Emissions from the transport sector can be drastically reduced with more streamlined trucks.
Linköping University researchers have used advanced computer calculations at the National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) to produce a profile for a light truck body in which air resistance is substantially reduced – without decreasing its carrying capacity.
Erik Alfredsson, owner of Alfredssons Transport in Norrköping has built the prototype. The base is a traditional Mercedes light truck that has been given self-supporting floors and new, lighter material in parts of the body. The box has been rounded off; all sharp corners and edges are gone, the wheels have been partially enclosed and the roof has a slight, gentle slope backwards like a wing.
Over the 90,000 kms the truck has travelled so far, its fuel consumption has decreased by at least 12% compared to the same vehicle with a traditional body.
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Image Credit: Petter Ekman
