Post on 18-Jan-2016
Autonomous Trucks & PlatooningThe Future of Trucking or Not
Ted ScottDirector, Engineering Services
American Trucking Associations, Inc.
Outline
ATA
Next Generation Trucks
Future Trucks
Levels of Automation
Driverless Trucks
Connected Vehicles
Government Involvement
The American Trucking Associations• 2500 Direct Members• 50 Affiliate State Trucking Associations• Affiliated Trucking Organizations
– Agriculture & Food Transporters Conference– Automobile Carriers Conference – Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference– Distribution & LTL Carriers Association – Truckload Carriers Association – National Tank Truck Carriers Association
• ATA Councils– National Accounting & Finance Council– Safety & Loss Prevention Management Council– Technology & Maintenance Council
• American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)• ATA Litigation Center
Next Generation Truck
• Aerodynamics• Engine - Waste Heat Recovery, Low Carbon Fuels• Tires - Low Rolling Resistance• Transmissions- automated to automatic• Controls – Some Automation, Collision Avoidance• Brakes – Disc Brakes• Trailers – Weight Sensing Distribution• Operations – Platooning, Predictive Analysis, Condition Based
Maintenance
Future Generation Truck
Future Generation Truck
• Advanced Aerodynamics• Micro Turbine Power• Hydrogen Fuel Cell• 360 Collison Avoidance• Solar Powered Trailer Roofs• Remote Diagnostics & Programming• Automated and Driverless
NHTSA 5 levels of Vehicle Automation
• No-Automation (Level 0)• Function-specific Automation (Level 1)• Combined Function Automation (Level
2)• Limited Self-Driving Automation (Level
3)• Full Self-Driving Automation (Level 4)
Levels of Automation
No-Automation (Level 0) Hands-on, feet-on, eyes-on, brain-on
Function-specific Automation (Level 1)
Hands-off, feet-on, eyes-on, brain-on
Combined Function Automation (Level 2)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-on, brain-on
Limited Self-Driving Automation (Level 3)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-off, brain-on
Full Self-Driving Automation (Level 4)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-off, brain-off.
Full Self-Driving Truck (Level 5) Truck driver – not there at all.
REASONS FOR DRIVING
Automobile
Go to work
Go to store
Go to dinner
Road-tripTrucks
Make money
Future Trucks
Connected Vehicles & Infrastructure
• V2V – simple safety message• V2I - same simple safety message
– Big data– Data Ownership– Taxes and tolls– Security– Privacy
Government Involvement • Highways (for driverless trucks)
– Safe Harbor pull outs– Fuel
• Regulations – Different Rules for different corridors- Following Distance Rules- Safety Inspections, Licenses
• Security– Physical – Cyber
Questions