Electric Vehicles for Advanced Transportation Efficiency (ELEVATE)

Purpose and goal

The project aims to identify planning issues and relationships for efficient electrified construction transport through a systems perspective. Construction transport accounts for 10-15% of the transport sector´s emissions in Sweden. Electrification is a key to reducing these. Focus is on developing methods to create conditions for a high degree of electrification system through improved transport and resource efficiency. This requires collaboration between actors and consideration of new aspects in project planning and implementation as well as automated data sharing.

Expected effects and result

In summary, the project contributes to creating conditions for the development of: * a connected, shared and automated planning tool for electrified construction transport, * digital services that enable efficient use of the infrastructure, and * models and analysis methods for new transport solutions in the construction sector. Furthermore, the project brings together industrial parties from different parts of the value chain and in this way strengthens the will and ability to implement new digital solutions.

Planned approach and implementation

The project will be carried out in several stages, including mapping of the electrified system, identification of data needs, formulation of mathematical models, and evaluation of system-level planning responsibilities. The project is a feasibility study for a larger project where the objective is to create a system understanding of the challenges that the construction logistics system faces when the aspiration is towards a fully electrified system.