A platoon is an autonomous and cooperative group of vehicles driving together while maintaining a minimal following distance. The first car is usually the platoon leader, and sets the inter-vehicle distance, driving speed, and platoon size by utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technologies. The convoys can allow for increased road capacity, minimized traffic congestion, improved safety, and reduced air drag, resulting in lower fuel consumption and harmful emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Platooning is a set of protocols that manages the joining procedure, the manoeuvring and the splitting of the group, or separating a single vehicle. Ensemble is one of the key projects in this field in Europe, while the Secredas project focuses on making communications more secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A platoon is an autonomous and cooperative group of vehicles driving together while maintaining a minimal following distance. The first car is usually the platoon leader, and sets the inter-vehicle distance, driving speed, and platoon size by utilizing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technologies. The convoys can allow for increased road capacity, minimized traffic congestion, improved safety, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1644,"template":"","class_list":["post-1613","expertise","type-expertise","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n