| English name: | TRANSFORMERS |
| Project status: | finished |
| Project duration: | 01.09.2013 - 01.03.2017 |
| Website address: | http://www.transformers-project.eu |
| Project budget: | 0.00 |
| Contact info: | Paul Adams: paul.adams@volvo.com |
Short description
The overall objective of the TRANSFORMERS project is to develop and demonstrate innovative and energy efficient trucks and load carriers.
This is meant for long distance transport assignments with an improved load efficiency leading to an overall 25% less energy consumption on a t.km basis and a lower impact on the road infrastructure.
Develop and demonstrate Hybrid-on-Demand Driveline for Truck-trailer Combination Develop innovative complete vehicle aerodynamic measures Develop innovative loading efficiency measures Today trucks and load carriers are designed and optimised towards a limited variance set of usage and for maximum payload. In the future there will be an increasing need for optimized load efficiency for each mission of a truck, and for optimizing the freight carried on a finite length of road.
Full description
Related partners
- ECK
- FEHRL - Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories
- Fraunhofer - Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics
- IFSTTAR - The French institute for science and technology for transport, development and networks
- IRU
- P & G - P & G - Procter & Gamble
- Robert Bosh
- Schmitz Cargobull
- TNO
- Uniresearch
- VIRTUAL VEHICLE
- Volvo Technology - Volvo Technology Corporation