Platoon: GPS-based road trains set to test on European roads?
by Jonathon Ramsey (RSS feed) on Nov 13th, 2009 at 4:31PM
It goes by the name "Sartre," but it has nothing to do with existentialism and just a little bit to do with exits. The Safe Road Trains for the Environment program is a three-year European study centering on the creation of 'platoons' of drivers behind a lead vehicle on the highway. It involves wiring cars to speak to each other, and to a lead vehicle – the platoon commander – behind which up to eight cars could follow in automated bliss. One of the keys to the study is finding a way to make travel more efficient and lower gas usage without spending the treasury on putting... Read More
