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经济日报 · 公众号 · · 2022-01-27 18:01

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今日主播袁勇说：

1月26日，德国默克公司宣布，将在2025年前向其电子科技业务新增在华投资至少10亿元人民币。新增投资主要集中在长三角地区，将聚焦芯片制造领域，新建和扩建一系列电子材料本地化生产、研发和供应链设施。

默克有医药和高性能材料两大业务。过去10年，默克已在中国电子市场累计投资约10亿元。新投资也意味着默克在该领域的在华投资将翻倍。

默克电子科技业务首席执行官毕康明表示，中国的半导体产业和电子信息产业正处在黄金发展期。2021年，中国是默克电子科技业务全球最大的单一销售市场和最大的业绩增长贡献者。

目前，默克电子科技业务在中国大陆运营着三家制造工厂，两家位于上海，一家位于苏州，负责生产各类显示和半导体材料，以及电子特种气体和高纯化学品的运输和储存设备。

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疫情为电动汽车销售创造有利条件

The Pandemic Has Been Great for Electric Car Sales

咨询公司LMC Automotive近日发布的数据显示，全球纯电动汽车的销量从2020年的210万辆增加到2021年的450万辆。

Global sales of battery electric vehicles increased to 4.5 million last year from 2.1 million in 2020, according to data released recently by consulting firm LMC Automotive..

2021年，电动汽车占全球汽车销量的6.3%，比2019年增加了两倍。

Electric cars made up 6.3% of global vehicle sales in 2021, tripling their market share from 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.

数据还显示，乘用车总体销量仍然低迷，在疫情导致电脑芯片短缺，从而迫使许多汽车制造商暂时关闭工厂后，全球经销商售出的乘用车数量不到7200万辆。2019年，乘用车销量超过8000万辆。

Overall passenger vehicle sales remain depressed, with just under 72 million rolling off dealer lots worldwide after the pandemic caused a shortage of computer chips that forced many automakers to temporarily close plants. More than 80 million passenger vehicles were sold in 2019.

LMC Automotive全球动力总成总监Al Bedwell表示，芯片短缺“在某种程度上帮助”提振了电动汽车的销量。

Al Bedwell, director of global powertrain at LMC Automotive, said that the chip shortage "perversely sort of helped" boost electric vehicle sales.

“在欧洲和中国……通常是低排放的新一代电动汽车被优先考虑，因为它们才是我们所需要的。” Bedwell说，“我认为，这是该行业专注于这些领域的绝佳机会。”

"In Europe and in China...very often it was the low emission, new generation of electric vehicles that got prioritized, because they're the ones that were needed," Bedwell said, "It was a prime opportunity I think for the industry to focus on those."

Ocado推出更轻机器人来帮助零售公司

Ocado Unveils Lighter Robots to Help Grocery Giants

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英国零售科技公司Ocado本周三宣布推出新的仓库机器人，称它比之前的机器人更轻，更节能。

U.K. retail tech company Ocado on Wednesday announced a new warehouse robot which it says is lighter and more energy-efficient than its predecessor.

英国零售科技公司Ocado在本周三的技术展示上推出两款新型仓库机器人。

U.K. retail tech company Ocado announced two new warehouse robots as part of its tech showcase Wednesday.

一种是它的600系列机器人，Ocado称这款机器人比上一代更轻，更节能，一半以上的部件都是3D打印的。

The first is its 600 Series bot, which Ocado said is lighter and more energy-efficient than its predecessor, with over half of its parts 3D printed.

另一种是一套先进的机械臂，可以直接从公司仓库的网格中分拣出物品。

The second is a set of advanced robotic arms that pick items directly off the grid in the company’s warehouses.

Ocado表示，公司开发了人工智能技术，以提高手臂的精确度，使之接近人类采摘者的水平。

Ocado says it’s developed artificial intelligence technology to enhance the precision of the arms to something closer to that of human pickers.

尽管Ocado最出名的是它的线上超市，但该公司关注的重点领域是机器人和自动化工具，这些工具被部署在仓库中，用于提取、包装商品。

While Ocado is most well known for its online supermarket, a top focus for the company is robotics and automation tools that it deploys in warehouses to pick and pack items.

Ocado表示，公司将它们的技术出售给包括克罗格、英国莫里森和法国卡西诺在内的顶级零售商。

Ocado said that it sells its technology to top retailers including Kroger, Britain’s Morrisons and France’s Casino.

来源/经济日报·外企头条工作室

主播/袁勇

编辑/胡晨曦

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