2025 – HVTT18

18th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport & Technology: Canada – 2025

Proceedings of the HVTT18 symposium in Québec City, Canada, May 26 to 29, 2025. All papers are downloadable as PDFs via the links.
ID Title Authors Domain
798 NEW CHALLENGES FOR TIRES ON BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCKS Frederic Domprobst Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
799 ON FIELD DEMONSTRATION OF FUEL REDUCTION WITH LOW ROLLING RESISTANCE TIRES Frederic Domprobst Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
800 Impact on infrastructure of reduced lateralwandering of CAV Franziska Schmidt; Taavi Tönts; Thomas Asp; Loes Aarts Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
801 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MULTI-ARTICULATED FLEXIBLE VEHICLE PLATFORMS IN REALISTIC ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE MODELS Nikhil Muthakana; Dixon Devasia; Siddharth Ajaykumar; Karel Kural Smart integration of heavy vehicles and resilient transport infrastructure
802 FLEET CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS (ADSs): DEMONSTRATIONS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE, ENGAGE, AND SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC Erin Mabry; Andrew Krum; Richard Hanowski; Aditi Manke; Christie Ridgeway; Rebecca Hammond Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
803 Fleet Concept of Operations for Automated Driving Systems (ADS): Operational Use Case Documentations and Deployments Erin Mabry; Andrew Krum; Richard Hanowski; Andrew Miller; Brian Pugliese; Christie Ridgeway; Aditi Manke; Lucas Kerns Integration of long haul and local deliveries, urban freight network planning, and logistics
805 INFLUENCE OF TIRE-ROAD FRICTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN A-DOUBLE IN ROUNDABOUTS AND INTERSECTIONS Abhijeet Behera; Sogol Kharrazi; Lena Larsson Advances in heavy vehicle safety
810 Intelligent Access Policy, e-waybills and eFTI Developments in Estonia Taavi Tõnts; Marko Jürimaa; Eva Killar; Ulrika Hurt Policies, pilot projects, and prototypes toward sustainable road freight transport: managing energy transitions and decarbonization
815 Integration of electrical and diesel truck in forest operations Mikael Rönnqvist; Patrik Flisberg; Anna Pernestål; Lovisa Engberg; Oskar Gustavsson Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
816 A new payment model for forest transports Mikael Rönnqvist; Patrik Flisberg; Gunnar Svensson; Daniel Noreland Economics of heavy vehicle transportation systems
817 Intelligent Access for road transport in Europe: from pilots to regulation and implementation: what are the gaps and how to close them? Paul Davison; Thomas Asp; Marcel Otto; Loes Aarts Smart integration of heavy vehicles and resilient transport infrastructure
818 Research on The Qualitative Evaluation and Quantitative Evaluation Transformation System of Autonomous Driving Closed Site of Intelligent Networked Heavy-duty Vehicles Juanjuan Chen; Chuanyang Chen; Jinling Chu; Boyang Sun; Hao Zhang; Cong Wei; Bingnan Ge; Jian Wang Innovations in heavy vehicle systems, instrumentation, and materials
825 The world’s first battery electric timber truck: lessons learned from the first two years of operation Gunnar Svensson; Anton Ahlinder; Mikael Rönnqvist; Patrik Flisberg; Jonas Muhr Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
826 Industry-led Data-Sharing Claire Caldwell Innovations in heavy vehicle systems, instrumentation, and materials
827 ARE WE READY FOR ZERO- AND LOWER-EMISSION TRUCKS? EXPLORING THE VIEWS OF MANITOBA TRUCKING COMPANIES Jyoti Mandhani; Phani Kumar Patnala; Ahmed Lasisi; David Linton; Babak Mehran; Carl Ho; Jonathan D. Regehr Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
828 Evaluating Electronic Stability Control Technologies in PBS Vehicles Lazslo Bruzsa; Anthony Germanchev; Josh Diyn; Sibu Verghese; Matthew Fletcher Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
833 “FORCE-SENSING KINGPIN” FOR INTELLIGENT, TRACTOR-INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF SEMI-TRAILER E-AXLES Bas Hetjes; Nikhil Muthakana; Karel Kural; Joop Pauwelussen; Michel van Klink Innovations in heavy vehicle systems, instrumentation, and materials
835 DEVELOPMENT OF INTEROPERABLE ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN SEMITRAILER CONTROLLED INDEPENDENTLY OF TRACTOR CAN DATA Karel Kural; Bas Hetjes; Gijs van Stekelenburg; Joop Pauwelussen; Michel van Klink Advances in heavy vehicle safety
836 A Comparative Study of the Indian and UK Road Logistics Industries with alternate fuel in focus. Rishab Gandhi; Parth Deshpande; David Cebon; Xiaoxiang Na; Debjit Roy Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
838 AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING: INTEGRATION POSSIBLITIES FOR THE FOREST INDUSTRY Aisha Manderson Smart integration of heavy vehicles and resilient transport infrastructure
839 ANALYZING EXPECTED OPERATING GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT OF BATTERY ELECTRIC TRUCKS: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGULATORY AND FLEET ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGIES Ahmed Lasisi; Jyoti Mandhani; Phani Kumar Patnala; David Linton; Babak Mehran; Carl Ho; Jonathan D. Regehr Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
840 MEASURING LONGITUDINAL TIRE FORCE PROPERTIES OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TIRES ON SNOW WITH A TYRE TESTING TRAILER Miro-Tommi Tuutijärvi; Ville Pirnes; Teppo Siltanen; Juho Könnö Advances in heavy vehicle safety
841 Charging and Traffic Constraints in Electric Road Freight Journeys Parth Deshpande; Zixuan Chai; John Miles; David Cebon Policies, pilot projects, and prototypes toward sustainable road freight transport: managing energy transitions and decarbonization
