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A successful road test of vehicle platooning
In the Sartre roadtrain test, gaps between vehicles driving 85 km/h were only 6 meters (Photo: Volvo Car)A consortium that includes Volvo Car and Volvo Trucks successfully conducted a public road test of platooning, an experimental technology that lets vehicles automatically follow a lead vehicle with the help of in-car ...
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1st combined test of vehicle “platooning” successful
Development teams have carried out the first combined test of “vehicle platooning,” a European-Union sponsored program aimed at changing the way cars and trucks use Europe’s roads.The test was carried out on the Volvo proving ground near Gothenburg, Sweden, as part of the SARTRE project."This is a major milestone for ...