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Illinois Study Found Automated Truck Platooning Powered by Artificial Intelligence Model Can Reduce Average Fuel Consumption by Ten Percent and Delivery Cost by 26.5 Percent.

METHODOLOGY The study developed a surrogate model for drag-force and fuel consumption prediction in truck platooning under varying wind conditions. Fuel savings were quantified by analyzing…
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Date Posted
03/27/2024

Mathematical Model Showed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Can Reduce Costs by 48.3 Percent and CO2 Emissions by 19.7 Percent in Parcel Deliveries, Especially Under Congested Traffic.

METHODOLOGY The study used a computer programming software tool to carry out an experiment and test the UAV routing model and GA with two restrictions: 1) deliveries are assumed to be completed…
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Date Posted
01/29/2024

The Estimated Annual Cost to Operate a Port in a Major Urban Area with Level 4 Automated Trucks in Queue Ranges from $75.1million to $123.4 million.

As freight imports to the US continue to increase, several US agencies are seeking ways to improve the efficiency of drayage trucking at ports by evaluating the impacts of Intelligent Transportation…
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Made Public Date
01/26/2024

Virtual Gate Technology Used To Conduct Port Terminal Transactions at Off-Site Truck Staging Areas Can Improve Truck Loading and Waiting Times and Reduce Drayage Area Turn Times by 20 Percent Contributing To Benefit-To-Cost Ratios As High as 14.55.

METHODOLOGY The four solutions chosen for detailed feasibility analyses were: (i) off-site parking and staging, (ii) off-site parking and staging combined with a “virtual gate” where some terminal…
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Date Posted
01/26/2024

Illinois Study Revealed Line-Haul Delivery Costs Can Drop by 26 Percent with Fully Automated Truck Platooning.

METHODOLOGY The study used the pre-trained surrogate model to determine the optimal platooning configuration to minimize fuel consumption under different wind scenarios. The performances of four…
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Date Posted
01/26/2024

The Estimated Cost for Building Ten Electric Charging Stations for Tenant Shippers at the Port of Oakland Ranged From $1.25M to $2M.

The Port of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners approved the Seaport Air Quality 2020 and Beyond Plan in 2019 which establishes zero-emission operations as the policy direction of the Seaport. Among…
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Made Public Date
10/31/2023

Plan for the Significant Lane Use Demand of Electronic Charging Stations for Zero-Emission Drayage Trucks.

Be aware of different charging/fueling standards. The absence of clear standards regarding voltage, amperage, phasing, “withstand rating”, and charging connectors makes it challenging for consistent…
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Date Posted
10/30/2023

Simulation-Based Drayage Operation Study in South California Showed that Eco-Approach and Departure (EAD) Connected Vehicle Application Can Provide Up To 8 Percent Energy Savings for Battery-Electric Trucks in Light Traffic.

METHODOLOGY Data collection from each truck spanned one to two months and yielded over 130,000 miles and more than 15,000 hours of truck operations. To simulate the truck performance, the study…
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Date Posted
09/29/2023