Climate change is a major concern around the globe, and the freight industry is a major polluter. The goal of the project was to create a roadmap towards zero-emissions in the Swiss long-haul freight transport industry. Working with the sponsor company, Designwerk, the roadmap was formulated with three main objectives: researching the best technology, determining the concerns of industry stakeholders, and creating a plan for implementation. Solutions were determined with battery-powered trucks in mind. The final roadmap shows a plan for phasing zero-emission technology into Switzerland. It was recommended that stakeholders should conduct more research into improving batteries for vehicles and that further research projects could be done on improving specific infrastructure.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Vigliotti, Antonietta
• Acuna, David
• Mitchell, Jacob
• Nguyen, Xuan

Subject

• Sustainability
• Industry
• Energy
• Infrastructure
• Innovation
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-101421-123448
• 38856

Advisor

• Burnham, Nancy A.
• Bernardi, Francesca

Year

• 2021

Center

• Zurich, Switzerland Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Designwerk

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2021-10-14

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright