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Electric freight vehicles for urban logistics – technical performance, economics feasibility and environmental impacts

Abstract

This paper summarises the lessons learned from using electric freight vehicles (EFVs) for urban freight transport in three dimensions. First we look at the technical and operational suitability of using EFVs, including energy efficiency, range and its seasonal variations, and charging and local grid capacity issues. Then we examine all the elements which affect the business case from a carrier’s perspective, including changes of business model by the size of the vehicle, changes in value network and the elements required to enable a transition towards a widerscale electrification. Finally, we present the environmental impacts from running EFVs at three levels, including direct impact analysis from the project demonstration activities, impact analysis at a wider uptake level by using traffic models and impact monetisation. Data used for this analysis is collected under the European FP7 project FREVUE, where around 80 electric-powered vehicles were deployed in the cities of Amsterdam, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Stockholm
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Category

Academic chapter

Language

English

Author(s)

  • Yanjie Yong
  • John Polak
  • Terje Kristian Tretvik
  • Isabelle Roche-Cerasi
  • Hans Quak
  • Nina Nesterova
  • Tariq van Rooijen

Affiliation

  • SINTEF Community / Mobility
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • United Kingdom

Year

2018

Publisher

TRA

Book

Proceedings of 7th Transport Research Arena TRA 2018, April 16-19, 2018, Vienna, Austria

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