TMC has published S.1 ELECTRICAL STUDY GROUP POSITION PAPER: 2024-3 — RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TECHNICAL NEEDS FOR NEXT GENERATION TRACTOR/TRAILER ELECTRICAL AND DATA CONNECTIVITY.
This position paper lays out the technical performance needs for a new tractor/trailer electrical interface for both power and data, so as to provide a set of technical characteristics to facilitate advancement of trailer technology through modernizing the truck/trailer interface in a way that minimizes the burden on fleets and individual owner/operators, and allows for the best opportunity for successful industry adoption without causing unnecessary business disruption yet still provide the necessary expansions to accommodate future truck/trailer functionality.
The S.1 Next Generation Tractor/Trailer Electrical Interface Task Force is utilizing these criteria in its continuing work to evaluate various proposals for the NextGen Interface for potentially replacing the SAE J560 connector with a new standardized interface.
The Position Paper is availalble for download at: https://ata.msgfocus.com/c/19Ph8moVoJZt8a4iip