TY  - JOUR
A1  - Woodrooffe, John
A1  - Glaeser, Klaus-Peter
A1  - Nordengen, Paul
T1  - Truck productivity, efficiency, energy use and carbon dioxide output
N2  - The Joint Transport Research Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the International Transport Forum recently conducted a benchmarking study of the safety and productivity of typical highway transport trucks from various countries. This paper focuses on vehicle productivity and efficiency in regard to the movement of freight. Forty vehicles from 10 countries were examined. The vehicles were designed for longer-haul applications and were classified in three separate categories: workhorse vehicles, which are the most common and can travel on most roads; high-capacity vehicles, which may be restricted to a certain class of road; and very high-capacity vehicles, which may be restricted to specific highways or routes. The metrics used in the analysis include maximum cargo mass and volume capacity, optimum cargo density, fuel consumption, and carbon dioxide output as a function of the freight task. The study found that size and weight regulations have a significant effect on the productivity and efficiency of heavy vehicles, including fuel consumption and vehicle emissions per unit of cargo transported. Significant variations were found among the vehicles from participating countries as well as within vehicle classes. It was also apparent that, in general, higher-productivity vehicles are correlated more strongly with increased cargo volume than with increased cargo mass and that larger trucks are better suited to lower-density freight than are workhorse vehicles. The study also found that it is important to consider the freight task when evaluating vehicle fuel consumption and emissions.
KW  - Dimension
KW  - Emission
KW  - Gewicht
KW  - Güterverkehr
KW  - International
KW  - Kohlendioxid
KW  - Kraftstoffverbrauch
KW  - Leistungsfähigkeit (allg)
KW  - Lkw
KW  - Technische Vorschriften (Kraftfahrzeug)
KW  - Wirtschaftlichkeit
KW  - Benchmark
KW  - Carbon dioxide
KW  - Dimension
KW  - Emission
KW  - Freight transport
KW  - Fuel consumption
KW  - International
KW  - Lorry
KW  - Economic efficiency
KW  - Productivity
KW  - Size and weight regulations
KW  - Vehicle regulation
KW  - Weight
Y1  - 2010
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/322
ER  -