Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Volvo, start the test project Sartre

They have officially kicked off the first road test of the project Sartre - Safe Road Trains for the Environment, literally "road convoys safe for the environment - which has received funding from the European Commission and saw, among others, the involvement of Volvo , car brand at the forefront on the front of active and passive safety.

The first test was held at the Circuit House near Gothenburg, Sweden on the field to verify the effectiveness of the system that aims to reduce the number of road accidents, the fuel consumption and harmful emissions into the environment. "We are very pleased that the different systems have worked well since the first test," said Erik Coelingh, Volvo engineer who has closely followed the evolution of the project.

"Anyway, are from seven companies took part in the project. The winter weather also helped to put a strain on the cameras and communications equipment. "But how the system works Sartre? Consists nell'accodare to a truck" ringleaders ", led by an experienced lorry, a row of other vehicles .

Each of them measured by the distance of specific technologies with the medium before, adapting in real time the speed and direction of the vehicle. Only when one of the means to leave the convoy to reach your destination here involved for the driver move away from the "platoon" of vehicles.

In this way, vehicle drivers can relax in a row, reducing the driving time and the subsequent commitment in terms of attention and psycho-physical energies. If a trial will bring success in every respect, it is likely that the system is introduced on the market a few years, as long as they are put pen to paper on new regulations by individual European governments.
Posted by Michele Gallo at 3:06 PM
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