Truck platooning technology has leapt far ahead of outdated laws designed to cut down on tailgating and convoys. A new, state-by-state initiative seeks to bring regulations in line with this new technology.
In Josh Switkes’ view, it's way too premature to write truck platooning off as a dead end technology. And HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts agrees with that point.
Peloton’s new Automated Following solution uses vehicle-to-vehicle technology to allow a single driver in a lead truck to control two platooning vehicles.
Gravel and dirt roads present some unique challenges for truck platooning technology. FPInnovations and its partners have been testing the technology on backroads in Quebec, Canada to see how it might peform in the real world.
In theory, truck platoons are an obvious way to improve fuel economy for multiple vehicles at a time. But actually doing it on the road presents its own challenges.
Trucking shouldn't waste time on pipe-dreams like platooning and autonomous trucks and instead focus on improving logistics and making the trade appeal to young people, said Hendrickson's Jeff Sass while speaking at the Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange in Phoenix.
HDT's 2019 Truck Fleet Innovators discuss the struggles of getting new technologies and policies right in a fast-paced, constantly changing business environment during a panel at the 2019 Heavy Duty Trucking Exchange.
A platooning project conducted in Germany has demonstrated that the electronically linked system is “safe, technically reliable, and easily applicable in the routine of a logistics company,” according to the project's partners.
As it gets closer to announcing the availability of commercial truck platooning, Peloton Technologies laid out the details of how its two-truck platooning system, PlatoonPro, works to ensure safety and security in a new report.
Daimler announced that it would no longer invest in platooning but other manufacturers are still betting on the technology's benefits, so who's right?