Mercedes-Benz presented its vision of the delivery truck of the future. The Mercedes Vision Van commercial vehicle is a futuristically designed electric delivery study with 270 kilometers of range and a fully automated cargo area and a pair of delivery quadcopters on the roof. It is the concept of the first van that fully digitally connects all processes and actors between the distribution center and the recipient.
Mercedes Vision Van delivery van it is Mercedes a study of the electric delivery man of the future that offers a full automated cargo area. It is the first step in Mercedes' strategy adVANce, with which they want to adapt logistics to modern times and introduce digitization, connectivity, robotics and, in general, all innovations for smart mobility. The Vision Van is the foreshadowing of an era smart transport and logistics.
Electric delivery truck The Mercedes Vision Van makes it possible silent delivery without exhausts, for which he is well-deserved 75 kilowatt electric motor, which, depending on the type of delivery selected, is able to offer a range from 80 to 270 kilometers. It offers fully automatic control of the cargo area (it is the first to conclude a digital logistics or distribution chain), and in addition to manual control, it also offers delivery by drone or by quadcopter.
Two are attached to the roof and integrated with the cargo area, which enables much shorter delivery, especially in cities or more difficult or inaccessible locations (either because the roads are impassable, or because they are too narrow, or it is closed due to works or an accident...).
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The adVANce strategy focuses on three areas, namely the inclusion of the van in the Internet of Things, which delivers smart technologies to the vehicle, on innovative solutions, which rely on hardware and are intended for transport and presentation new concepts of mobility for transporting goods and people.
The delivery van of the future Mercedes Vision Van:
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