Mobile Multi-functional Urban Logistics-Platforms with Electric Drive Train

Arno Eichberger; Susanne Wrighton; Harald Kraus; Martin Hofstetter; Martin Ackerl; Ricardo Tiefengruber; Georg Peneder; Michael Schadler; Norbert Hafner; Günter Kronawetter; Angelika Rauch; Rudolf Hubauer

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3540391

Mobile Multi-functional Urban Logistics-Platforms with Electric Drive Train

Arno Eichberger, Susanne Wrighton, Harald Kraus, Martin Hofstetter, Martin Ackerl, Ricardo Tiefengruber, Georg Peneder, Michael Schadler, Norbert Hafner, Günter Kronawetter, Angelika Rauch, Rudolf Hubauer

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Abstract

Unconsolidated freight transport creates increasing problems in cities due to the use of public space and its negative environmental impact. The research project MULE analyzes if mobile multi-functional urban logistics platforms with electric propulsion in combination with a flexible two-stage city logistics concept can lift urban freight transport to a new level by using electric, (partially) autonomous utility vehicles that increase the efficiency of goods transport. To investigate its feasibility, the concept is modelled on vehicle level to investigate the electric drive-train as well as on logistics level. The feasibility of the holistic implementation of the MULE concept is realistic with regard to the concept’s cost economy and simultaneously has a high ecological potential. The cost saving potential is the result of combining automated loading concepts, a two-stage (multi-stage) city logistics system as well as vehicles with tailored electric drive trains using intermediate charging.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	7th Transport Research Arena (TRA2018)
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3540391
Publication status	Published - 16 Apr 2018
Event	Transport Research Arena 2018: A digital era for transport - Wien, Austria Duration: 16 Apr 2018 → 19 Apr 2018 http://www.traconference.eu/

Conference

Conference	Transport Research Arena 2018
Abbreviated title	TRA 2018
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Wien
Period	16/04/18 → 19/04/18
Internet address	http://www.traconference.eu/

Keywords

Environmental Impact of Transport
Decarbonization
Mobility in Smart Cities
Transport Hubs
Transport Modelling and Management
Electromobility.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Automotive Engineering

Fields of Expertise

Mobility & Production

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

Theoretical

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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10.5281/zenodo.3540391Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

MULE - Fa15_f000af_PA_MULE Mobile Multifunctional Urban Logistics-Platform with Elektric Drive Train
Hafner, N., Eichberger, A., Ackerl, M. & Lex, C.
1/11/15 → 31/01/17
Project: Research project

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Eichberger, A, Wrighton, S, Kraus, H, Hofstetter, M, Ackerl, M, Tiefengruber, R, Peneder, G, Schadler, M , Hafner, N, Kronawetter, G, Rauch, A & Hubauer, R 2018, Mobile Multi-functional Urban Logistics-Platforms with Electric Drive Train. in 7th Transport Research Arena (TRA2018). Transport Research Arena 2018, Wien, Austria, 16/04/18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3540391

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Mobile Multi-functional Urban Logistics-Platforms with Electric Drive Train

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Keywords

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Fields of Expertise

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

UN SDGs

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MULE - Fa15_f000af_PA_MULE Mobile Multifunctional Urban Logistics-Platform with Elektric Drive Train

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