Tag: platooning
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Public policy group calls for updating of laws to enable driverless truck platooning
A US public policy organization called the Competitive Enterprise Institute is urging states to update their laws to enable driverless truck platooning. The CEO says the measures would offers safety, economic, and environmental benefits. New automated vehicle technology will help freight truck companies transport consumer goods in a more fuel-efficient way, reducing transportation costs and…
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Tests reveal potential of truck ‘platooning’ in Germany
A pilot project on truck platooning has been successfully completed by DB Schenker, MAN Truck & Bus and Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Germany. ‘Platooning’ is when two or more trucks drive in a tight convoy on a motorway, benefiting from reduced air drag. All vehicles driving in the platoon are electronically linked to…
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ZF works on European ‘truck platooning’
ZF is working with truck manufacturers as part of the EU co-funded ENSEMBLE project to test programmes with the goal of introducing multi-brand truck platooning on European roads by 2021. Truck platooning – when lorries move on motorways in a tightly spaced convoy – for trucks from numerous manufacturers requires exacting networking standards. ZF’s current portfolio…
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Volvo Trucks and FedEx demonstrate truck ‘platooning’ in the USA
Volvo Trucks North America has carried out a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology. The company has been working closely with FedEx and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to expand on-highway operations of Volvo’s Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) in the United States on N.C. 540, the Triangle Expressway. This marks the…
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Platooning: practical use of networked truck convoys in Gemany
DB Schenker, together with its cooperation partners MAN Truck & Bus and Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, has sent two digitally networked trucks into practical use on a German highway. In the presence of Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Andreas Scheuer, a truck “platoon” set off from the DB Schenker branch office…
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‘Platoons’ of autonomous trucks set for European roads
Dutch government organising DAF technology demonstration to put fleets of autonomous trucks on European roads A consortium of DAF Trucks, TNO, NXP and Ricardo is working together under the name EcoTwin to participate in the European Truck Platooning Challenge being organised by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment on April 6. The objective…