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The startup that will reduce the damage you caused in the month of shopping

Our online shopping leaves the warehouse on trucks on the way to us, they create traffic jams, air pollution and emit greenhouse gases that accelerate climate change.

ONO, a German start-up has developed a small and smart courier vehicle that can solve the problem

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Liron Dana, Angle

Friday, 04 December 2020, 01:34

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In the video: ONO electric delivery vehicles (Angle)

After an intense month of global shopping celebration, which began at shoping.il-, continued to Chinese Singles Day, Black Friday and ended, temporarily, on Cyber ​​Monday, all we have left is to sit at home and wait for deliveries to arrive at our door.

The ease with which products are ordered from the chain saves us a lot of time and effort, but it also entails the environmental price involved in transporting the shipments from the warehouse to the consumer: a huge fleet of commercial delivery vehicles, cargo planes and ships transports our products from place to place, creates traffic loads and leaves a trail Of pollutant emissions that harm air quality and human health and accelerate the process of climate change.

According to a report published this year by the World Economic Forum (WEF), by 2030 the number of delivery vehicles in the 100 largest cities in the world is expected to increase by 36 percent, carbon dioxide emissions from delivery vehicles are expected to increase by 32 percent and traffic congestion is expected to increase By 21 percent as a result of the use of these vehicles.

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Therefore, a German start-up called ONO has launched in Berlin a new model of electric delivery vehicle in order to solve the problems posed by existing delivery vehicles.

At first glance, the new vehicle looks like a shrunken truck, but it is actually an indoor motorcycle, moving on three wheels and charged via an electrical connection.

The great advantage of using this vehicle is in avoiding the use of fossil fuels and therefore in reducing greenhouse gas emissions emitted by burning those fuels as well as in reducing the emission of air pollutants emitted from burning fuels nearby and within metropolitan areas and concentrations. The environmental benefits, especially the improvement of air quality and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions).

According to the company, its carbon footprint is reduced by no less than 50 percent compared to an average delivery vehicle with a diesel engine.

Other large shipping companies are also developing electric delivery vehicles, but their size is expected to be the size of a commercial truck.

ONO's vehicle is four times smaller than a commercial vehicle and is therefore able to move quickly on congested urban streets, avoid heavy traffic loads, avoid lengthy parking searches and stop on the side of the road to unload goods.

In the cities where ONO vehicles will operate, stations will be set up that concentrate goods, and the vehicles will be able to reach and load goods quickly.

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ONO's composition (Photo: Jenin Grabaum)

A matter of environmental efficiency

"It's a matter of basic efficiency. When you use a truck that weighs four tons to carry less than a ton of goods it causes a waste of energy."

"Vehicles are the main source of air pollution in cities, more so than power plants and industry," says Amir Salzberg, director of the transportation department at the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

"The main problem is in vehicles powered by diesel engines (diesel, LD), and today all delivery and distribution vehicles are powered by diesel. Diesel has been proven to be a human carcinogen and a cause of a wide range of heart disease, lung disease and more. A solution of using an electric delivery vehicle that does not produce direct emissions. "Burning fuel is a very effective means of improving air quality in cities."

As mentioned, replacing vehicles with an internal combustion engine with electric vehicles will also help deal with the climate crisis, because as of 2013, transportation was responsible for about 15 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions and private cars were responsible for almost a quarter of the world's annual fuel consumption. An environmental policy that will require the transition to electric vehicles, and in Israel, too, the Ministry of Energy has announced a target of more than 30 percent renewable energy by 2030, which was even approved by the government at the end of last October.

Another environmental advantage of ONO vehicles is the ideal match between the size of the transport and the size of the goods, which can lead to significant energy savings.

"It's a matter of basic efficiency. When you use a four-ton truck to transport less than a ton of goods it causes a waste of energy. When we adapt the transport of small products to small electric-powered vehicles, we save a lot of energy," Salzberg explains.

But there is also a significant challenge in using electric vehicles today.

The electric battery in ONO vehicles has a declared range of 30 km and can also be replaced during the working day, but like any battery, it has a limited number of charge cycles. After that, the lithium-ion battery goes out of use and becomes non-recyclable waste.

" Used Ion There is no solution today in the waste of hazardous materials in Israel.

"Right now there are few recycling plants in the world and their technology is very expensive," adds Salzberg.

"Our job as a government is to prepare in advance and promote the establishment of recycling plants that can provide a solution to this problem."

ONO's composition (Photo: Jenin Grabaum)

Electric transportation in Israel

As a government, we must focus our efforts on electricity and electricity, first and foremost on public transportation.

Then use electric vehicles to transport and distribute goods and only finally switch to private electric vehicles

ONO vehicles have hit the roads in Berlin this month and in the next five years their distribution is planned in another 60 cities in the world. In Israel, it seems that it will take some more time until we see a car of this type on the roads.

"Such a delivery vehicle has transport-related challenges - a vehicle traveling on bike paths and sidewalks can impair the safety level of the driver and pedestrians. There is also a financial challenge - it is cheaper to transport goods in diesel trucks and therefore needs significant government involvement to use such a vehicle," says Salzberg.

"As a government we must focus efforts and electrify first public transport. Then use electric vehicles to transport and distribute goods and only finally move to private electric vehicles. Public transport serves a lot of people and is the most sustainable type of transport, so it is important that it is also the cleanest," Salzberg. "Today there are already dozens of models of electric buses and the supply in the market is quite wide so prices are also falling. The issue of transporting goods is young and there is more room for technological development so that prices have also fallen. I have no doubt that electric delivery vehicles will reach roads in Israel. ".

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