Efficient and affordable Zero Emission logistics through NEXT generation Electric TRUCKs

预计到2050年，商业货运部门的数量将增加，特别是在中型到重型卡车模式（N2和N3型）。然而，与此同时，欧洲最近的气候目标也给运输部门带来了挑战。考虑到典型的汽车开发周期可能为5-7年，研究机构、商业战略家、技术公司和原始设备制造商必须立即采取集体合作行动。这样做的结果将是获得高trl概念，准备在欧洲和全球市场推出，在消费者方面有更大的空间逐步采用。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旨在解决未来中型车辆城市和郊区物流系统的不同优化挑战，该系统方法可靠、高度集成、价格合理且足够灵活，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，通过展示下一代电动交通概念，包括面向未来中型货运的整体、创新、经济、有竞争力和协同的零排放车辆和生态系统，同时在零部件、车辆、车队、基础设施和生态系统层面实现重大知识飞跃。通过在电动动力总成组件和架构、智能充电基础设施和管理、改进的客舱热设计、采用物联网和数字工具的车队管理系统等方面的创新

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