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Finding economic feasibility in electrified LTL transportation systems

Johansson, Eddi LU and Ruthran, Tusjant LU (2023) MIOM05 20231
Production Management
Abstract
As electrification of vehicles moves past its infancy and large-scale adoption of the technology becomes reality, application areas within different industries need to be scrutinized. The shift within the transportation sector, especially trucking, can have unidentified economic benefits; which is the focus of this thesis. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a decision model with regard to the financial consequences of LTL routing strategies in a cluster using EFVs. The master thesis is a exploratory case study which uses an abductive approach. External research and internal knowledge at The Case Company was leveraged to write this thesis. It could be concluded that electric freight vehicles have a future in the transportation... (More)
As electrification of vehicles moves past its infancy and large-scale adoption of the technology becomes reality, application areas within different industries need to be scrutinized. The shift within the transportation sector, especially trucking, can have unidentified economic benefits; which is the focus of this thesis. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a decision model with regard to the financial consequences of LTL routing strategies in a cluster using EFVs. The master thesis is a exploratory case study which uses an abductive approach. External research and internal knowledge at The Case Company was leveraged to write this thesis. It could be concluded that electric freight vehicles have a future in the transportation industry, but it is highly dependent on several factors; such as battery improvements, infrastructure development, governmental regulations, and societal adaptation. Moreover, it is evident that an electrified LTL transportation system is highly dependent on the utilization of the trucks in a certain system. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Eddi LU and Ruthran, Tusjant LU
supervisor
organization
course
MIOM05 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Electric Trucks, Electrified LTL, Electrified Less-than-Truckload, Electrified LTL Transportation System, Electrified Less-than-Truckload Transportation System, Economics Electrified LTL.
report number
23/5706
language
English
id
9114697
date added to LUP
2023-05-23 15:45:44
date last changed
2023-05-23 15:45:44
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  abstract     = {{As electrification of vehicles moves past its infancy and large-scale adoption of the technology becomes reality, application areas within different industries need to be scrutinized. The shift within the transportation sector, especially trucking, can have unidentified economic benefits; which is the focus of this thesis. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a decision model with regard to the financial consequences of LTL routing strategies in a cluster using EFVs. The master thesis is a exploratory case study which uses an abductive approach. External research and internal knowledge at The Case Company was leveraged to write this thesis. It could be concluded that electric freight vehicles have a future in the transportation industry, but it is highly dependent on several factors; such as battery improvements, infrastructure development, governmental regulations, and societal adaptation. Moreover, it is evident that an electrified LTL transportation system is highly dependent on the utilization of the trucks in a certain system.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Eddi and Ruthran, Tusjant}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Finding economic feasibility in electrified LTL transportation systems}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}