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 in environment, international, vehicles | * | 2 comments 

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  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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