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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Higher Capacity Vehicles"”.
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Torque Actuated Rear Steering for Urban Electric Commercial Vehicles
… of rigid (non-articulated) commercial vehicles. The main objectives are to: 1. Increase vehicle length while maintaining manoeuvrability at low speeds, 2. At high speed, improve roll-over stability and emergency braking and cornering performance while maintaining accurate path …
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An Investigation of Higher Capacity Urban Freight Vehicles
Studies have shown that increasing the capacity of Heavy Goods Vehicles is one of the most effective ways of reducing fuel consumption per tonne-kilometre of freight moved, with consequent reductions in greenhouse and noxious emissions. Some of the disadvantages of larger vehicles are more …
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Brake-Actuated Steering of Heavy Goods Vehicles
Large-scale adoption of higher capacity vehicles in road freight transport can significantly improve transport productivity and reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. To date, their adoption in the UK is limited by their reduced low-speed manoeuvrability. Active rear-steering …