There are definite reward from convoying behind crowing - rigs on longsighted drives — and not just the fuel delivery . If this new networked - fomite system comes to realisation , ride behind Smokey will also enable your car to drive itself .
The SARTRE ( Safe Road Trains for the Environment ) labor by Volvo , which has been in the works since 2009 , aspire to wirelessly yoke vehicles together and tether them to leading trucks , creating a self - drive convey of fomite . connection them together allows each vehicle in the line to autonomously match the acceleration , braking , and turn of the truck — essentially a computerized plot of succeed - the - leader .
A late system examination saw a Volvo XC60 , a Volvo V60 , and a Volvo S60 to a lead truck and send the steel conga line on a 124 - mile joy drive on a Spanish public highway at 53 mph . “ asunder from the software package developed as part of the project , it is really only the wireless meshwork installed between the car that set them apart from other railroad car usable in showrooms today , ” Linda Wahlstrom , SARTRE ’s task handler toldLive Science .
look like our car - chauffeured future is n’t that far off after all . [ SARTREviaLiveScience ]
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