US' first-of-its-kind 'road in a lab' to test semi-trucks indoors

US' first-of-its-kind 'road in a lab' to test semi-trucks indoors

Researchers in the US have developed a facility that acts like a giant treadmill for trucks, where full-size vehicles can be pushed to their limits without ever leaving the building. Backed by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and built by engineers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), the so-called Heavy-Duty Dynamometer Test Facility aims to accelerate progress in advanced freight technologies while cutting both time and cost. The first-of-it…