Efficient and affordable Zero Emission logistics through NEXT generation Electric TRUCKs

预计到2050年，商业货运部门的货运量将增加，特别是中型至重型卡车(N2型和N3型)。然而，与此同时，最近的欧洲气候目标给运输部门带来了挑战。考虑到典型的车辆开发周期可能为5-7年，研究组织、商业策略师、技术公司和OEM立即采取集体和协作行动是必要的。这样做的结果将是获得高TRL概念，这些概念已经准备好在欧洲和全球市场推出，那里有更多的空间在消费者方面逐步采用。无论如何，鉴于在零排放运输领域正在采取实质性的技术和商业步骤，到2050年的未来30年可能需要比过去30年(即自1990年以来)更大的变化。NextETRUCK旨在解决有关未来城市和郊区中型车辆物流系统的不同优化挑战-这种方法是可靠的、高度集成的、负担得起的、足够灵活的，可以通过专用工具/方法重新应用于不同的应用。NextETRUCK项目的总体目标是在车队脱碳方面发挥先锋作用，通过展示下一代电子机动性概念，包括用于明天的中型货运的整体、创新、负担得起、具有竞争力和协同性的零排放车辆和生态系统，同时通过在电子动力总成部件和架构、智能充电基础设施和管理、改进机舱热设计、具有物联网和数字工具的车队管理系统方面的创新，在部件、车辆、车队、基础设施和生态系统层面实现知识的重大飞跃

The volume of the commercial freight sector is expected to increase towards 2050, especially in the medium to heavy truck modes (N2 and N3 type). However, in parallel to that, the recent European climate goals bring challenges for the transport sector. Given the fact that the typical vehicle development cycles can be of 5-7 years, an immediate collective and collaborative action from the research organizations, business strategists, technology companies and OEMs is necessary. The result of this would be to attain high-TRL concepts that are ready to roll out in the European and global market, where there is more room for a gradual adoption at the consumer side. In any case, given the fact that there are substantial technological and business steps are being taken in the zero-emission transport field, the next 30 years towards 2050 potentially requires more dramatic changes than the last 30 years (i.e., since 1990). NextETRUCK aims to address different optimization challenges regarding tomorrow’s urban and suburban logistics for medium duty vehicles into systems-approach that is reliable, strongly integrated, affordable, and flexible enough to re-applied to different applications via dedicated tools/methods. The overarching objective of the NextETRUCK project is to play a pioneering role in the decarbonization of the vehicle fleets, via demonstrating next generation e-mobility concepts consisting of holistic, innovative, affordable, competitive and synergetic zero emission vehicles and ecosystems for tomorrow’s medium freight haulage, while aiming significant leap of knowledge at component, vehicle, fleet, infrastructure and ecosystem levels, via innovations at e-powertrain components and architectures, smart charging infrastructure and management, improved thermal design of the cabin, fleet management systems with IoT and digital tools