Start Date: 01/09/2016
End Date: 31/08/2019
Web Site: optitruck.eu

optiTruck is an “Innovation action” project, co-funded by the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Union under the “Green Vehicles” call (H2020-GV-6-2015). The goal of optiTruck is to bring together the most advanced technologies from powertrain control and intelligent transport systems in order to achieve a global optimum for consumption of fuel (at least 20% reduction) as well as other energy sources and consumables while achieving Euro VI emission standards for heavy duty road haulage (40t).

The optiTruck project, coordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe, aims to:

• Develop demonstrators to be tested in real environment: i.e. trucks equipped with real-time emission monitoring connected together with other sensors or data sources to the powertrain control unit of the truck for further processing (data fusion/predictive module) (to be on-line with Euro VI);
• Develop predictive intelligent modules based on predictive navigation and other environmental data;
• Develop software for the fusion and the optimisation of engine calibration mapping and powertrain control;
• Carry out real-environment trials with two demonstrators:
  • One truck equipped with the current state-of-the-art techniques to collect the consumptions of fuel and other consumables to be used as the baseline data;
  • One truck equipped with the proposed system to demonstrate on real road the reduction of fuel and emissions under different transport missions.
• Undertake validation and impact assessment to show the minimum 20% fuel reduction;
• Develop strategies for larger deployment of the proposed system within and beyond the project.