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

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

Truck Only Lanes/Highway

Questions