1. Autonomous Trucks & Platooning The Future of Trucking or Not
Ted Scott
Director, Engineering Services
American Trucking Associations, Inc.

2. Outline
ATA Next Generation Trucks Future Trucks Levels of Automation Driverless Trucks Connected Vehicles Government Involvement

3. The American Trucking Associations
2500 Direct Members
50 Affiliate State Trucking Associations
Affiliated Trucking Organizations
Agriculture & Food Transporters Conference
Automobile Carriers Conference
Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference
Distribution & LTL Carriers Association
Truckload Carriers Association
National Tank Truck Carriers Association
ATA Councils
National Accounting & Finance Council
Safety & Loss Prevention Management Council
Technology & Maintenance Council
American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
ATA Litigation Center

4. Next Generation Truck

5. Next Generation Truck Aerodynamics
Engine - Waste Heat Recovery, Low Carbon Fuels
Tires - Low Rolling Resistance
Transmissions- automated to automatic
Controls – Some Automation, Collision Avoidance
Brakes – Disc Brakes
Trailers – Weight Sensing Distribution
Operations – Platooning, Predictive Analysis, Condition Based Maintenance

6. Future Generation Truck

8. Future Generation Truck
Advanced Aerodynamics
Micro Turbine Power
Hydrogen Fuel Cell
360 Collison Avoidance
Solar Powered Trailer Roofs
Remote Diagnostics & Programming
Automated and Driverless

9. NHTSA 5 levels of Vehicle Automation
No-Automation (Level 0)
Function-specific Automation (Level 1)
Combined Function Automation (Level 2)
Limited Self-Driving Automation (Level 3)
Full Self-Driving Automation (Level 4)
No-Automation (Level 0): The driver is in complete and sole control of the primary vehicle controls – brake, steering, throttle, and motive power – at all times.
Function-specific Automation (Level 1): Automation at this level involves one or more specific control functions. Examples include electronic stability control or pre-charged brakes, where the vehicle automatically assists with braking to enable the driver to regain control of the vehicle or stop faster than possible by acting alone.
Combined Function Automation (Level 2): This level involves automation of at least two primary control functions designed to work in unison to relieve the driver of control of those functions. An example of combined functions enabling a Level 2 system is adaptive cruise control in combination with lane centering.
Limited Self-Driving Automation (Level 3): Vehicles at this level of automation enable the driver to cede full control of all safety-critical functions under certain traffic or environmental conditions and in those conditions to rely heavily on the vehicle to monitor for changes in those conditions requiring transition back to driver control. The driver is expected to be available for occasional control, but with sufficiently comfortable transition time. The Google car is an example of limited self-driving automation.
Full Self-Driving Automation (Level 4): The vehicle is designed to perform all safety-critical driving functions and monitor roadway conditions for an entire trip. Such a design anticipates that the driver will provide destination or navigation input, but is not expected to be available for control at any time during the trip. This includes both occupied and unoccupied vehicles.

10. Levels of Automation No-Automation (Level 0)
Hands-on, feet-on, eyes-on, brain-on
Function-specific Automation (Level 1)
Hands-off, feet-on, eyes-on, brain-on
Combined Function Automation (Level 2)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-on, brain-on
Limited Self-Driving Automation (Level 3)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-off, brain-on
Full Self-Driving Automation (Level 4)
Hands-off, feet-off, eyes-off, brain-off.
Full Self-Driving Truck (Level 5)
Truck driver – not there at all.

11. Automobile Go to work Go to store Go to dinner Road-trip
REASONS FOR DRIVING
Automobile Go to work Go to store Go to dinner Road-trip
Trucks Make money

12. Future Trucks

13. Connected Vehicles & Infrastructure
V2V – simple safety message
V2I - same simple safety message
Big data
Data Ownership
Taxes and tolls
Security
Privacy

14. Government Involvement
Highways (for driverless trucks)
Safe Harbor pull outs
Fuel
Regulations
Different Rules for different corridors
Following Distance Rules
Safety Inspections, Licenses
Security
Physical
Cyber

15. Truck Only Lanes/Highway

16. Questions