Electrified Transportation Stockholm Syd
Studies and workhops with stakeholders to explore the business models, ecosystems and dataflows that are required for electrified transportation of the future.
Background
In the area of Almnäs and Mörby at the boarder between Södertälje and Nykvarn a new logistics hub called Stockholm Syd is being developed and it is of utmost importance to future proof it to enable electrified transportation. The technology for electrified transportation is already here but to speed up adoption and quickly reach a critical mass of electric trucks and charging points there we need to address certain issues concerning the business models. Furthermore, data flows must be managed properly to enable optimal usage of the increasingly loaded power grids and avoid suboptimization.
Aims and objectives
To understand the most crucial issues regarding business models and data utilization this study adopts an ecosystem perspective to analyze value flows and data flows between key actors and explore different potential constellations of ecosystem partners that may enable electrification of the transport sector.
The transition to renewable energy sources and in particular clean electricity as a source of power for vehicles is inevitable and the pace of this transition is crucial given the environmental challenges that our society is facing. However, the adoption of new technologies for powering vehicles risk being stalled due to ecosystem related complexities and uncertainties. At the same time established technologies are improved
Project plan
What has become clear is that there are multiple alternative business models and constellations of actors that may enable the electrification of the transport sector. So far, a number of uncertainties regarding the ecosystems that are required to facilitate crucial value offerings enabling electrified logistic systems remain. In particular, the role of charging operator is unclear and many alternatives may emerge.
Currently, an interview study is being conducted and in December we will host a workshop with a wide range of stakeholders to present preliminary findings and further explore the business models, ecosystems and dataflows that are required for different value offerings for electrified transportation to materialize. In February, the project will be concluded with an openly accessible report. This will be followed by an implementation project that will aim at exploring some selected use cases.
Applied interdisciplinarity
The issues of business models, nascent innovation ecosystems and data flows for electrified transportation systems are intertwined and therefore benefits from being addressed through interdisciplinary research. In this project, interdisciplinarity means: (1) coactive participation of a range of stakeholders in the ecosystems for electrified transportation and logistics to help understand the bottlenecks and challenges of the ecosystem as the transition towards electrified vehicles progress; (2) joint research about business models, ecosystems and data flows that involves researchers with backgrounds in business model development within the automotive industry; organization and management of innovation; and data science.
KTH Collaborations
Duration
August 2021 – February 2022
Project participants
