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Conventional, Hybrid, or Electric Vehicles: Which Technology for an Urban Distribution Centre?
Joint Authors
Lebeau, Philippe
De Cauwer, Cedric
Van Mierlo, Joeri
Macharis, Cathy
Verbeke, Wouter
Coosemans, Thierry
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-07-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Freight transport has an important impact on urban welfare.
It is estimated to be responsible for 25% of CO2 emissions and up to 50% of particles matters generated by the transport sector in cities.
Facing that problem, the European Commission set the objective of reaching free CO2 city logistics by 2030 in major urban areas.
In order to achieve this goal, electric vehicles could be an important part of the solution.
However, this technology still faces a number of barriers, in particular high purchase costs and limited driving range.
This paper explores the possible integration of electric vehicles in urban logistics operations.
In order to answer this research question, the authors have developed a fleet size and mix vehicle routing problem with time windows for electric vehicles.
In particular, an energy consumption model is integrated in order to consider variable range of electric vehicles.
Based on generated instances, the authors analyse different sets of vehicles in terms of vehicle class (quadricycles, small vans, large vans, and trucks) and vehicle technology (petrol, hybrid, diesel, and electric vehicles).
Results show that a fleet with different technologies has the opportunity of reducing costs of the last mile.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lebeau, Philippe& De Cauwer, Cedric& Van Mierlo, Joeri& Macharis, Cathy& Verbeke, Wouter& Coosemans, Thierry. 2015. Conventional, Hybrid, or Electric Vehicles: Which Technology for an Urban Distribution Centre?. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078650
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lebeau, Philippe…[et al.]. Conventional, Hybrid, or Electric Vehicles: Which Technology for an Urban Distribution Centre?. The Scientific World Journal No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078650
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lebeau, Philippe& De Cauwer, Cedric& Van Mierlo, Joeri& Macharis, Cathy& Verbeke, Wouter& Coosemans, Thierry. Conventional, Hybrid, or Electric Vehicles: Which Technology for an Urban Distribution Centre?. The Scientific World Journal. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1078650
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1078650