3FOOD

Third Industrial Revolution Consulting Group
the fleets should be fully electric. According to the OECD study, in this scenario the impact on
fleet size due to recharging time is minimal (+2% only).
Expected results are:
Driverless transit system (Source: 2getthere)
- Reduced number of individual vehicles in city centers (this system will contribute to
increase share of public transport: a shift in modal split; public transport to reach 40% by
2050)
- Road safety expected to improve significantly
- A solution that can be optimized for last-mile delivery with a combination of passengers
and goods transports (a flexible platform to develop urban reverse logistics through 2-
flow optimization and packing stations)
3.1.4 Boost automated freight transport
Beside rail solutions, freight transport can also benefit significantly from automation, very likely
earlier than personal cars. Moreover, freight vehicles tend to travel on specialized corridors,
from fewer origins and to fewer destinations. This solution – that can be designed at the
regional level – makes it easier to implement “equipped corridors” where freight vehicles can
travel in platoons, or take advantage of a high level of automation, enhanced by efficient V2V
and V2I communication. Within the loading-unloading areas, the freight vehicles can even shift
from partial to total automation and maneuver on their own. Also this technological change,
like for autonomous buses, is likely to occur, possibly within the next five years.
Daimler has already outfitted 300,000 of its trucks with sensors that are serving as mobile Big
Data centers, monitoring traffic conditions, weather, warehouse availability, and other
information in real time. Daimler is making the Big Data available to businesses, along with
customized analytics, algorithms, and apps, allowing enterprises to continuously increase their
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