Phase 2: Developing a prototype AI tool to help commercial fleets adopt optimum zero-emission vehicles and charging infrastructure.

减少道路车辆排放的法规意味着，物流车队正面临从传统化石燃料驱动的汽车向零排放汽车过渡的挑战。为了让车队有效地管理过渡，他们必须了解零排放汽车的成本和商业模式。虽然立法规定了采用零排放车辆的长期期限，但没有界定过渡的路径。如果没有商业和技术上的了解来推动向零排放汽车的过渡，新技术的采用将会延迟，失去减少有害排放的机会，车队将产生不必要的成本。Dynamon可以帮助解决这个问题。Dynamon是一个由数据科学家和工程师组成的团队，他们构建数据分析工具，帮助物流公司优化其采购决策，将成本降至最低，并减少对环境的影响。在这个项目中，Dynamon将创建一个软件工具，使车队能够自动评估最佳的零排放车辆规格和充电基础设施要求，以执行其特定的操作。该工具将供商业车队的现有员工使用，没有数据分析或车辆工程方面的专业知识，为他们提供准确和可行的情报，使他们能够做出明智的采购决策，将总拥有成本降至最低。Dynamon将创建的工具将结合零排放车辆实验室测试数据和描述车队独特运营和环境条件的多种形式的地理空间数据。通过结合这些数据源，Dynamon将建立潜在零排放车辆的数字孪生兄弟，准确预测包括能源消耗、续航里程、货物潜力、充电要求等关键指标，从而信心十足地购买适合车队状况的最佳车辆。Dynamon将与车队合作伙伴Wincanton PLC、Sainsbury‘s PLC和Asda密切合作，确保建议的解决方案是可行的，满足商业车队的需求，并将拥有可信的商业模式，以在国内和国际上进行规模扩展。汉普郡议会将向大型车队提供支持并推广这一工具，作为他们在当地减少有害排放的持续承诺的一部分。

Regulations to reduce road vehicle emissions mean that logistics fleets are facing the challenge of transitioning from traditional fossil fuel powered vehicles to zero-emissions vehicles. For fleets to manage the transition effectively they must understand the costs and business models of zero-emission vehicles. Whilst legislation sets out the long-term deadline for the adoption of zero-emission vehicles it does not define the path of transition. Without commercial and technical understanding driving the transition to zero-emission vehicles there will be delays in uptake of new technologies, missed opportunities for reductions in harmful emissions, and fleets will incur unnecessary costs. Dynamon can help to solve this problem.Dynamon is a team of data scientists and engineers that build data analytics tools to help logistics companies optimise their procurement decisions to minimise costs and reduce their impact on the environment. In this project Dynamon will create a software tool that will enable fleets to automatically assess the optimum zero-emission vehicle specifications and charging infrastructure requirements to perform their specific operation.This tool will be usable by existing employees of commercial fleets, without expertise in data analytics or vehicle engineering, to provide them with accurate and actionable intelligence enabling them to make informed procurement decisions that minimise total-cost-of-ownership.The tools that Dynamon will create will combine zero-emission vehicle laboratory test data with multiple forms of geospatial data that describe the fleet's unique operation and environmental conditions. By combining these data sources Dynamon will build a digital twin of potential zero-emission vehicles that will accurately forecast key metrics including energy consumption, range, cargo potential, charging requirements, etc allowing the optimum vehicle for the fleet's conditions to be confidently purchased.Dynamon will work closely with fleet partners Wincanton PLC, Sainsbury's PLC and ASDA to ensure that the proposed solution is feasible, meets the needs of commercial fleets, and will have a credible business model to scale both nationally and internationally. Hampshire County Council will provide support and promote this tool to large fleets as part of their ongoing commitment to reduce harmful emissions in their local areas.