Challenges ahead within developing the next generation of productive commercial heavy vehicles
Inauguration Lecture - Leo Laine
Title: Challenges ahead within developing the next generation of productive commercial heavy vehicles
Dr Leo Laine received his MSc at Chalmers in 1996. In 2002 he started his doctoral studies within the topic of Hybrid Electric Vehicles illustrating how vehicle stability control is balanced with energy management for over-actuated vehicles. Since 2007, he currently works for Volvo Group Trucks Technology in Chassis Strategies and Vehicle Analysis where his main topics are developing a reference architecture for vehicle motion functionality and specific motion functionalities for articulated heavy vehicles.
Leo leads research projects at Chalmers and Cambridge University relating to how the European Directive for the Modular System of Commercial Heavy Vehicles should be updated to improve vehicle productivity and safety. He also conducts collaborations with INSA Lyon and TU Delft and works towards industry standardizations within ISO and AUTOSAR.
Leo will provide an overview of what challenges lie ahead within developing the next generation of productive commercial heavy vehicles. Heavy truck OEMs need to consider the complete vehicle combination in order to improve productivity and reduce the environmental footprint. Leo will discuss why a reference architecture of vehicle motion functionality is a key for future commercial heavy vehicle design.
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