Internationale Zeitschrift für Sensornetzwerke und Datenkommunikation

Improving Heavy-duty Vehicle Energy Efficiency through Connectivity

Abstract

Carrie M. Hall

Improvements to transportation energy use have often focused on the search for a replacement for the internal combustion engine. Currently, several viable alternatives have emerged and research continues to look more deeply at the benefits to the different energy production options. In addition, each of these options can be more efficiently used when paired with connected vehicle structures. In this commentary, the potential impacts of connectivity on the energy efficiency of heavy-duty vehicles are explored.