An Alberta study on truck platooning found the automated technology was safe to use but did not seem to lead to fuel savings.
Researchers from the University of Alberta say tests on the Queen Elizabeth II highway show some of the challenges and opportunities associated with autonomous truck driving in Canada. Researchers from the University of Alberta say a series of tests on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway show some of the challenges and opportunities associated with autonomous truck driving in Canada.
Both trucks had drivers from Bison Transport and were retrofitted with automated elements, like lane centering and adaptive cruise control. Because the trucks were wirelessly connected, the follower truck could automatically adjust its position, based on the lead truck's information. "We did not see any substantial benefits of fuel saving," said Mahdi Shahbakhti, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the U of A and the director of the Energy Mechatronics Lab.Shahbakhti said there were some fuel savings for the follower truck when it was travelling on flat sections of the highway, but it consumed more fuel than the lead truck when on hillier terrain.
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