Convoying or platooning with a fleet of autonomous vehicles, which is denoted as
autonomous convoying in this paper, has attracted increasing attention from the research …

This work develops and implements a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) control
system to facilitate fuel-optimal platooning of class 8 vehicles over challenging terrain. Prior …

Accurate range prediction requires good knowledge of the prevailing wind conditions and
how they affect the energy consumption of the ego vehicle. A few different simplified vehicle …

Fuel savings from truck platooning are generally attrib-uted to an aerodynamic drag-
reduction phenomena associated with close-proximity driving. The current paper is the third …

A truck platooning system was tested using two heavy-duty tractor-trailer trucks on a closed
test track to investigate the sensitivity of intentional lateral offsets over a range of intervehicle …

While connected and automated vehicle (CAV) platooning holds promise for enhancing
traffic efficiency and reducing energy consumption, we still lack efficient algorithms for …

The application of cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) to heavy-duty trucks known
as truck platooning has shown fuel economy improvements over test track ideal driving …

Vehicle platoons were recently proposed to reduce energy consumption and emissions.
However, the majority of platooning studies have focused on pure connected automated …

A road test was undertaken to characterize the complex wind environment experienced by
vehicles in channelled roadways. Channelled roadways consist of highways that are …

The recent popularity of electric vehicles and upcoming governmental regulations on
emissions are forcing automotive manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles. An …