Business models and roles for mediating services in a truck platooning system-of-systems
2019 (English)In: 2019 14th Annual Conference System of Systems Engineering, SoSE 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019, p. 113-118Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Platooning of trucks on motorways has been proposed as a method of reducing fuel consumption. It requires communication between the trucks to control the distance between them. However, this system-of-systems (SoS) cannot only contain the trucks, but also needs to include mediating off-board services for match-making to find suitable constellations of trucks, and for creating platooning incentives by distributing the profit made equally among the constituent systems. This paper analyzes what actors in the SoS would be suitable to operate these services, and also business models that cover the cost for their implementation and operation. It concludes that the truck OEMs have a vital role in creating the mediating services, and that a suitable business model would be based on usage fees for the services rather than upfront payment for platooning equipment.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2019. p. 113-118
Keywords [en]
Fuel saving distribution, Incentives, Match-making, Platooning, System-of-systems, Fuel economy, Trucks, Business modeling, Business models, Fuel savings, Match making, System of systems
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-39662DOI: 10.1109/SYSOSE.2019.8753887Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85069759573ISBN: 9781728104577 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-39662DiVA, id: diva2:1341221
Conference
14th Annual Conference System of Systems Engineering, SoSE 2019, 19 May 2019 through 22 May 2019
Note
Funding details: Trafikverket; Funding details: 2016-04232; Funding text 1: This research has been funded by Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency (grant no. 2016-04232), and has been carried out within a joint project with Scania, Volvo Group, DB Schenker, Swedish Transport Administration, and KTH.
2019-08-082019-08-082023-05-22Bibliographically approved