{"id":9371,"date":"2023-11-17T11:23:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diagma.com\/?p=9371"},"modified":"2023-11-22T11:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:25:32","slug":"electric-vehicles-make-the-right-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diagma.com\/en\/electric-vehicles-make-the-right-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"ELECTRIC VEHICLES, MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sales of electric vehicles will take off in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) market. For example, Amazon committed in 2019 to achieving carbon neutrality by 2040.<\/a> And it announced that it had crossed the threshold of 10,000 electric LCVs in service in the United States in October 2023. These vehicles are built by Rivian, Tesla competitor. As in other technological areas, Amazon wants to integrate innovations or at least, control them well. Thus, Rivian’s first customer, Amazon is also its largest shareholder (with 17% of the capital). He also promised to order 100,000 more LCVs by 2030. These new Amazon electric LCVs should arrive in Europe before the end of 2023. A first batch of 300 vehicles<\/a> being put into service in Germany.<\/p>\n

Urban trucks: 3% of registrations in Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For small urban heavy goods vehicles (LP) (>3.5T and <7.5T), electrification is also underway with 3% of registrations in Europe for this type of vehicle (ICCT study of August 2023<\/a> ). Indeed, most vehicles, which deliver in city tours, cover a maximum of 200 km per day, if the starting point (depot) is not too far from the center of the city. This corresponds to the range of an electric vehicle. This technology is therefore mature for this segment. Moreover, all manufacturers already have vehicles in their range that are well suited to this type of use. The European market leader being Volvo Trucks. The average daily distance observed is corroborated by recent DIAGMA studies, with the average mileage varying between 130 km\/day and 250 km\/day.<\/p>\n

Beyond the environmental aspect, electric energy has many advantages: reduced maintenance, less risk of breakdown, access to city centers and ZFEs. For the moment, the share of electric vehicles sold in this size is low, but it is expected to increase significantly in the future.<\/p>\n

Slower electrification of heavier vehicles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The electrification of heavier vehicles (up to the semi-trailer) should be slower, in particular for \u201clong-haul\u201d uses, even if manufacturers offer offers in this area. According to the ICCT study of August 2023, large capacity electric vehicles represented only 0.3% of total registrations in Europe. That is 800 out of 265,000, even if the increase was 167% from one year to the next! Indeed, setting up charging stations in a warehouse is already complex. Reserved parking spaces, important safety aspects, long installation time, sometimes unsuitable site power supply, cost of rapid terminals… there is no shortage of brakes!<\/p>\n

The difficulty of long distances for electric trucks<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Likewise, moving goods with electric trucks over long distances is difficult to envisage today, for 3 main reasons:<\/p>\n