Sustainability Magazine May 2022 | Page 123

SOURCING vehicle is up to 10 times cheaper than a combustion car , so the whole business model makes a lot of sense ," says Polop . " There are different solutions . For the last-mile delivery solution , you gotta go into the lithium battery pack — to have a hydrogen fuel cell , that makes no sense , that ' s for long distances highways , super heavy tracks , but for last night delivery solutions , a hundred per cent , you need an electric vehicle solution ."
" When people say , well , there ' s no charging infrastructure , that ' s correct , but you do not need fast-charging infrastructure just for that . You don ' t need that . It ' s not

“ Couriers often get lost looking for correct entrances , loading bays , or safe places . They waste time and fuel and emit more CO2 ”

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