platooning

Hyundai has successfully completed its first truck platooning trial. The trial on South Korea’s Yeoju Smart Highway – a 7km testbed for the development of autonomous driving technology – involved two Xcient trucks and trailers. Yeoju Smart Highway is constantly…

The advanced video telematics technology behind a truck platooning trial in the UK is being provided by VisionTrack. The company has joined a consortium of partners, led by Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), that is conducting the tests on behalf of…

US-based connected and automated vehicle technology company, Peloton Technology, has unveiled a new automated following system that would effectively allow a single human driver to control two trucks at once. Peloton’s Automated Following is an advanced platooning system, using vehicle-to-vehicle…

US-based connected and automated vehicle technology company, Peloton Technology, has unveiled a new automated following system that would effectively allow a single human driver to control two trucks at once. Peloton’s Automated Following is an advanced platooning system, using vehicle-to-vehicle…

Platooning has long been mooted as a potential solution for a logistics industry looking to reduce both the cost and environmental impact of vehicle movements. The idea’s a simple one…using connected and autonomous technology, trucks are able to form convoys…

MAN Truck & Bus is to begin platooning trials with German logistics firm DB Schenker, following the official handover of test vehicles. The joint project, with involvement from Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, was set up in May 2017,…

The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) will be undertaking the UK’s first HGV platooning trials on British motorways next year. The trials will feature convoys of semi-automated trucks that will operate in tandem using a wireless connection. Acceleration, braking and steering…