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www.hva.nl/gasopelektrisch | gasopelektrisch@hva.nl | Project leader: Susanne Balm, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences<br />
Service logistics in cities: Go Electric<br />
Service engineers drive back and forth through our cities. Approximately 25% of all vans are for installation, repair<br />
and maintenance; and more often than not these are not the greenest of vehicles. Meanwhile, climate targets are<br />
becoming more and more prominent on the political agenda. For these reasons, Amsterdam University of Applied<br />
Sciences (AUAS) and HAN University of Applied Sciences have embarked on a two-year research project into the use of<br />
electric vehicles for service logistics.<br />
Photo:<br />
Urban Arrow<br />
Ambition: an approach for emission-free city logistics<br />
As more cities strive towards emission-free city logistics in<br />
2025, it is time for service companies to start using alternative,<br />
more sustainable transport modes to reach their customers.<br />
20 partners are participating in this research project, ‘Go<br />
Electric’ (In Dutch: Gas op elektrisch), including several large<br />
service companies. Although these companies are increasingly<br />
deploying sustainable technologies, such as solar panels and<br />
charging stations, their own fleets are often not yet sustainable.<br />
The project connects EV professionals from<br />
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with<br />
each other and with service companies<br />
to jointly develop multidisciplinary<br />
knowledge about the deployment<br />
of electric vehicles (EVs) in service<br />
logistics. The project runs for<br />
two years, from March <strong>2019</strong><br />
to February 2021. The end<br />
result will be an approach,<br />
consisting of concepts and<br />
interventions to achieve<br />
deployment of EVs in service<br />
logistics. This approach supports service<br />
companies in the sustainability of their logistics<br />
operations and provides EV professionals from<br />
SMEs with knowledge of newly developed<br />
services. The final publication (due early 2021)<br />
will describe the knowledge developed during<br />
the project, including:<br />
- The characteristics of service logistics and<br />
considerations when implementing EVs<br />
- The role of service employees in the adoption<br />
of EVs<br />
- Energy supplies for EVs<br />
- EV services that SMEs can (jointly) offer<br />
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Photos: Vodafone Ziggo powered by Guidion - Urban Arrow
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