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Description: In the quest for a greener planet, Mercedes-Benz has taken on the challenge of turning one of the main culprits in gas-guzzling transportation into a cleaner and more eco-friendly mode of industry. Du...
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Yeah that's not the point. Your taking it too literal. Its not like I'm making it as fast as a bugatti veyron, but it would use less energy for more speed, meaning the fuel efficiency increased. The only use a faster trailer truck would have is if it was on the autobahn.
Why would you want to make trucks fast. I think they are made to move stuff, not exactly break world records
I'm not saying that the truck has to be 90 feet long. I'm just saying that the car could add maybe 4 feet in length just to fit a teardrop shape or maybe less depending on how close the driver is to the windows. You'd only lose so much space for the trailer but the efficiency included with both the truck and this trailer would drastically save fuel for whoever is paying to haul it. And on my last ...
Future trucks should have a nose like the bullet train. Mack and Peter built, take my advice and prove the Germans wrong.
Most euro trucks are flat front in order to have the longest trailer possible.
a koenigsegg also doesn't haul a couple tons in a trailer across a country..
FYI the truck has to have the shortest wheels base possible to carry the longest trailer possible so that's why they are flat faced. Also to manouver
Why do trailer truck companies try so hard to increase the aerodynamic efficiency of a truck when the answer is straight In front of them? The most aerodynamic shape for average car or supercar speeds is the teardrop (Notice the cockpit shape of Koenigsegg cars). Just change the part of a railed truck that faces the most wind! THE TRUCK ITSELF! Then focus on stuff like trailers. Besides that that ...
I'm no truck expert but just this bumper must be very aerodynamic in its design. And this is one sexy looking truck. Beast
Mercedes can make almost everything look better by putting its logo on it.
Description: It is also said to reduce fuel consumption by about 5 percent. The longer total length will require government approval, however, as it is a half-yard too long to currently be considered street-legal....
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Don't confuse low MPGs with inefficient. You're not going to get 20 mpg when you have an 80,000lb load. For the weight of the vehicles and their cargo, they are efficient.
These tractor trailers can see much more efficiency simply with an overhaul of their aerodynamics. It's stupid that the vehicles that drive the most are the least efficient
Description: The basis for the program "is the fuel consumption of the new Mercedes-Benz Actros, which is proven to be more than seven percent lower than its predecessor model, itself recognized as being frug...
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There's an American Company, ATDynamics ( ATDynamics.com ) that already has a commercial product that saves 6% fuel: The Trailertail (what Mercedes is prototyping). Perhaps, Mercedes should team up with ATDynamics since they already have a proven commercial product already streamlining thousands of non-aerodynamic trailers?... FYI - In the US there is a law to allow for a 5 foot aerodynamic exte...
It's also for overseas... All trucks are can overs, they have over all length laws
@Kevin the other few pictures have mirrors, not quite sure what happened here...
Mind you, Kevin, this is a rendering, actual truck does have mirrors, this isn't the only picture of it
No mirrors because 2011, do you trust backup cameras/side view and blind spot cameras? Because do have.
Trucks I can trust? I don't trust it that much if it doesn't have mirrors on the cab.
Lol imagine talking to your fellow truckers and say my truck has a rear diffuser and spoiler
Most semi trucks back into docks, most of the time in a literal sense. Making this trailer highly impractical.
This truck wasn't designed to back into docks, fellas do you think Mercedes would make a dock for their dealership.they drive them out. I love those back lights.
That's actually well thought out. You can see a line in the bottom which shows that the light will open with the door so it will open more then 90 degrees. Only thing is the trailer would need to be wide enough to Back into a dock with no damage
So much for doors that swing all the way open... Doesnt look like the bak doors open judging by the piece overhanging at the top
