Benefits and costs of shared, modular automated vehicles for freight and passenger transport: the case of <i>U-Shift</i>

Österle, Ines; Ulrich, Christian; Herwartz-Polster, Sebastian; Sigle, Sebastian; Weimer, Jürgen; Conzelmann, Marcus; Fleck, Tobias; Zofka, Marc René

doi:10.1080/03081060.2022.2094930

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 12 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…U-Shift, as an exemplary vehicle of the otrm-standalone vehicle class, has already been examined from an operational [14] and economic point of view [25], with promising results. Further, an energy consumption simulation [26] has been conducted and its technological feasibility was examined [20,22].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Cycle Analysis of an On-the-Road Modular Vehicle Concept

Ulrich,

Feinauer,

Bieber

et al. 2023

Sustainability

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In order to reduce the environmental impacts caused by the transport sector, autonomous and electrified on-the-road modular vehicles (otrm) could be a solution. By separating the drive unit from the transport unit, they enable use cases for various transport tasks and reduce individual and motorized transport and its generated emissions. Therefore, the goal of this study is to assess the environmental impacts from cradle to grave by applying the LCA methodology for a defined otrm—the U-Shift—vehicle fleet considering a specific use case relative to a reference vehicle fleet. The results indicate that the U-Shift fleet reduces the life cycle environmental impacts in a range of 3–28% for all of the seven impact categories, which are analyzed in detail. While emissions from the use phase are similar, U-Shift has an environmental benefit in the production phase due to a low amount of resource-intensive driveboards. Considering the early development stage of U-Shift, several measures are discussed, addressing the material and configuration aspects of the vehicles as well as optimized use case applications, which promise further impact-reduction potential.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Cycle Analysis of an On-the-Road Modular Vehicle Concept

Ulrich,

Feinauer,

Bieber

et al. 2023

Sustainability

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Automation and digitalisation of transport forwarding services or logistics

Gizetdinov

2024

Infrastructure Asset Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

With the spread of globalization, the transition of various states to common standards, including in the field of international freight transportation, becomes especially relevant. At the same time, digitalization, that is, the transfer of document flow, accounting, and payments to electronic format, as well as remote security and maintenance of logistics centres, are necessary components of such a process. The purpose of this work is to find out the effectiveness of logistics on the example of the countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as the United States of America, to compare them and identify key trends in the development of the field of road freight transport. In the work, methods of statistical analysis and forecasting were applied, graphs of the Logistics Efficiency Index for the countries studied were drawn up and the most promising international transport and logistics projects were identified. As a result, logistics performance indices were obtained in the context of indicators from 2007 to 2023, the average Commonwealth indicator was determined and compared with a similar indicator of the United States. Also, key innovations in the field of transport services were considered, allowing Western companies to have a significant advantage in the development of logistics efficiency. The prospects of the Commonwealth countries in the leading Eurasian transport corridors and the advantages of such integration in comparison with intra-union projects were determined. The practical significance of the work lies in determining the current guidelines for the development of the logistics and freight transport sectors after a significant change in the balance of power on the Eurasian continent and the introduction of a wide range of economic sanctions that paralysed a number of previously promising strategic areas.

show abstract

Benefits and costs of shared, modular automated vehicles for freight and passenger transport: the case of U-Shift

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Life Cycle Analysis of an On-the-Road Modular Vehicle Concept

Life Cycle Analysis of an On-the-Road Modular Vehicle Concept

Automation and digitalisation of transport forwarding services or logistics

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About