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Alibaba Says Fill ’er Up to Its First ‘Smart Gas Station’ - Caixin Global
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Alibaba Says Fill ’er Up to Its First ‘Smart Gas Station’
Although China’s state-owned oil giants have dominated the country’s gas station market, stations owned by private companies still accounted for 47% in 2015. Photo: IC
After experimenting with “smart” convenience stores, e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to extend its smarts to gas stations.
The company will build an unstaffed gas station in its home city of Hangzhou by the end of the month. A robotic arm will fuel the vehicles, several Chinese media reported.
The station will also have an unstaffed convenience store, a model that Alibaba showcased in July, which allows patrons to enter by scanning a QR code at the entrance, pick up their favorite items and automatically pay at the checkout gate.
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