Fleet Management System for Truck Platoons - Generating an Optimum Route in Terms of Fuel Consumption

Abstract

Intelligent Transport Systems applications for commercial vehicles are aimed at minimizing stops that are not strictly necessary (for weight control, licenses or approvals) and improved logistics for fleet operators, including the use of intermodal transport.This article addresses the development of a system that monitors and informs a road train, that forms in real-time, about the length of a selected route, the travel time on the route, and especially the route fuel consumption. By collecting information from fleets of trucks, the communication interface between the vehicle and the fleet monitoring and information system will cover a large area of interest. The system will receive data from the vehicles and after a specific processing stage, will display optimal routes in terms of fuel consumption.