November 23, 2009


Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment)

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An EU-financed research project is looking at inexpensive ways of getting vehicles to travel in a ‘platoon’ on Europe’s motorways.

Each road train could include up to eight separate vehicles – cars, buses and trucks will be mixed in each one.

The EU hopes to cut fuel consumption, journey times and congestion by linking vehicles together.

posted by Deron Bauman in environment, international, vehicles 

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2 Responses to “Sartre (Safe Road Trains for the Environment)”

  1. Derek White on November 23rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    always wondered why no one had ever thought of this before. streams of independent vehicles just seems silly.

  2. Michael Smith on November 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    I love the idea but admit I want to be nowhere near the first ‘road train’ for fear of malfunction.

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