We are access equipment | Last (but not least) mile!

Investing in the management of delivery logistics and, above all, of its last phase, the so-called ‘Last Mile Delivery’, is crucial.

And indeed, there is a real race in that direction, the speed of which has recently been accelerated by a second factor: environmental sustainability. All this has led to the emergence of new vehicles and systems (autonomous vehicles, delivery robots, drones among the most futuristic) that are now being developed in small, manoeuvrable, electric vehicles.

Vehicles that can help improve delivery efficiency, reduce costs and environmental impact. Electrification, as we know, is a process in full evolution, but electrifying a vehicle such as a car or truck is one thing, and electrifying small vehicles, where the batteries must at the same time guarantee performance, autonomy and limited and/or customised dimensions/cumbersomeness, is quite another.

This requires high-level technological solutions, which few companies active in the production of batteries and electric powertrains are able to provide today. First of all, because the ideal solutions for these vehicles are systems powered by lithium batteries managed and monitored by an efficient battery management system (BMS): only in this way are the technical characteristics listed above guaranteed, ranging from optimised performance throughout the day, autonomy, reduced recharging times, and longer service life, pluses that go hand in hand with the intrinsic advantages of any electric vehicle, such as zero maintenance costs and access to areas subject to traffic restrictions.

Once such a technological solution has been found, one last obstacle still remains to be overcome, namely adapting it to the architecture of a vehicle which, as we have said, is dimensionally compact and must not be penalised by an excessive tare weight. This is where customisation comes into play , a process that must be managed six-handedly between the different players in and that can reach very high levels of engineering.