Review Article

Fuel Economy in Truck Platooning: A Literature Overview and Directions for Future Research

Table. 1

Summary of primary studies.

ClassificationLead authorYearMethodReference

Air drag reductionZabat1995Wind tunnel test[16]
Marcu1998Wind tunnel test[17]
Hong1998Track test[18]
Marcu1999Wind tunnel test[19]
Hammache2001Wind tunnel test[20]
Ellis2015CFD[21]
Gheyssens2016Simulation[22]

Fuel consumption reductionBonnet2000Track test + simulation[10]
Browand2004Track test + wind tunnel test[11]
Alam2010Simulation + road test[23]
Lu2011Road test[24]
Tsugawa2011Road test[14]
Davila2013CFD + track test[25]
Lammert2014Track test[26]
Smith2014Road test + CFD[27]
Tsugawa2014Road test[28]
Alam2015Road test[29]
Humphreys2016CFD + track test[30]
Humphreys2016CFD + track test[31]
McAuliffe2017Track test[32]
McAuliffe2018Track test[33]