Applying Simulation System to Compare the Use of Electric and Diesel Truck Fleets

Computer simulation is one of the methods for investigation of processes in transport systems. Due to the emergence of electric vehicles, new tasks related to the charging stations placement can be solved with its help. This task became especially relevant when electric goods vehicles appeared on the transportation market. The paper devoted on the development and application of a simulation model to analyse the process of regional transportation, which is carried out using electric and diesel trucks of similar carrying capacity. The model was created using the TraPodSim simulation system, recently developed by the authors of this paper. The core of the TraPodSim system is a universal multi-agent model implemented using the AnyLogic package. The model presented in the paper uses the real geography of the transport network and the real technical parameters of electric and diesel trucks.