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Britain’s carmakers deliver best September since 2020 but action needed to protect EV exports

SMMT

It means September is a triple success for the sector, with it being the strongest month of growth in 2023, the best September since 2020, 1 and UK car making now reaching 659,901 units year to date – some 14.9% Notes to editors 1 September 2020 production: 114,732 2 UK-EU bilateral EV trade 2020: £7.3bn; UK-EU bilateral EV trade 2022: £15.3

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Cloud-based ERP and MES Solution Improves Production at Automotive Parts Supplier

Gary Mintchell

Specializing in roll forming, stamping, laser welding and more, Advanced Vehicle Assemblies, LLC creates efficient products and solutions for the automotive industry. AVA split from its former sister company in June 2020 and this transition kicked off an urgent search for a new ERP system. million parts annually.

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., STR is an AMR optimized for intralogistics work in BMW’s automotive factories. ” It also claimed that the Spartanburg plant as the first automotive plant in the world to use an exoskeleton for overhead work. and it has assembled more than 6.3

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UK automotive manufacturing carbon footprint falls to lowest ever level

SMMT

The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% SMMT’s latest annual Sustainability Report , now in its 23rd year, shows that automotive production and the supply chain emitted 81,095 fewer tonnes of CO 2 in 2021 compared with the previous year. less than their 2020 equivalents. Notes to editors.

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Automotive still Britain’s number one exporter of goods despite year of renewal

SMMT

The scale of the decline is, in part, exacerbated by comparison with a strong September 2023, which saw the best result for the month since 2020. UK car production output declined by -20.6% The decrease was largely expected as factories wind down production of current models and retool lines for all-new zero emission vehicles.

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Nuro to start licensing its autonomy platform to automotive OEMs

Robotics Business Review

today announced the expansion of its business model to include licensing its advanced AI-based autonomy platform, the Nuro Driver, to automotive OEMs and mobility providers. The Nuro Driver combines automotive-grade hardware with artificial intelligence software. In 2020, it became the first U.S. Source: Nuro Nuro Inc.

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Robot sales in North America dip 6% in Q1

Robotics Business Review

“It’s particularly encouraging to see that non-automotive customers are continuing to grow their adoption of robots, demonstrating the expanding reach and impact of automation across various industries.” Non-automotive customers ordered 4,096 robots in Q1 2024, which accounted for 48% of total orders.

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