The research is part of the European Union-backed SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) and it's the first time that "vehicle platooning" techno

The research is part of the European Union-backed SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment) and it's the first time that "vehicle platooning" technology has been demonstrated outside of a simulator. Uh, the PATH Project at Berkeley demonstrated platooning over a decade ago: http://www.path.berkeley.edu/nahsc/ http://www.path.berkeley.edu/nahsc/