Eric walks a
mile to school each day.
埃里克每天步行一英里去上学。
Tom aimed to swim a
mile.
汤姆的目标是游一英里。
To reinforce its global logistics network, Cainiao has expanded the number of its overseas distribution centers to 12, with a focus on last mile deliveries and smart lockers to optimize and localize its services in destination countries.
为了加强其全球物流网络，菜鸟已将其海外配送中心的数量扩大到12个，重点关注最后一英里配送和智能储物柜，以优化其在目的地国家的服务并将其本地化。
Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform in China, will serve JD Daojia and nearly 100,000 offline stores on the platform to fully handle the April 15 peak orders by relying on the big data platform and intelligent logistics system, providing a strong link between merchants and users in the last mile of delivery.
CITIC Group said passing the final acceptance of construction is a milestone for CITIC Tower, marking a successful completion of the project and bridging "the last mile" from development and construction to operation and maintenance management.
"It is important to solve the first mile difficulty and we need to step up efforts to alleviate the difficulty for accessing financing services.
The other end of the tunnel is in a neighborhood about a mile away in Hawthorne.
"For example, Carrefour's stores in key urban locations can serve as the "last mile" for Suning's deliveries, said Tian.
Cainiao Network, Alibaba's logistics arm, will work with Correos to provide efficient cross-border logistics services including warehousing, transportation and last mile delivery for AliExpress, Alibaba's online global retail marketplace, according to a strategic cooperation agreement signed between the three parties.
Huawei plays a key role in the "last mile" technology that delivers superfast broadband from the pavement to some 20 million homes across the UK.
However, the company, which was founded in 2011 and whose chief marketing officer is Mario Ho Yau-kwan, the youngest son of Macau's legendary "king of gambling" Stanley Ho Hung-sun, wants to go an extra mile.
"People often talk about the first mile and the last mile in e-commerce.
"While the company is well-known globally for its smartphones, in the UK, Huawei has played a key role in installing and maintaining the "last mile" technology that delivers superfast broadband to around 20 million homes across Britain.
Bike-sharing is a very effective way to improve the traffic efficiency of the first and last mile.
"After a year of rapid development, bike-sharing has become an important transport infrastructure and has solved the 'last mile' problem of getting people from public transportation stations to their homes and work places," said Wang.
The company said it will increase the number of its bikes to 750 from an initial 200 over the coming month in Hackney, hoping to provide a blueprint for ofo in the rest of the capital as it looks to address transport options for the "last mile" of travel.
"Ofo co-founder John Yang said, "We think mega cities like Moscow will find our service effective in solving the 'last mile' challenge, and we believe there is great potential across Russia for the service.
"The goal of a plan to have a better layout of distribution systems and logistic resources－including five customer distribution centers and five parcel units－is to make sure the "last mile" of the delivery is convenient and fast, she said.
"We are also willing to go the extra mile to educate potential customers and enable them to adopt our services," he added.
The 106-km railway that will link the cities of Mile and Mengzi, both located in Yunnan's Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, is expected to begin operations in 2022, according to China Railway Kunming Group.
As Li introduced, the city helps clear the bottleneck of the "last mile to the sea" – products such as auto parts and tropical fruits are transported by sea-rail inter-modal transportation, reaching consumers faster than before.
The services also include domestic inspections and professional consultations for gas usage, resolving the "last mile" challenge in safe LPG distribution.
"We will scale up measures to promote the smoother, more efficient and safer last-mile delivery," Liu said at the China Last Mile Conference held in Beijing on Wednesday.
She said she believes "the final mile in a marathon is usually the most challenging" and the two sides can "reach common ground and push through to the finish line.
IM Motors, a joint venture among China's SAIC Motor, Alibaba and Shanghai's Zhangjiang Group, launched the LS7 on Friday in Mile city in Southwest China's Yunnan province.
It is probably dozens of times you need to go the extra mile.
The new "million mile" battery at the center of Tesla's strategy was jointly developed with China's CATL and deploys technology developed by Tesla in collaboration with a team of academic battery experts recruited by Musk, three people familiar with the effort said.
But it is 450 pounds lighter, and its V-8 engine achieves 23 mile per gallon on the highway that rivals smaller SUVs.
Currently, the Swedish automaker is already testing its self-driving trucks nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) below the surface in an ore mine and other semi-confined areas such as harbors.
It is already testing a self-driving truck nearly a mile below the surface in an ore mine in Sweden.
London's Square Mile financial district, for example, gathers massive multinational banks.
"It's exciting that this year, the International Forum for China Financial Inclusion is focused on the 'last mile issue'.
In the past, people used to think that the "last mile issue" means it is difficult to find customers because they live in remote areas.
But the "last mile issue" is not simply caused by distance－it could also be triggered by other factors such as product issues, said Bei Duoguang, president of the Chinese Academy of Financial Inclusion at Renmin University of China.
However, fintech companies are facing problems with solving the "last mile issue" in rural areas, due to their parent companies' lack of solid logistics and e-commerce networks in mountainous and remote areas.
"An innovative approach should be taken to address the 'last mile' problem of financial resources flowing to small and micro businesses, and more progress should be made in making financing less difficult and less expensive for small and micro businesses," he said.