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Final Technical Report - Fuel-Efficient Platooning in Mixed Traffic Highway Environments

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1834543· OSTI ID:1834543
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  1. American Center for Mobility, Ypsilanti, MI (United States); American Center for Mobility
  2. American Center for Mobility, Ypsilanti, MI (United States)
  3. Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
  4. University of Michigan-Dearborn, MI (United States)
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Platooning has become a focus area for heavy-duty vehicle fuel savings during highway driving. Often, the platoon formation is controlled by a system called Coordinated Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC). CACC platooning seeks aerodynamic fuel economy benefits while simultaneously decreasing driver strain by setting and maintaining a desired headway from preceding vehicles. Under close following conditions, the controller must exhibit robust characteristics during testing to be considered safe. Specific to this study, real-time vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication shares vehicle state information among members of the same platoon, enhancing control response as the platoon members adjust to surrounding vehicles. Trucks not on the leading or trailing edge of the platoon exhibit benefits stemming from a push effect from the truck behind and a pull effect from the truck preceding it.
Research Organization:
American Center for Mobility, Ypsilanti, MI (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Contributing Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Intertek
DOE Contract Number:
EE0008470
OSTI ID:
1834543
Report Number(s):
DOE-American Center for Mobility-0008470
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
CACC
DSRC
V2V
fuel consumption
fuel emissions
semi-autonomous
truck platoon