Enhancing Sustainable Last-Mile Delivery: The Impact of Electric Vehicles and AI Optimization on Urban Logistics
João C. Ferreira,
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Marco Esperança
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World Electric Vehicle Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
16(5), P. 242 - 242
Published: April 22, 2025
The
rapid
growth
of
e-commerce
has
intensified
the
need
for
efficient
and
sustainable
last-mile
delivery
solutions
in
urban
environments.
This
paper
explores
integration
electric
vehicles
(EVs)
artificial
intelligence
(AI)
into
a
combined
framework
to
enhance
environmental,
operational,
economic
performance
logistics.
Through
comprehensive
literature
review,
we
examine
current
trends,
technological
developments,
implementation
challenges
at
intersection
smart
mobility,
green
logistics,
digital
transformation.
We
propose
an
operational
that
leverages
AI
route
optimization,
fleet
coordination,
energy
management
EV-based
networks.
is
validated
through
real-world
case
study
conducted
Lisbon,
Portugal,
where
logistics
provider
implemented
city
consolidation
center
model
supported
by
AI-driven
optimization
tools.
Using
key
indicators—including
time,
consumption,
utilization,
customer
satisfaction,
CO₂
emissions—we
measure
pre-
post-AI
deployment
impacts.
results
demonstrate
significant
improvements
across
all
metrics,
including
15–20%
reduction
10–25%
gain
efficiency,
up
40%
decrease
emissions.
findings
confirm
synergy
between
EVs
provides
robust
scalable
achieving
supporting
broader
mobility
climate
objectives.
Language: Английский
A Multi-Timescale Method for State of Charge Estimation for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric UAVs Based on Battery Model and Data-Driven Fusion
Xiao Cao,
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Liu Li
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Drones,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
9(4), P. 247 - 247
Published: March 26, 2025
This
study
focuses
on
the
critical
problem
of
precise
state
charge
(SOC)
estimation
for
electric
unmanned
aerial
vehicle
(UAV)
battery
systems,
addressing
a
fundamental
challenge
in
enhancing
energy
management
reliability
and
flight
safety.
The
current
data-driven
methods
require
big
data
high
computational
complexity,
model-based
need
high-quality
model
parameters.
To
address
these
challenges,
multi-timescale
fusion
method
that
integrates
technologies
SOC
lithium-ion
batteries
has
been
developed.
Firstly,
under
condition
no
or
insufficient
data,
an
adaptive
extended
Kalman
filtering
with
multi-innovation
algorithm
(MI-AEKF)
is
introduced
to
estimate
based
Thévenin
fast
timescale.
Then,
hybrid
bidirectional
time
convolutional
network
(BiTCN),
gated
recurrent
unit
(BiGRU),
attention
mechanism
(BiTCN-BiGRU-Attention)
deep
learning
using
parameters
used
correct
error
relatively
slow
performance
proposed
validated
various
dynamic
profiles
battery.
results
show
maximum
(ME),
mean
absolute
(MAE)
root
square
(RMSE)
zero
data-driving,
sufficient
data-driving
conditions
are
below
2.3%,
1.3%
1.5%,
0.9%,
0.4%
0.4%,
0.6%,
0.3%
0.3%,
respectively,
which
showcases
robustness
remarkable
generalization
method.
These
findings
significantly
advance
strategies
Li-ion
systems
UAVs,
thereby
improving
operational
efficiency
extending
endurance.
Language: Английский