Autonomous follower truck convoy

Important results from the project

The purpose of the project was to investigate the business viability and the logistics companies´ interest in the concept. The goal of the project was to indicate whether the market is ready and, if so, to provide information on whether there are further questions that should be considered. The project has fulfilled its aim and objective by analyzing the business ability and interest of logistics companies. The project has identified three main questions that need to be considered in order to justify further investment in the concept.

Expected long term effects

The results from the project show that the concept is interesting and relevant, but that there are further questions that need to be considered. The business viability of the concept has been identified to depend on the continuous development of several factors including: Availability and limitations for single autonomous vehicles Legal frameworks to enable different types of autonomous concepts for heavy vehicles. Interest of logistics players to adapt current processes and infrastructure to the concept

Approach and implementation

The project work was carried out within five work packages in accordance with the project proposal. Internal activities were carried out both through project meetings every two weeks and workshops. Several workshops were conducted as physical meetings. External activities were carried out by contacting various relevant actors for interviews which were then carried out. The external project activities were challenging to complete, interest from external parties was varied, and planning meetings were sometimes difficult to achieve within the project time plan.