Prospects for the development of zero- and low-emission vehicles in urban distribution systems in terms of the situation on the fuel market
Prospects for the development of zero- and low-emission vehicles in urban distribution systems in terms of the situation on the fuel market

Summary/Abstract: Nowadays, problems related to sustainable transport and limiting the negative impact on trans- port are essential to the agenda of the European Union. At the same time, the increase in the popularity of zero- and low-emission vehicles may be influenced by the global situation on the fossil fuel market and rising oil prices. Due to their characteristics, the use of zero- and low-emission vehicles is justified, especially in cities, both in individual transport as well as in public transport and freight transport. The article focuses on analysing prospects for using zero- and low-emission vehicles in distribution systems (especially in cities). Therefore, the research goal of the paper is to answer the question: what are the expected trends in the level of use of zero-emission and low-emission vehicles in distribution systems? The research hypothesis assumes that the level of use of zero- and low-emission vehicles in distribution systems will increase in the coming years, considering the situation on the global fuel market. Research methods such as desk research (including the analysis of data from the fuel market) and a critical lite- rature review were used to verify the hypothesis. The article examines the possibility of using delivery vehicles with different load capacity. The research shows that taking into account the current trends on the fuel market, in the next 5-10 years, the operating costs of zero-emission and low-emission vehicles will become lower than the operational costs of conventional vehicles, which will lead to an increase in their use in urban distribution systems.

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