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Parcel transport drivers could be a pretty cool thing anytime soon. If the vision of Mercedes-Benz, the “Vision VAN” presented in Hanover, comes true, then the “last mile” will soon be populated by sexy vans with drones and small robots!
Bye parcel bottom, hello robot drone!
The last mile gets sexy
mein-auto-blog unveils the 10 key secrets of the Mercedes-Benz Vision VAN
The area of the driver, formerly only a dashboard and a steering wheel, in the future the control center of logistics
The entire cockpit, the driver's entire area, was re-thought for optimum ergonomics. A driver's seat with maximum comfort when getting in and out of the car. A seat that seems free-floating, the steering wheel was also omitted, instead, the driver steered the VAN with the help of a joystick. A large and wide-opening door on the passenger side optimizes access to the Vision VAN, the dashboard impresses with its variable information display. In the LED matrix grille information for the outside world can be displayed. Everything about the operating concept of the Vision VAN has been rethought!
Ding-Dong, here comes the drone
In the rear of the Mercedes Vision Van is an automated shelving system. Similar to a high-shelf solution, a logistical solution can be developed in a small space, which ensures greater efficiency. The drones on the roof also replace the parcel floor of flesh and blood. A direct delivery of two packages, while the VAN is still on the move and, for example, serves as a package acceptance would be possible. Of course, under the futuristic skin of the Vision VAN is a modern electric drive. Already 2018 could be ready, the first battery-electric sprinter should not be far away. Here, too, the Mercedes Vision VAN shows the concrete way into the future.
Efficiency is the key
The last mile, the transfer from the distribution network to the customer. This is where maximum efficiency is important. The Mercedes Vision VAN demonstrates a future that may be even farther away when it comes to drones. However, when it comes to the modular loading space system with the fast loading and the clever loading space system, then this step could be just as close as the conversion of the distribution vehicles to electric drives.
Mercedes Vision VAN - a logistics center on wheels
The Vision VAN demonstrates the possibility of putting a logistics center on wheels. The purely electric range is currently specified at around 270 kilometers. A 75 kW electric motor serves as the drive. Whisper-quiet and locally emission-free, the Mercedes Vision VAN stands for the future in the transport industry. Naturally networked, of course always on and of course electrically. That the idea is taken to extremes with the idea of “load drones”, it underlines the options that we will have on the last mile in the future.
