EGVIA workshop on project results – Heavy Duty trucks

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EGVIA held its 1st workshop on European project contributions to CO2 reduction in Heavy Duty Trucks in Brussels.

Three different sessions presented the results of EU funded projects on Heavy-Duty Trucks:

Impacts of alternative fuels on CO2 reduction

• DESTA – European Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Auxiliary Power Unit (Jürgen Rechberger, AVL)
• LNG BLUE CORRIDORS – Demonstration of heavy duty vehicles running with liquefied methane (Xavier Ribas, Idiada)
• HD GAS – Heavy Duty Gas Engines integrated into Vehicles (Johann Weinzierl, MAN)

Solutions for fuel efficiency

• CONVENIENT (COmplete Vehicle ENergy-saving Technologies)
• Giorgio ZURLO, IVECO 
• Jack Martens, DAF
• Olof Lindgärde, Volvo)
  
• ECOCHAMPS (European COmpetitiveness in Commercial Hybrid and AutoMotive PowertrainS)  (Jack Martens, DAF)
• CORE – CO2 – REduction for Long Distance Transport (Johan Engström, Volvo)
• OPTITRUCK – Optimal fuel consumption with Predictive PowerTrain control and calibration for intelligent Truck (GV-6-2015) (Jean-Charles Pandazis, ERTICO)

Energy management and recovery

• NOWASTE – Engine Waste Heat Recovery and Re-Use (Vincent Lemort, Université of Liège)
• GASTONE – New powertrain concept based on the integration of energy recovery, storage and re-use system with engine system and control strategies (Alex Rinaldi, IVECO)
• Ecodriver – Supporting the driver in conserving energy and reducing emissions (Roland Trauter, Daimler)

The final session on the future solutions for Heavy Duty Trucks was closed by a panel discussion with

Tony Sandberg, Scania
Neville Jackson, ERTRAC Vice Chair / Ricardo
Dimitrios Savvidis, DG CLIMA

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