Regular Biglorryblog readers will recall me recently blogging on Renault's super-slippery aerodynamic Optifuel Lab artic which recently recorded a 13% average fuel improvement in back-to-back tests with a conventional artic---and you can read all about it in Commercial Motor shortly. However, I thought you mght like to see some of the design sketches for it...
And from the front...
And a three-quarter rear showing a classic 'coke bottle shape'!
And here's a shot of the computational fluid dynamics work on the final design and if you click through here you can see the finished vehicle 'in the flesh'....
And here it is....aslightly more 'realistic' version in the hard copy. However, this is the rig that returned that 13% fuel saving...and be sure to read the full story in CM 9th April.
This model of aerodynamical lorry might be fuel efficient. Then again we need to think about the cost effectiveness in the long run. More information can be found on (http://www.bgiworldwide.com).