Effect of Platooning on Fuel Consumption of Class 8 Vehicles Over a Range of Speeds, Following Distances, and Mass

SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 626-639

  Lammert, Michael P ^a   Duran, Adam ^a   Diez, Jeremy ^b   Burton, Kevin ^b   Nicholson, Alex ^c  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Intertek   (United Kingdom)

^c Link Engineering Company   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); TRUCK TRAILERS; VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

CONTROL INTERFACES; CONTROL VEHICLES; FUEL CONSUMPTION REDUCTION; GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT; STEADY STATE SPEED; TRACTOR TRAILER; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEHICLE BRAKING;

FUELS;

EID: 84924384908     PISSN: 1946391X     EISSN: 19463928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-2438     Document Type: Article

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