Working in collaboration with two FHWA-sponsored project teams, the 5478 American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is conducting research to explore trucking industry perspectives on the use of automated truck platooning, also known as Driver Assistive Truck Platooning.
This concept is based on a system that controls inter-vehicle spacing based on information from forward-looking radars and direct vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Braking and other operational data is constantly exchanged between the trucks, enabling the control system to automatically adjust engine and brakes in real-time.
This allows equipped trucks to travel closer together on multi-lane divided highways than manual operations would safely allow. Similar to currently deployed cruise control technology, the system still requires drivers to steer the truck and maintain situational awareness should any evasive manoeuvres become necessary. An additional safety buffer is typically provided by integrating this with on-board active safety systems on the trucks.
When trucks are platooning at highway speed, several academic and industry studies have demonstrated fuel economy improvements in the range of 4-8 per cent for the lead truck and 10-12 per cent for the following trucks (compared to driving the same route without platooning).
The purpose of this survey is to identify how truck fleets could potentially make use of truck platooning and what constraints to adoption may exist.
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This concept is based on a system that controls inter-vehicle spacing based on information from forward-looking radars and direct vehicle-to-vehicle communications. Braking and other operational data is constantly exchanged between the trucks, enabling the control system to automatically adjust engine and brakes in real-time.
This allows equipped trucks to travel closer together on multi-lane divided highways than manual operations would safely allow. Similar to currently deployed cruise control technology, the system still requires drivers to steer the truck and maintain situational awareness should any evasive manoeuvres become necessary. An additional safety buffer is typically provided by integrating this with on-board active safety systems on the trucks.
When trucks are platooning at highway speed, several academic and industry studies have demonstrated fuel economy improvements in the range of 4-8 per cent for the lead truck and 10-12 per cent for the following trucks (compared to driving the same route without platooning).
The purpose of this survey is to identify how truck fleets could potentially make use of truck platooning and what constraints to adoption may exist.
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