Electric-car-sharing in urban logistics – analysis of implementation and maintenance

Katarzyna Turoń, Grzegorz Sierpiński

Abstract


The implementation of the sustainable transport policy in cities aims at finding various solutions that support the use of ‘clean energy’ in urban logistics. One of current global sustainable transport trends involves various measures related to electromobility. An example of electromobility in urban logistics is the e-car-sharing, or a short-term electric car rental.

Since electric car-sharing is rather new to the transport market, operators and cities and metropolises may face various difficulties while implementing such services. Based on still operating and discontinued e-car-sharing systems, the authors analysed strengths and weaknesses of those systems with the focus on implementation and maintenance issues.

The goal of the article is to determine strengths and challenges for e-car-sharing in urban logistics.
The article is designed to assist stakeholders interested in the implementation of e-car-sharing.

The analysis was provided under the international research project of ‘Electric travelling platform to support the implementation of electromobility in Smart Cities based on ICT applications’ funded from the National Research and Development Centre as a part of the ERA-NET CoFund Electric Mobility Europe Programme.

Keywords


Electromobility, urban logistics, e-car-sharing, maintenance of car-sharing

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