Project JOLT has been launched to help freight operators decarbonise their fleet. The national programme is led by The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (SRF) in conjunction with John Lewis Partnership, Volvo Trucks UK, and Flexible Power Systems.
Electrifying the UK’s HGV fleet would be the same as removing 13 million cars from our roads. Ensuring a smooth transition to electrification is a multi-faceted challenge: data driven insights are key to ensuring the confidence for companies involved in logistics to begin or continue their journey towards Net Zero.
SRF was founded to help industry and government minimise carbon emissions from the road freight sector and is a collaboration between Cambridge University, Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, the University of Westminster, and industry and government partners.
The JOLT (Joint Operator Logistics Trial) partners will pool data and learning from their experiences with eHGVs in retail, delivery, and manufacturing operations to help develop transition plans for their own businesses and for the wider logistics industry.
Specialists at Cambridge University and Heriot-Watt University will analyse and model data including vehicle and charger performance, operational efficiency, and costs across as many industry uses as possible.
Project JOLT partners will use electric vehicle fleet management software provided by Flexible Power Systems. The data collected is then used to provide automated reporting and analytics and to help optimise the scheduling of electric vehicle charging.
Parties interested in joining the Project JOLT scheme should email SRF on [email protected] or call Guy Grange from FPS on 01342 360240.
