Friday, February 18, 2011
"Road Train Completes First Trials In Sweden"
I'm posting this as a novelty.
It sort of sounds like an interesting idea (at first).
Based on the article's comments, others have seen that it's potential is limited...
It sort of sounds like an interesting idea (at first).
Based on the article's comments, others have seen that it's potential is limited...
Hugh Pickens recently posted about it at SlashDot.org:
"BBC reports technology that links vehicles into 'road trains' that can travel as a semi-autonomous convoy has undergone its first real world tests with trials held on Volvo's test track in Sweden. Researchers believe platoons of cars could be traveling on Europe's roads within a decade cutting fuel use, boosting safety and may even reducing congestion."
