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This paper aims to explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating electric vehicles into logistics and transportation systems.

January 28, 2016EnergiesOpen Access

Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation: A Survey on Emerging Environmental, Strategic, and Operational Challenges

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This paper aims to explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating electric vehicles into logistics and transportation systems.
Reviews challenges related to the introduction of electric vehicles and hydrogen-based vehicles in logistics and transportation.
Analyzes environmental and operational issues, including battery capacity and distribution routes.
Proposes the use of metaheuristics and simheuristics for solving complex optimization related to vehicle routing.
Identifies key challenges in planning and operational aspects of electric vehicles in logistics.
Highlights the need for strategic investment in charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
Proposes new variants of the Vehicle Routing Problem influenced by the limited driving range of electric vehicles.

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Survey identifies challenges of integrating electric vehicles in logistics, suggesting strategic solutions for operations.

Juan et al. (2016) studied this question.

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