Collaborative electric vehicle routing with meet points
Journal article, 2024

In this paper, we develop a profit-sharing-based optimal routing mechanism to incentivize horizontal collaboration among urban goods distributors. The core of this mechanism is based on exchanging goods at meet points, which is optimally planned en route. We propose a Collaborative Electric Vehicle Routing Problem with Meet Points (CoEVRPMP) considering constraints such as time windows, opportunity charging, and meet-point synchronization. The proposed CoEVRPMP is formulated as a mixed-integer nonlinear programming model. We present an exact method via branching and a matheuristic that combines adaptive large neighborhood search with linear programming. The viability and scalability of the collaborative method are demonstrated through numerical case studies, including a real-world case and a large-scale experiment with up to 500 customers. The findings underscore the significance of horizontal collaboration among delivery companies in attaining both higher individual profits and lower total costs. Moreover, collaboration helps to reduce the environmental footprint by decreasing travel distance.

Profit sharing

Collaborative vehicle routing

Electric vehicle

Urban logistics

Meet point

MINLP

Author

Fangting Zhou

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control

Ala Arvidsson

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Supply and Operations Management

Jiaming Wu

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Geology and Geotechnics

Balázs Adam Kulcsár

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Systems and control

Communications in Transportation Research

27724247 (eISSN)

Vol. 4 100135

COLLECT: Horizontal COoperation in urban distribution Logistics – a trusted- cooperative eLectric vEhiCle routing meThod

Chalmers, 2022-01-01 -- 2023-12-31.

E-Laas: Energy optimal urban Logistics As A Service

European Commission (EC) (F-ENUAC-2022-0003), 2023-05-01 -- 2025-04-30.

Swedish Energy Agency (2023-00021), 2023-05-02 -- 2025-04-30.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

Transport Systems and Logistics

Control Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.commtr.2024.100135

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