Energy and environmental benefits of truck platooning for a busy freight corridor
模拟研究加拿大繁忙货运走廊引入卡车编队系统的实际效益，发现燃油节省和减排效果低于先前预测，接近实际道路试验结果，最大节省约6.5%。
Cooperative Truck Platooning Systems (CTPS) have been demonstrated, in controlled testing environments, to yield significant energy savings, while real-world trials have shown much lower benefits. A simulation-based study was undertaken for a busy freight corridor in Canada, to examine the potential fuel savings and emissions reductions associated with the introduction of CTPS, while accounting for many of the variables previously neglected in feasibility and economic analyses. Results demonstrate lower benefits than previously predicted, closer to those observed in on-road trials. Upwards of 6.5 % savings are possible for platoons no longer than four trucks with a minimum 15 m separation distance, with only 3.7 % overall savings when a 60 % usage rate is assumed. This provides emissions reductions of about 100 kT of CO 2 per year (about 0.2 % of Canada’s current heavy-freight transportation emissions). Additionally, CTPS benefits are further reduced with precipitation- and location-based usage restrictions for the same simulation conditions.