TNT has participated in a number of tests with aerodynamic side wings which help reduce noise,CO2 emissions, and fuel consumption of trucks.
These tests reiterate TNT’s commitment to PART20, a platform which develops aerodynamic devicesby combining the know-how of scientists from the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands,with the practical experience from partners in the transportation industry. TNT is one of PART20’sthree founding partners.
During the trials, TNT provided one ‘standard’ and one ‘streamlined’ truck which had anaerodynamic wing mounted to each side of its trailer to lower air resistance.
At the end of April, the trucks took to the testing grounds in Lelystad (The Netherlands) toassess the benefits of the wings for CO2 emissions and fuel consumption. Three weeks later, TNTsent the trucks to a deserted air base near the Hague where an ‘acoustic camera’ measured the soundproduction of the passing vehicles by translating them into colours, similar to the images producedby thermal cameras.
The results are now being evaluated by TNT’s science partners and will be used for the furtherimprovement of the side wings, TNT said in a statement.
