Roadwork Disruption Management for EV Freight

The problem

Roadworks and traffic hit freight operations every day, and most operators find out when a driver rings in late. For an electric truck that's more than a late delivery. A late return squeezes the charging window before the next job, and the problem lands on the depot when it's too late to plan around.

What's being tested

Moonbility matches DfT's national roadworks data and live traffic to planned duties and vehicle data. It works out which trucks and depot arrivals a disruption will actually affect, then which of those won't have enough charge or time before their next job. Planners get early warning and options: charge a different truck first, swap a duty, move a departure. The planner makes the call.

The trial runs over four months on live data from Welch Group's Duxford depot, with a library of past disruption events replayed so the results don't depend on something going wrong during the trial window. In the final two weeks a second operator's data is brought in to test whether the same approach works across more than one fleet.

How we'll know

Whether disruption is matched to the right duties ahead of time. Whether planners find the warnings useful in daily operation. At least one intervention that avoids a delayed or undercharged duty. And costed scenarios showing what early warning is worth against doing nothing.

Why it matters

Electric fleets have less slack than diesel when the road network goes wrong. Seeing the knock-on effect before it reaches the depot is what keeps a disruption a nuisance rather than a missed job.

Results

Published at the end of the trial.