BMW opens $100M logistics center and unveils fleet of AI-operated trucks

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

BMW Manufacturing’s $100 million dollar logistics center is officially open. A whopping one million square feet make up the new logistics center called LCX, built by Becknell Industrial and divided to separate the new container Freight Station and BMW’s Foreign Trade Zone. This consolidates two warehouses under one roof and is expected to increase productivity and efficiency.

With this launch is the introduction of BMW’s new driverless hostler trucks. These trucks have “smart” sock doors that will communicate with the facility when docking.

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