E-Mobility NSR Comparative Analysis of European Examples of Schemes for Freight Electric Vehicles Compilation report TU Delft, HAW Hamburg, Lindholmen Science Park, ZERO and FDT | 03.07.2013| Aalborg, Denmark List of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 13 EU policies supporting e‐mobility ....................................................................................................... 15 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Danish cases ........................................................................................................................... 19 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 20 2 Policies and legislation on freight electric mobility .......................................................................... 20 3 Initiatives on Urban Freight Distribution with Electric Vehicles ....................................................... 24 3.1 Gardening and Road service in Frederiksberg .............................................................. 25 3.2 Roadwork and distribution in Copenhagen .................................................................. 28 3.3 Environmentally friendly driving in KLS Grafisk Hus ..................................................... 31 3.4 Electric Truck at the Recycling Centre ........................................................................... 33 3.5 Electric Van for Internal Transportation of Goods ........................................................ 35 3.6 Electric Post Van ............................................................................................................ 37 3.7 Cash Managing with Electric Vans ................................................................................ 39 3.8 Electric Truck for Distribution of beverages ................................................................. 41 3.9 ToDoor Grocery Delivery ............................................................................................... 42 3.10 Mail Delivery in Electric Vans ........................................................................................ 44 4 Summary and Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 46 Norwegian cases ..................................................................................................................... 51 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 52 2 Method ........................................................................................................................................... 53 3 An overview of the freight transport sector ................................................................................... 54 4 Policies and legislation on electric freight mobility ........................................................................... 61 5 Initiatives on Urban Freight Transport with Electric Vehicles ........................................................... 64 5.1 Posten ........................................................................................................................... 64 5.2 Allkopi ........................................................................................................................... 69 5.3 Potential users of electric vans ..................................................................................... 70 6 Summary and Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 73 2 German cases ......................................................................................................................... 79 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 80 2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 81 3 An overview of the freight transport sector .................................................................................... 82 3.1 Freight vehicle fleet characteristics in Germany ........................................................... 84 3.2 Electric freight fleet characteristics .............................................................................. 88 3.3 Summary of electrical vehicles on German roads ........................................................ 91 4 Policies and Legislation on Freight Electric Mobility ........................................................................ 93 5. Initiatives on urban freight electric mobility .................................................................................. 101 5.1 City Express Logistik .................................................................................................. 101 5.2 ColognE‐mobil ............................................................................................................. 107 5.3 DHL .............................................................................................................................. 111 5.4 Effenberger Bakery ..................................................................................................... 116 5.5 Hermes Logistics ......................................................................................................... 119 5.6 Isolde ........................................................................................................................... 121 5.7 Joey’s Pizza Delivery .................................................................................................... 123 5.8 Meyer&Meyer ........................................................................................................... 126 5.9 United Parcel Service .................................................................................................. 129 6 Conclusions of Experiences in Germany ......................................................................................... 131 6.1 Evaluation of Technical Factors .................................................................................. 133 6.2 Evaluation of Financial Factors ................................................................................... 138 6.3 Evaluation of Energy Supply and Infrastructure Factors ............................................ 142 6.4 Evaluation of Environmental Factors .......................................................................... 144 6.5 Evaluation of Process and Logistics Factors ................................................................. 145 6.6 Evaluation of Information Communication Technology Factors ................................ 147 6.7 Evaluation of Regulatory Factors ................................................................................ 148 6.8 Evaluation of Human Factors ...................................................................................... 150 UK cases (London) ................................................................................................................ 153 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 154 2 Methodology .................................................................................................................................. 154 3 Policies and legislation on freight electric mobility ........................................................................ 155 3 4 Initiatives on Urban Freight Transport with Electric Vehicles .......................................................... 157 4.1 Abby Couriers .............................................................................................................. 157 4.2 Brewers ....................................................................................................................... 159 4.3 Enterprise Mouchel ..................................................................................................... 161 4.4 Gnewt Cargo Ltd. ........................................................................................................ 163 4.5 Melrose and Morgan................................................................................................... 165 4.6 Nappy Ever After ....................................................................................................... 167 4.7 Office Depot ................................................................................................................ 169 4.8 Sainsbury’s .................................................................................................................. 171 4.9 Speedy Hire ................................................................................................................ 173 4.10 Tesco ........................................................................................................................... 174 4.11 United Parcel Service .................................................................................................. 175 5 Summary and Conclusions ............................................................................................................