Project description
Cloud solution paves way for e-trucks
Transport is the only sector in the EU that did not record any significant decline in greenhouse gas emissions in the last decades. Road transport is causing the biggest number of greenhouse gas emissions of all means of transport. It is responsible for around 20 % of the EU's total emissions of CO2. Modernisation of road freight transport is therefore vital. Electric trucks will be a key component of Europe's efforts in this area, but this strategy remains limited due to logistical impracticalities. The EU-funded Energy Trailer project is developing a cloud-based solution that could help save up to 50 % of energy, double the range of e-trucks, supply power to the grid, and monitor the performance and control units with an easy-to-use interface.
Fields of science
- social sciencessocial geographytransportfreight transport
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
6417 XJ Heerlen
Netherlands
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