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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Truck Platooning is Just Around the Corner

While self-driving car and truck technology is probably a little way off, it appears that truck platooning is just around the corner.

Here is a little video that shows Peloton company's plan to enable platooning NEXT YEAR!

Peloton platoon technology

In partnership with Peterbilt, Cummins, and ZF TRW, the company says the technology will allow a 7% savings in fuel between two trucks running together.

This video shows how the system can search for an available "volunteer" truck to join another while on the road. Thus, eventually any two trucks headed in the same direction could link up to save fuel.


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