System understanding surrounding Driverless Multipurpose Vehicles

Purpose and goal

Driverless Multipurpose Vehicles (DMVs) a modular truck concept for urban areas, capable of transporting people, goods, and waste. Its design enhances flexibility and utilization, allowing transport to be adapted. Contributing to energy efficiency, circular resource use, and more resilient transport systems. However, knowledge is limited on how DMVs and last-mile deliveries affect efficiency and accessibility. The pre-study aims to explore the role of DMVs and identify future research questions.

Expected effects and result

This pre-study is intended to continue to explore the area surrounding Driverless Multipurpose Vehicle systems in urban transport. The applicants have identified, through the HITS projects, promising themes to further develop. These are multi-disciplinary themes which makes it difficult to setup and design suitable research scopes and research questions. Through this pre-study a larger project application will be structured and written through workshops and meetings between potential partners.

Planned approach and implementation

The project is led by KTH, which, together with Scania, will plan a series of workshops with broader participation to develop research directions and questions for the identified themes. In preparation for these workshops, simulations from ongoing doctoral projects and a literature review will be conducted to serve as a basis for the discussions