Last-mile applications such as e-commerce/hyperlocal/grocery delivery are getting more ubiquitous by the day in our country. However to facilitate these increasing services, a lack of purpose-built vehicles
exists. This is the gap this project addresses. The intention is to develop a vehicle fit for B2B adoption by fleets involves in last-mile operations. These fleets are thus the primary users and the individual delivery partners who see the potential of this vehicle and want to use it are my secondary users. The fleets, want to ensure a safe and efficient delivery for their cargo in as low cost as possible. A thorough effort to understand all the stakeholders is done through various research activities and then with the generated insights as guidelines, contextually-relevant solutions are conceptualized. All the functions associated with the vehicle such as parcel segmentation, storing, access, safety of the rider and the cargo, battery handling, rider ergonomics are addressed and then tied together with a relevant styling package.

Submitted by: Aditya Kansal, MDes (2020-22), IIT Bombay
Guided by: Prof. Sugandh Malhotra