Evaluating Cost Savings from Truck Caravanning
Evaluating Cost Savings from Truck Caravanning
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DOI：
10.1177/03611981221101890
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发表时间：
2022-06
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1.7
通讯作者：
V. Liatsos;Dimitrios K. Giampouranis;M. Golias;Sabyasachee Mishra;John Hourdos;R. Nalim;M. Frohlich;Clayton Nicholas
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作者：
V. Liatsos;Dimitrios K. Giampouranis;M. Golias;Sabyasachee Mishra;John Hourdos;R. Nalim;M. Frohlich;Clayton Nicholas
卡车排队和相关的自动驾驶车辆协调概念已被提出为增加利润和改善服务质量的可持续方式。最近，文献中提出了卡车大篷车的概念，即每排只需要一名卡车司机的混合动力卡车车队。本文描述了开发一种能够估计卡车大篷车节省成本的模型所做的研究工作。拟议模式的动机是调查是否有大量的货币节省，以证明实施卡车大篷车概念所需的初始资本投资(包括设备和基础设施)是合理的。建立了一个线性规划模型，并对不同规模的网络进行了评估。数值实验的结果表明，要实现显著的成本节约，需要四辆卡车或更大的大篷车，而司机补偿是决定盈利能力的最关键因素。
Truck platooning and related autonomous vehicle coordination concepts have been proposed as sustainable ways to increase profits and improve service quality. Recently the concept of truck caravanning, a hybrid truck platooning with only one truck driver required per platoon, has been proposed in the literature. This paper describes the research effort in developing a model that can estimate the cost savings of truck caravanning. The motivation of the proposed model is to investigate if substantial monetary savings exist to justify the initial capital investment (both in equipment and infrastructure) required for the implementation of the truck caravanning concept. A linear programming model is developed and used to evaluate different size networks. Results from numerical experiments indicate that a caravan size of four trucks or greater is needed for significant cost savings to be achieved and that driver compensation is the most critical factor dictating profitability.