Partial Automation for Truck Platooning

FHWA-HRT-19-028

Partial Automation for Truck Platooning

Steven E. Shladover, Xiao-Yun Lu, Shiyan Yang, Hani Ramezani, John Spring,
Christopher Nowakowski, David Nelson, Deborah Thompson, Aravind Kailas,
Brian McAuliffe
K. Daniel Glover

California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology
Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California-Berkeley
409a McLaughlin Hall
MC 1720
Berkeley, CA 94720-1720

TMNcorp
131 Rollins Ave., Unit 4A
Rockville, MD 20852

Office of Research, Development, and Technology Federal Highway Administration
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101-2296

Contracting Officer's Representative: Osman Altan, HRDO-20
Technical Contact: Gene McHale, HRDO-20
EAR Program Manager: David Kuehn, HRTM-30

Researchers at California Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH), a research and development program at the University of California-Berkeley, studied the potential benefits of cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) by deploying the technology in a platoon of three trucks. They built the CACC system and implemented it in three long-haul trucks, tested it on closed tracks and open highways, simulated its use in real traffic scenarios, and demonstrated its use to stakeholders and interested parties. CACC uses dedicated short-range communication and other technology components to enable vehicles to "talk" to each other. It has the potential to add stability to traffic flow, alleviate congestion, and reduce fuel use and vehicle emissions—all while improving safety on America’s roads.

Driver-assist technology, adaptive cruise control, partial automation, truck platooning, platooning, partially automated truck platoons, vehicle-to-vehicle wireless technology, cooperative adaptive cruise control, advanced platooning technology.

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