Air resistance is one of the factors that affect fuel consumption, and truck platooning can effectively reduce vehicle fuel consumption. Focusing on key scenarios such as interchange ramps, tunnel entrances and exits, accident-prone sections, etc., FOTON platooning technology has overcome key technical problems such as clock synchronization, high-precision positioning, cloud-computing, etc., it has achieved real-time perception of abnormal traffic events such as highway accidents, pedestrian intrusion, etc. The vehicle platoon can maintain a 10m inter-vehicle distance at a speed of 80km/h. It realizes single-person driving multi-vehicle platoon following, which has strong competitiveness in saving fuel and reducing road occupancy. In case of an emergency that requires braking, the system can complete the operation within 0.1 seconds, reducing the probability of driver error and helping to reduce the driver’s work intensity and pressure.

China has a huge population base, and vehicle ownership and increment rank first in the world. Relieving traffic congestion and improving traffic efficiency are one of the pain points for commercial fleet operation. Since obtaining China’s first commercial vehicle autonomous driving road test license in 2018, FOTON’s autonomous driving technology has developed the SuperFleet management system around fleet management technology, integrating autonomous driving technology with IOV, and taking the lead in completing the platooning public verification test in China. Currently, FOTON’s mass-produced intelligent driving models are at L2+ level, and it is developing L3/L4 level autonomous driving prototypes.