The Service Network Design Problem with Fleet and Emissions Managemen...

While hydrogen fuel cell and battery-electric vehicles present opportunities to reduce emissions, effectively integrating their use into operations given range limitations, recharging(refueling) times, and sparse infrastructure requires careful planning. A recognition that the emissions associated with energy production can vary from one region to another is critical. This is also true with respect to the price of both energy and diesel fuel. In this work, we consider fleet management decisions regarding how many vehicles of each type (diesel, battery-electric, hydrogen) a carrier should acquire as well as in what regions they should operate. The impact of these fleet-level decisions on customer service is captured by explicitly modeling the routing of shipments and vehicles while recognizing the consumption of limited onboard resources.