Volvo Trucks in the struggle for the ecology of cities

Volvo Trucks organizes the delivery of goods in cities at night and on electric

Electric trucks reduce the noise level and exhaust emissions in the atmosphere, also opening new opportunities for managing the logistics. You can, for example, carry more traffic in night, then the trucks are not have to hustle on the roads in rush hour.

"E-mobility is fully consistent with long-term strategy for Volvo Trucks, aimed at sustainable development of urban environment and minimize harmful emissions", – says the President of Volvo Trucks Claes Nilsson.

The Claes Nilsson – President Volvo Trucks

"Using a quieter truck with electric drive for transport of goods in urban environments, we immediately solve several problems. In addition to reducing noise, transportation may be carried out in less busy times, for example late evening or night. This will reduce the load of the roads in daytime peak hours, which in the end will lead to much more efficient use of the road network and vehicles than in the moment," – says Claes Nilsson.

In a recent project Off Peak City Distribution ("the Distribution of urban delivery operations during off-peak hours"), launched by the city of Stockholm, government of Sweden and Korolevskim Institute of technology, has studied the effect of the transfer of cargo transportation in Central Stockholm on night mode. Since trucks are not had to move in heavy traffic in rush hour, the transportation problem was solved in three times faster than usual.

In night transport are much faster and more efficient

To improve the quality of life in an urban environment, it is necessary to adopt a more environmentally responsible decisions regarding transport. In the context of a well-developed logistics and more efficient use of the roads in the evening and night time it is also possible to replace many small cars on a smaller number of more spacious, thus helped reducing emissions and reducing traffic.

In addition, delivery trucks are more than in ten times higher than conventional vans on capacity. If a greater number of transport tasks can be executed in the time when the road less people, it is also will significantly reduce the risk of road accidents.

"Our technology and experience in the field of electromobility are based on proven commercial solutions that are already being used in the Volvo buses, and also on the solutions, which were equipped with hybrid trucks Volvo is still in 2010. Themselves for yourself vehicle  is only part of what is necessary for the successful conduct of large-scale electrification. Establishing long-term sustainable transport system  is a complex task, which requires the adoption of a number of integrated measures. We work closely with clients, city authorities, charging infrastructure providers and other key stakeholders, creating the necessary conditions for a cargo of electric vehicles", – says head of production strategy medium-duty trucks Volvo Trucks Jonas Odermalm.

Jonas Odermalm – head of the Department of motor vehicles medium-duty

"We believe that the first step must be the full electrification of the urban distribution network. When we are working on the electrification and other applications of transport. This is just the beginning," – fashin the Claes Nilsson.

According to forecasts of the world health organization and the UN to 2030 year the city will be home to up to 60% of the population  is about 5 billion people. It is more than on surpasses 1 billion in today's figures. Such rapid urbanization creates many problems for transport systems, which already now, in many situations, not handle the current needs. For rough estimates of loss from the congestion of roads and other related transport problems in the EU amounts to € 100 billion in year.

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