Dutch Research on Business Models for Light Electric Vehicles in City Logistics

Walther Ploos van AmstelAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences

1st World Light Electric Vehicle SummitBarcelona, 20th & 21st September 2016

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LEFV’s in urban freight

• Burning platform in urban freight• Challenges in LEFV’s for urban freight• Research: LEVV-LOGIC

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Burning platform

• 10-15% urban traffic is freight• 80% is light commercial van today• Urban freight becoming more fine mazed and

time critical• In B2C 25% of shipments not first time right• CO2, air quality, noise, damage• Liveability and vitality of cities are at danger

• LEFV’s could be the solution

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LEFV’s in urban freight

23% shift in trips

51% shift in trips

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LEFV’s in urban freight

• Technology is available, however only on small scale• Complex business models for urban

freight• Logistics concepts for end-to-end supply

chain missing• Regulatory issues no yet solved

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LEFV’s in urban freight – KSF’s

• Focus on big volumes: construction, HoReCa, parcels (B2C, B2B and C2C), waste, service logistics and retail• Better service for customers• Lower cost in the end-to-end supply

chain• Solid business models • Continuity in local government policies

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LEVV-Logic project

• Market and policy• Logistics concept• Technology• Application and evaluation in living labs• Dissemination

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Logistics conceptStrategy

Results

Network

Planning and control

ICT

Organisation

National and EU

policies

Local policies

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More information• http://www.hva.nl/onderzoek/hva-

onderzoek/projecten/item/levv.html• Susanne Balm:

s.h.balm@hva.nl