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DPD and Cleveron Mobility claim to be the first to deliver a package via autonomous delivery in Europe

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DPD Eesti and Cleveron Mobility have claimed to be the first to deliver a customer a package via an autonomous delivery vehicle in Europe.
The delivery was performed in Tallinn,…

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