The Meyer & Meyer and DHL sub-projects pursued the objective to review the feasibility of operating their respective logistics processes using fully electric vehicles.
Meyer & Meyer:
- A commercial vehicle converted to electric power fulfilled the requirements of regular goods distribution motoring
- The use of electric power did not require any change in route planning
- The battery technology is susceptible to faults, expensive and curtailed vehicle availability during the test
- The battery charging infrastructure is not able to cope with the capacity or time-related needs of a large commercial vehicle in operational use
- A cost-efficient level of usage of the very expensive electric commercial vehicle can only be achieved through multi-shift operation, for which a replaceable battery system is required
Vehicles
- 3 Iveco daily electric, 3.5 t (DHL)* 2 MAN retrofi vehicles 11 t (Meyer & Meyer)
Infrastructure
Charging infrastructure suitable for vehicles in the operator depots
Funding Code
03KP514A-C