842 Novel Insights into Pavement-Vehicle Dynamics and Rolling Resistance Coefficients of Heavy Vehicles. Wiliam Levesque; Julien Lépine; André Bégin-Drolet Innovations in heavy vehicle systems, instrumentation, and materials
844 STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTRIC ROAD SYSTEM USING ACCELERATED LOAD TESTS Björn Kalman; Lina Nordin Resilient road freight transport systems, including in cold regions and remote areas
845 CAMERA-BASED METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF LIFTED TRUCK AXLES USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Bachir TCHANA TANKEU; Mohamed Bouteldja; Nicolas Grignard; Bernard Jacob Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
847 Developing Heavy Duty Electric Vehicle Energy Transportation Cost Mapping David Hamilton; Christopher Langevin; John Sessions; Victoria Diederichs Policies, pilot projects, and prototypes toward sustainable road freight transport: managing energy transitions and decarbonization
851 Design and Validation of an Active Trailer Steering Controller for Longer Combination Vehicles Using a Hardware-in-the-Loop Platform Amir Rahimi; Nikita Yovchev; Wei Huang Advances in heavy vehicle safety
856 Improving Telematics Analysis of Heavy Vehicle Speed Behavior on Structures Quinn Cooney; David Randall; Payam Ghadirian Advances in heavy vehicle safety
858 Introducing a Novel Analysis Tool to Quantify the Impact of Superheavy Load Vehicles on Pavements Erdrick Leandro PEREZ GONZALEZ; Jean-Pascal Bilodeau Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
859 Characterization of the mechanical response of Electric Road Pavement Structures in Heavy Vehicle Simulator Tests Danial Arzjani; Jean-Claude Carret; Jean-Pascal Bilodeau; Diego Ramirez Cardona Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
860 Configuration selection in a decarbonizing world. How ISO 14083 can influence supply chain operations design Brian Dwyer; Alejandra Efron Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
862 The impact of High Capacity Transport (Super EcoCombi/EMS2) on climate policy in the Netherlands Tim Breemersch; Loes Aarts; Michel van der Mierden Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
866 Trends in the European Road Haulage Market and the implementation of the 1st Mobility Package Tim Breemersch; Bruno Van Zeebroeck; Feyisayo Lari-Williams; Wouter Verheyen Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
868 SMARTER HEAVY VEHICLE REGULATION: THE OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS FOR PROGRESSING INNOVATION WITH DIGITAL AND SMART REGULATION. IMPLICATIONS FOR ROAD AGENCIES AND THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY Christopher Walker; Gavin Hill Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
871 A Tractor Independent Power Based Control for Semi-trailer Electric Propulsion Joop Pauwelussen; Michel van Klink; Bas Hetjes; Karel Kural Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
872 Real Time truck regulatory data exchange between governmental jurisdictions Michael Onder; Barry Mason Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
873 A WIN-WIN COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY THROUGH REGULATORY CHANGE Pape Masseck Thiam; Allan Bradley Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
874 DETECTION OF LIFTED AXLES OF HEAVY VEHICLES. STATISTICAL APPROACHES BASED ON WIM DATA Dimitri DAUCHER; Saïd-Hachim Iahaya; Allou SAME; Bernard Jacob Advances in heavy vehicle safety
877 Articulated Steering Heavy Vehicle Handling Marcus Coleman; Brendan Coleman; Cas Kent; Lazslo Bruzsa Advances in heavy vehicle safety
879 ADVANCED AERONAUTIC COMPONENTS FOR REDUCING FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EMISSIONS IN COMMERCIAL TRUCKS Ben Kraaijenhagen; Mauricio Vargas Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
880 Insights from Zero Emissions Bus (ZEB) Advisories Marcus Coleman; Brendan Coleman; Joshua Allwright; Jaideep Upadhyay; Dean Moule; Lazslo Bruzsa Advances in heavy vehicle safety
881 The Potential Economic Impact of Introducing High Capacity Transport (HCT) Solutions in China’s Road Transport Sector Mats Harborn; Tao Xu Economics of heavy vehicle transportation systems
882 Aligning Chinese Pallet Standards with International Standards Mats Harborn; Tao Xu Integration of long haul and local deliveries, urban freight network planning, and logistics
884 COST EFFICIENT TYRE TESTING, MODELLING AND VALIDATION FOR PBS ASSESSMENTS Tokologo Komana; Schalk Els; Carl Becker Advances in heavy vehicle safety
885 Where are those trucks going? Using a Bayesian framework to synthesize freight origin-destination data in the Canadian Prairie Region Nasim Deljouyi; Babak Mehran; Jonathan D Regehr Resilient road freight transport systems, including in cold regions and remote areas
886 A Holistic Strategy to Balance Law Enforcement with Freight Mobility Gerhard de Wet; Paul Nordengen Heavy vehicle weights and dimensions policies, regulatory harmonization, permitting, and compliance
887 ELECTRIFYING TRUCK FLEETS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELECTRIC TRUCK ADOPTION YAN CIMON Improving road freight transport practices through training, education, and good governance
890 THE USE OF HYBRID TRUCKS IN FOREST TRANSPORTS RAHUL IYER; William Levesque; Mikael Rönnqvist; Bobin Wang Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure
891 EMS2 CHALLENGE 360 DEGREES Loes Aarts; Suzanne Van Lieshout; Gwendal De Caritat; Thijs Devos Advances in heavy vehicle safety
892 ZEFES, Zero Emission flexible vehicle platforms with modular powertrains serving the long-haul Freight EcoSystem Omar Hegazy; Ben Kraaijenhagen Climate change mitigation and adaptation for heavy vehicle systems and infrastructure