Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) traveling in single file with small intervehicle distances experience reduced aerodynamic drag and, therefore, have improved fuel economy. In this paper, we attempt to maximize the amount of fuel saved by coordinating platoon formation using a distributed network of controllers. These virtual controllers, placed at major intersections in a road network, help coordinate the velocity of approaching vehicles so they arrive at the junction simultaneously and can therefore platoon. This control is initiated only if the cost of forming the platoon is smaller than the savings incurred from platooning. In a large-scale simulation of the German Autobahn network, we observe that savings surpassing 5% when only a few thousand vehicles participate in the system. These results are corroborated by an analysis of real-world HDV data that show significant platooning opportunities currently exist, suggesting that a slightly invasive network of distributed controllers, such as the one proposed in this paper, can yield considerable savings.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    A Distributed Framework for Coordinated Heavy-Duty Vehicle Platooning


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2015-02-01


    Size :

    1577265 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Analysis of a Stochastic Model for Coordinated Platooning of Heavy-duty Vehicles

    Xiong, Xi / Xiao, Erdong / Jin, Li | ArXiv | 2019

    Free access

    Look-ahead cruise control for heavy duty vehicle platooning

    Alam, Assad / Martensson, Jonas / Johansson, Karl H. | IEEE | 2013


    Validating Heavy-Duty Vehicle Models Using a Platooning Scenario

    Rousseau, Aymeric / Karbowski, Dominik / Kim, Namdoo | SAE Technical Papers | 2019