicles cross borders to be sold in North American, Asian markets
Mexican factories exported a record-breaking 1.74 million vehicles worldwide during the first six months of 2019. The majority of those vehicles – 1.37 million –…
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Business
Cross-border trucking volumes jump in Otay Mesa port of entry, fueled by auto manufacturing in Mexico
Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way…
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Logistics
Volkswagen partners with Amazon subsidiary to improve operational efficiency
Volkswagen partners with Amazon Web Services, to streamline data coming from its different manufacturing and logistics processes, and create actionable information to improve production flexibility…
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Container
Today’s Pickup: New electric option for Ford chassis; Colorado lowers driving age; cargo volumes thrive in Long Beach
The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the…
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News
BMW and Daimler partner in a €1 billion mobility joint-venture
Now Group, an autonomous mobility services company created by a partnership between BMW and Daimler, is expected to shape the future of urban mobility and…
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Container
Port of Charleston looks to containers on barges as congestion grips Lowcountry highways
Port’s growing base of automotive and other shippers needs better way to move freight as traffic woes mean Charleston is ‘not as quaint.‘
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News
Industry turns to exoskeletons to boost worker productivity
A growing number of factories, warehouses, and construction sites are integrating unpowered exoskeleton devices into their operations. Workers and companies using these devices are expected…
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Canada
Tech execs wade into China trade war
“You don’t want to start a trade war with China for the same reason you don’t fight a land war with Russia: They will ‘out-suffer’…
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News
Auto industry anticipates production losses ahead of Hurricane Florence
FreightWaves spoke to Bill Rinna, Director of Americas Vehicle Forecasts for LMC Automotive to learn more about the threat Hurricane Florence poses to the auto…
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