IVHS AND THE TRUCKMAKER: IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR RESEARCH. FINAL REPORT

The study identifies the domain of research on Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems (IVHS) that might be proper to the interests of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of medium and heavy duty trucks. Interviews of engineering and marketing persons employed by truck manufacturing companies serve to indicate the current OEM perspective on IVHS. Based upon the combined considerations of what we might call "the culture" of the truck specification-and-purchase process, the technological opportunities, and the general environment for IVHS in the United States, a rationale for truckmaker research is developed.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  Great Lakes Center for Truck Transportation Research, 2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109-2150
• Authors:
  • Ervin, R D
• Publication Date: 1992-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Heavy duty trucks; Intelligent transportation systems; Medium trucks; Research
• Old TRIS Terms: Original equipment manufacturers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00628905
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: GLCTTR 25-92/3,, UMTRI-92-34,, HS-042 443
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1993 12:00AM