Fully-equipped electric trailer supporting the transition towards sustainable city logistics

Projektinformationen

FUTrailer

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 946376

DOI

10.3030/946376

Projekt abgeschlossen

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 31 Januar 2020

Startdatum 1 Februar 2020

Enddatum 31 Mai 2022

Finanziert unter

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Gesamtkosten

€ 3 061 506,25

EU-Beitrag

€ 2 143 054,38

Koordiniert durch

NUWIEL GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 2 - FUTrailer (Fully-equipped electric trailer supporting the transition towards sustainable city logistics)

Berichtszeitraum: 2021-02-01 bis 2022-05-31

Zusammenfassung vom Kontext und den Gesamtzielen des Projekts

The increasing population in cities brings along a steep escalation of traffic congestion, accidents, pollution and health issues. With expanentially growing e-commerce, city logistics represents 30% of all urban traffic, accounts 80% of traffic jams in rush hours and is responsible for 25% of the urban transport-related CO2 emissions and up to 50% of other transport-related pollutants (PM, NOx etc.). Associated health outcomes range from respiratory diseases to cancer. Our product – an intelligent electric trailer for bicycles (FUTrailer) - sets the new standards for the e-mobility, enabling efficient and emission-free transportation of goods in urban areas. With the FUTrailer we aim to empower more people to minimize the use of cars in cities thus making a significant impact on de-congesting roads, improving air quality in urban areas and making cities more livable. Our ultimate goal is to reduce traffic congestion by 30% and air pollution by 40%, and to decrease the number of people suffering from noise pollution by 10%.

Arbeit, die ab Beginn des Projekts bis zum Ende des durch den Bericht erfassten Berichtszeitraums geleistet wurde, und die wichtigsten bis dahin erzielten Ergebnisse

The core developments in mechanical design, electronics, software and control algorithm development have been carried out and successfully executed. This effort led to the development of two prototypes P1 and P2. Both assembled and tested in-house. DFM and DFA as well as lean production studies have been carried out to ensure smooth transition from prototyping to serial production. Several pilot projects have been completed with the current version of the e-trailer. Technical workshops and interviews with existing customers and new partners have been conducted to collect requirements for the FUTrailer development. A European patent on the core technology has been granted and an application for a second patent has been filed.

Fortschritte, die über den aktuellen Stand der Technik hinausgehen und voraussichtliche potenzielle Auswirkungen (einschließlich der bis dato erzielten sozioökonomischen Auswirkungen und weiter gefassten gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen des Projekts)

We aim to complete the development of the FUTrailer, turn into a scalable product and, thus, ensure a successful market launch by 2022. By 2026, we expect to have thousands of e-trailers on the road, replacing 622 million km of the van trips and saving more than 108,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. At NÜWIEL, we aim to contribute to achieving the UN SD Goals (11, 13, 3) and enable a CO2-free city logistics in major urban centres by 2030.

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