Designing Light Electric Vehicles for urban freight transport

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Designing Light Electric Vehicles for urban freight transport

Hogt, Roeland; Balm, S.H.; Warmerdam, J.M.

Publication date 2017

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Hogt, R., Balm, S. H., & Warmerdam, J. M. (2017). Designing Light Electric Vehicles for urban freight transport. Poster session presented at The 30th International Electric Vehicle

Symposium & Exhibition, Stuttgart, Germany.

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Designing Light Electric Vehicles for urban freight transport

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Roeland Hogt, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Susanne Balm, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Jos Warmerdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Summary LEFV-LOGIC (2016-2018): Light Electric Freight Vehicles for city Logistics

Trend: More light commercial vehicles (LCV) leads to increasing pressure on the liveability of cities.

Possible solution: Small electric freight vehicles and cargo bikes: take less space, can manoeuvre easily and are free from polluting emissions.

Research question: How can light electric freight vehicles be used cost-effectively for city logistics?

This paper:

The results:

Guidelines for the design of LEFV based on two standardized rolling containers (length 800 mm, width 640 mm, height 1600 mm) and for the charging infrastructure.

The customer and design requirements of LEFV, the design of a LEFV, the evaluation of its design, the guidelines for the design of LEFV and solutions for the energy-charging infrastructure.

Design guidelines:

1. With respect to the propulsion:

Reduce vehicle driving force (air drag and rolling resistance).

Choose the components for the regular user profile and take measures (ie. battery

replacement) to prevent for worst case scenarios.

2. With respect to the packaging:

Put the load on the lowest floor level close to the vehicle centre.

Maximise the vehicle track width within the allowed range (1500 mm vehicle width).

Explorative design Redesign sketch based on design

guidelines

Requirements for the energy and charging infrastructure:

In the figure below the load on the power network is given for a typical

distribution company in the Netherlands with most energy consumption during

daytime. Up to now most LEFV are charged when the vehicles return at the end

of the day, as you can see in the figure below. With smart charging the capacity

during the night can be used more efficiently and more vehicles can be charged.