Truck Platooning – A Pragmatical Approach

Abstract

This paper was created for the 4^th ATZ live conference Driver Assistance Systems 2018 on April 18^th and 19^th, 2018 in Wiesbaden Germany. WABCO as a global supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles is also working in the field of Platooning. While almost all attempts in the industry concerning Platooning are aiming for very close headways and a high automation level combined with electronically coupled vehicles WABCO is additionally investigating a slightly different Platooning approach, which might be easier to realize and might have higher acceptance amongst people.

Appendices

A Appendix

1.1 A.1 SAE J3016 – Levels of Driving Automation

See Fig. 13.

Fig. 13.

SAE J3016 levels of driving automation [9]

1.2 A.2 Table Fuel Savings North American Vehicles

Table 7. Platooning fuel savings (North American vehicles)

1.3 A.3 Table Fuel Savings Cabovers

See Table 8.

Table 8. Platooning fuel savings (cabovers)

1.4 A.4 Following Distances in the USA

See Table 9.

Table 9. Following distances for HGV in the USA

1.5 A.5 Following Distances in Europe

Table 10. Following distances for HGV in the Europe

1.6 A.6 Metric/Imperial Units (Speed, Distance, Headway)

Table 11. Overview of metric/imperial speeds, distances and headways

Abbreviations/Acronyms

ACC:

Adaptive Cruise Control

AEBS:

Advanced Emergency Braking System

COE:

Cab-Over-Engine Trucks/also referred as cabover trucks or cabovers

CFD:

Computational Fluid Dynamics

CAN:

Controller Area Network

C-ITS:

Cooperative ITS

EBS:

Electronic Braking System

ESC:

Electronic Stability Control

ECU:

Electronical Control Unit

EU:

Europe

FV:

Following Vehicle (Platoon follower)

HCV:

Heavy Commercial Vehicle

HGV:

Heavy Goods Vehicle

IEEE:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

ITS:

Intelligent Transport Systems

LDWS:

Lane Departure Warning System

LV:

Lead Vehicle (Platoon leader)

MCS:

Monte Carlo Simulation

NREL:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (https://www.nrel.gov/)

NRC:

National Research Council Canada (https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/)

NA:

North America(n)

NACFE:

North American Council for Freight Efficiency (https://nacfe.org/)

OEM:

Original Equipment Manufacturer

CHAUFFEUR:

PROMOTE CHAFFEUR II, EU funded research project ended May, 2003

RADAR:

Radio Detection and Ranging

RDW:

Rijksdienst voor het wegverkeer (Netherlands Vehicle Authority)

SARTE:

Safe Road Trains for the Environment – EU funded research project ended Oct, 2012

SAE:

Society of Automotive Engineers

STD:

Standard trailer configuration, i.e. no aerodynamic devices installed

AERO:

Trailer equipped with aerodynamic devices like side-skirts and boat-tails

TRC:

Transportation Research Center Inc. (http://www.trcpg.com)

UNECE:

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (https://www.unece.org)

USA:

United States of America

V2V:

Vehicle to Vehicle communication based on Wi-Fi-p (IEEE 802.11p)

Wi-Fi:

Wireless local area networking based on IEEE 802.11 standards