I am looking for a few members of the ATA/TMC* and other interested parties to provide oversight and counsel during the development of a new way of measuring and comparing fuel consumption for the trucking industry.We will be blending together artificial intelligence, machine learning and world-class telematics using five test trucks operating on a test track traveling 680 miles daily at the same speed with the same load.

Each vehicle is wearing out pavement studies on experimental road building technology for state and federal government agencies.The new system will be taking the best features from the TMC’s fuel consumption Recommended Practices (RPs) and rationalizing those features with cutting edge technology.We are also using #AI & #ML to reduce wheel end failure and life threatening vibration.

RELATED GROUPS ON LINKEDIN:

FUEL ECONOMY

NACFE North American Council for Freight Efficiency

WHEEL END FAILURE

Road Gators

DRIVER HEALTH, LOAD DAMAGE, ROAD DAMAGE AND VEHICLE HEALTH

Whole-Body Vibration (WBV)

UNIVERSITIES

National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn University

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

NACFE North American Council for Freight Efficiency

NACFE is focused on fuel economy for heavy commercial vehicles. Trucks play a vital role in our lives, delivering nearly 70 percent of all goods across our continent and the need for greater efficiency is more important than ever.

NACFE was created to meet the demand for real, trustworthy solutions and we share that with the world at www.NACFE.org. It neither sells nor promotes specific technologies. By adhering to a standard of technological and political impartiality, this council seeks to ensure the safe, efficient, and profitable future of the trucking industry.

This Council, formed by the industry, will:

--Define freight efficiency metrics in a way that is consistent with industry customers (MPG, L/100km, ton-miles/gal, km/L...)

--Build and maintain an easy-to-access clearinghouse of information

--Rate technologies or methods based on certified testing and results (according to context and interoperability)

--Evaluate and advise users on improvements about configurations and maintenance based on industry best practices

--Educate drivers and fleets about conditions that affect efficiency

--Predict efficiency gains for specific technology combinations

--Demonstrate fuel economy solutions through events such as Run On Less

NACFE Vision

A rapidly evolving, more profitable, efficient, and safe freight industry that ensures the environmental sustainability of North American goods movement.

NACFE Mission

The NACFE will drive the development and adoption of efficiency-enhancing, environmentally-beneficial, and cost-effective technologies, services, and methodologies in the North American freight industry by establishing and communicating credible and performance-based benefits.

ATA's TECHNOLOGY & MAINTENANCE COUNCIL

For more than 60 years, TMC’s member-driven Recommended Maintenance and Engineering Practices have been setting the standards that help trucking companies specify and maintain their fleets more effectively. TMC’s industry best practices also provide guidance to manufacturers in the design of their equipment. TMC has grown into an organization of more than 2,300 members with representatives from virtually every sector of the industry, including fleets, owner/operators, manufacturers, suppliers, service providers, educators, press, association representatives and technicians.

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