Elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on of fleets and depots

Trans­por­ta­ti­on in urban metro­po­li­tan are­as invol­ves all kinds of users and fleets. In future, elec­tri­fy­ing the­se fleets will requi­re ener­gy to be sup­pli­ed to various infra­struc­tures. This requi­re­ment is a result of the fleets’ many dif­fe­rent dri­ving pro­files and trans­por­ta­ti­on capa­ci­ties. For exam­p­le, it is slower to char­ge with an AC cur­rent than it is with a DC cur­rent, so the fea­si­bi­li­ty of this opti­on will depend on the rou­te due to be dri­ven. As an ener­gy-sup­p­ly tech­no­lo­gy, bat­tery chan­ges are bene­fi­ci­al when using vehic­les com­mer­ci­al­ly, and the hydro­gen helps when regu­lar­ly cove­ring long distances with hea­vy loads. WM 3 exami­nes the noti­on of con­nec­ting cars, public trans­port, com­mer­cial vehic­les and logi­stics fleets to the infra­struc­tu­re as modes of trans­port. The focus is on sup­p­ly­ing ener­gy through various infra­struc­tures at one loca­ti­on – the mul­ti-pur­po­se mobi­li­ty hub. The modu­le ana­ly­ses the usa­ge pro­files of dif­fe­rent fleet types, and con­ducts tech­no­lo­gi­cal assess­ments of infra­struc­tures for vehic­le ener­gy sup­pli­es. This addres­ses the ques­ti­on of how fleets and infra­struc­tures can be com­bi­ned in terms of ener­gy requi­re­ments, and ope­ra­ted at a tech­no­lo­gi­cal, eco­no­mic and cross-play­er level. It will exami­ne the impacts of alter­na­ti­ve dri­ve tech­no­lo­gies on logi­stics pro­ces­ses, as well as how new pro­ces­ses and pro­cess times are inte­gra­ted into logi­stics manage­ment sys­tems. A demons­tra­ti­on ver­si­on of a mul­ti-pur­po­se mobi­li­ty hub will be set up in WM 3. Aspects rela­ting to inte­gra­ti­on of the hub’s data will be exami­ned by deve­lo­ping an inde­pen­dent char­ging manage­ment sys­tem. Ways of pro­vi­ding sys­tem ser­vices for the grid will be deve­lo­ped and tes­ted – both through simu­la­ti­on and in test cases. The area focu­sing on fleet elec­tri­fi­ca­ti­on, mean­while, will invol­ve in-depth ana­ly­ses on the imple­men­ta­ti­on of low-emis­si­on logi­stics trans­por­ta­ti­on using fuel-cell lorries.