Electromobility in commercial transport – opportunities for low-noise logistics in our cities
Electromobility and low-noise technologies open up new scope for urban supply. While roads and loading zones are congested during the day, quiet night-time and off-peak logistics can deliver goods efficiently and in a way that is compatible with the city. This means that electric trucks and low-noise loading and unloading equipment can make an important contribution to emission-free, liveable urban logistics. The User Day brings together practitioners, scientists, companies and local authorities to discuss opportunities, challenges and concrete solutions for a quieter, more sustainable supply of our cities.
The focus is on:
- Why is quiet and low-emission logistics a key to liveable cities?
- How do e-trucks open up new spaces for urban supply?
- What potential does a partial shift of delivery traffic to off-peak times have?
You can expect specialist presentations, current research results and practical insights from pilot projects.
Program on October 9, 2025
09:30 a.m.
Arrival and coffee
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and introduction to the day
Prof. Dr. Alex Vastag | Head of Transport Logistics at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
Approaches to designing sustainable and efficient commercial transport – experiences from Berlin
Dr. Julius Menge | Head of the “Commercial Transport and Long-Distance Transport” Group (IV A 3) Berlin Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment
Logistics can also be quiet – diesel versus electromobility
Axel Hübel | Partner at Peutz Consult GmbH
Potential for low-noise deliveries to REWE stores
Birgit Heitzer | Head of Procurement Logistics & Logistics Services REWE-Zentralfinanz eG
Electromobility in use at ALDI SOUTH
Bartek Lercel | Manager Logistics Management ALDI SOUTH Dienstleistungs-SE & Co. oHG
12:15 pm
Lunch break
1:15 pm
SNAP tool – Where can night logistics be implemented?
Arnd Bernsmann | Senior Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML
“World Cafe”
Potentials – challenges – implementation of “low-noise logistics”
World Cafe” results
3:00 p.m.
Farewell
Register now: User day “Electromobility – low-noise logistics” – Fraunhofer IML
