• What impact has truck platooning on the variable

cost per vehicle kilometer of road haulage companies?

• What is the potential of truck platooning?

• What is the effect on route choice and planning?

-5% -11% -15%

Lower labor and fuel costs drive variable

cost savings for road haulage companies

-8%

-10%

-25%

-10%

-32%

-15%

Route choice heuristic

Optimal planning synchronization

A ‘Best Pair’ heuristic maximizes savings on

road network

Artificial network

Artificial data

Real network

Artifical data

Real network

Real data

Fastest achievable savings scenario (< 5 years)Results below according to this scenario

Road haulage companies with more than 200 weekly

truck missions could realise up to 5% savings by

implementing platooning, driven by the natural overlap in

the routing and planning of their truck missions. The

impact on the companies’ route choice and planning is

negligible.

Savings up to 2% can be realized in small companies by

platooning. The achievable savings are facilitated by

flexible time windows and cooperation with other

companies. The impact on the companies’ route choice

and planning is big.

Truck platooning comprises an interesting opportunity for

3rd party platooning providers.

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Simulations show significant savings for big

as well as small road haulage companies

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The potential of truck

platooning

3 scenarios with specific labor and fuel savings

Integrated optimization algorithm

3 key simulations performed

For each pair:

Thomas Vyncke, Prof. Dirk Cattrysse, 2016 KU Leuven ©

Three important steps towards a successful

implementation

Gather key stakeholders around the table(companies, interest groups, policy makers)

Generate momentum by organizing pilot projects in big road haulage companies

Leverage synergies between truck missionsto deliver savings to smaller companies

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