Abstract
E-Mobility is a hot topic, in the public policy area as well as in business and scientific communities. Literature on electric freight transport is still relatively scarce. Urban freight transport is considered as one of the most promising fields of application of vehicle electrification, and there are on-going demonstration projects. This paper will discuss case study examples of electric freight vehicle initiatives in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK and identify enablers and barriers for common trends.
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colognE-mobil; DHL Germany; Meyer&Meyer Germany; United Parcel Service Germany.
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colognE-mobil.
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Effenberger Bakery.
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Joeys Pizza service and City Express Hamburg, Tesco and Sainsbury’s London.
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Cargohopper, the Netherlands.
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DHL recorded an increased energy demand in winter of 30–60 %.
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UPS Germany (conversion of 15 year old UPS truck); DHL (Iveco E-daily); Hermes (Mercedes Vito E-cell); Joeys Pizzy (eScooters);Nappy every after (Bradshaw EV).
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UPS: Modec, In the Netherlands it was felt that the vehicles were sensitive to failures, in particular converted vehicles.
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The costs for service and maintenance are 20–30 % lower than for conventional vehicles, (DHL Germany). Lower maintenance costs were also reported in the UK (Enterprise Mouchel, Sainsbury’s, UPS).
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The TCO includes costs of investment for EV and charging infrastructure, costs for energy and other costs as vehicle tax, insurance, service and maintenance, repairs and environmental charges.
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DPD (Nuremberg, Germany), Cargohopper (Utrecht, the Netherlands), Stadsleveransen (Gothenburgh).
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Gnewt Cargo Ltd, Sainsbury’s, Brewers, Speedy Hire Melrose and Morgan.
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Effenberger bakery, City Express Logistik, Meyer and Meyer, Joeys Pizza delivery.
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Techniche Unie.
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DHL, UPS.
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TRE-FOR A/S and the Danish Energy Agency.
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Melrose and Morgan, Gnewt Cargo ltd.
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In Sweden, the market for urban freight transport does not express a need for ITC solutions.
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Delta Stadsdistributie (Netherlands).
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DHL and City Express Logistik (Germany).
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DHL, UPS, Meyer&Meyer, City Express Logistik (Germany).
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“My job did become more communicative. I talk to customers and pedestrians during the day a lot, their feedback is overwhelmingly positive. At the end of the day I feel affirmed instead of stressed: usually an express driver does receive mostly negative reactions during the day, for example because of a slow delivery, due to the traffic congestion, or when parking in the second row and hindering the traffic” (City Express Logistik).
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City Express Logistik (Germany), Nappy ever after (UK).
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DHL.
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Sainsbury’s.
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This manuscript is based on the findings of the Workpackage 7.3 of the EU INTERREG IVB project “E-Mobility NSR”. The full project report is available under http://e-mobility-nsr.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/downloads/info-pool/E-Mobility_-_Final_report_7.3.pdf.
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Taefi, T.T. et al. (2016). Comparative Analysis of European Examples of Freight Electric Vehicles Schemes—A Systematic Case Study Approach with Examples from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. In: Kotzab, H., Pannek, J., Thoben, KD. (eds) Dynamics in Logistics. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23512-7_48
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