Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges
Current logistics and transportation (L&T) systems include heterogeneous fleets consisting of common internal combustion engine vehicles as well as other types of vehicles using 'green' technologies, e.g., plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). However, the incorporation of EV...
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| Institution: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) |
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| Keyword: | electric vehicles logistics and transportation green vehicle routing problems vehículos eléctricos logística y transporte problemas de enrutamiento de vehículos verdes vehicles elèctrics logística i transport problemes d'enrutament de vehicles verds Physical distribution of goods Electric vehicles Distribució de mercaderies Vehicles elèctrics Distribución de mercancías Vehículos eléctricos |
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| author | Juan, Angel A. |
| author2 | Méndez, Carlos Alberto Faulin, Javier de Armas, Jesica Grasman, Scott Erwin |
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| author_browse | Faulin, Javier Grasman, Scott Erwin Juan, Angel A. Méndez, Carlos Alberto de Armas, Jesica |
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| description | Current logistics and transportation (L&T) systems include heterogeneous fleets consisting of common internal combustion engine vehicles as well as other types of vehicles using 'green' technologies, e.g., plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). However, the incorporation of EVs in L&T activities also raise some additional challenges from the strategic, planning, and operational perspectives. For instance, smart cities are required to provide recharge stations for electric-based vehicles, meaning that investment decisions need to be made about the number, location, and capacity of these stations. Similarly, the limited driving-range capabilities of EVs, which are restricted by the amount of electricity stored in their batteries, impose non-trivial additional constraints when designing efficient distribution routes. Accordingly, this paper identifies and reviews several open research challenges related to the introduction of EVs in L&T activities, including: (a) environmental-related issues; and (b) strategic, planning and operational issues associated with 'standard' EVs and with hydrogen-based EVs. The paper also analyzes how the introduction of EVs in L&T systems generates new variants of the well-known Vehicle Routing Problem, one of the most studied optimization problems in the L&T field, and proposes the use of metaheuristics and simheuristics as the most efficient way to deal with these complex optimization problems. |
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| spelling | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges Juan, Angel A. Méndez, Carlos Alberto Faulin, Javier de Armas, Jesica Grasman, Scott Erwin electric vehicles logistics and transportation green vehicle routing problems vehículos eléctricos logística y transporte problemas de enrutamiento de vehículos verdes vehicles elèctrics logística i transport problemes d'enrutament de vehicles verds Physical distribution of goods Electric vehicles Distribució de mercaderies Vehicles elèctrics Distribución de mercancías Vehículos eléctricos Current logistics and transportation (L&T) systems include heterogeneous fleets consisting of common internal combustion engine vehicles as well as other types of vehicles using 'green' technologies, e.g., plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). However, the incorporation of EVs in L&T activities also raise some additional challenges from the strategic, planning, and operational perspectives. For instance, smart cities are required to provide recharge stations for electric-based vehicles, meaning that investment decisions need to be made about the number, location, and capacity of these stations. Similarly, the limited driving-range capabilities of EVs, which are restricted by the amount of electricity stored in their batteries, impose non-trivial additional constraints when designing efficient distribution routes. Accordingly, this paper identifies and reviews several open research challenges related to the introduction of EVs in L&T activities, including: (a) environmental-related issues; and (b) strategic, planning and operational issues associated with 'standard' EVs and with hydrogen-based EVs. The paper also analyzes how the introduction of EVs in L&T systems generates new variants of the well-known Vehicle Routing Problem, one of the most studied optimization problems in the L&T field, and proposes the use of metaheuristics and simheuristics as the most efficient way to deal with these complex optimization problems. Energies http://hdl.handle.net/10609/83125 |
| spellingShingle | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges Juan, Angel A. electric vehicles logistics and transportation green vehicle routing problems vehículos eléctricos logística y transporte problemas de enrutamiento de vehículos verdes vehicles elèctrics logística i transport problemes d'enrutament de vehicles verds Physical distribution of goods Electric vehicles Distribució de mercaderies Vehicles elèctrics Distribución de mercancías Vehículos eléctricos |
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| title | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| title_full | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| title_fullStr | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| title_short | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| title_sort | Electric vehicles in logistics and transportation: A survey on emerging environmental, strategic, and operational challenges |
| topic | electric vehicles logistics and transportation green vehicle routing problems vehículos eléctricos logística y transporte problemas de enrutamiento de vehículos verdes vehicles elèctrics logística i transport problemes d'enrutament de vehicles verds Physical distribution of goods Electric vehicles Distribució de mercaderies Vehicles elèctrics Distribución de mercancías Vehículos eléctricos |
| topic_facet | electric vehicles logistics and transportation green vehicle routing problems vehículos eléctricos logística y transporte problemas de enrutamiento de vehículos verdes vehicles elèctrics logística i transport problemes d'enrutament de vehicles verds Physical distribution of goods Electric vehicles Distribució de mercaderies Vehicles elèctrics Distribución de mercancías Vehículos eléctricos |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10609/83125 |