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This study is focused on a model design of electric vehicle transport to Western Europe from Slovakia using operational research. In addition to the still key aspect in the choice of transport of goods, which is the price of transport, other aspects that were not so important for carriers in the past are becoming more and more important. In the study, we designed the transport of cars in all available transport modes on the Bratislava - Passau model route. When designing them, we based on the process of optimizing the transport route in order to efficiently, economically, ecologically and as quickly as possible transport the selected commodity. We used combined transport for transport modes that do not have a direct connection to the starting or destination point of transport. As part of the multi-criteria assessment, we used various techniques of operational research to achieve transparent results. In the first phase, we defined a panel of experts from various fields, who proposed evaluation criteria, which they then compared with each other and assigned a degree of importance. In the next phase, three methods of operational research were applied, the TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) method, the AHP (Analytical Hierarchical Process) method and the WSA (Weighted Sum Approach). The results of the study demonstrate and present the advantages and disadvantages of individual modes of transport in the transport of cars on a selected route. At the same time, they provide a pattern for use in any destination and point out aspects of transport that influence those interested in transport in choosing a suitable mode of transport.