Testing truck platoons on public roads

    Sept. 15, 2017
    FHWA demonstrates three-truck platooning

    A recent two-day test of three-truck platooning on public roadways in Northern Virginia by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) aimed to demonstrate the benefit platooning systems offers motoring public and the trucking industry alike in terms of easing traffic congestion and improving tractor-trailer fuel economy. (All photos by Sean Kilcarr/American Trucker)

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    Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

     

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