| 摘要 |
When vehicles run in a platoon, a status indicative of a malfunction or the like of a following vehicle is transmitted to a leading vehicle, so that the leading vehicle can take an appropriate action. Specifically, an automatic vehicle following control system controls a plurality of unattended following vehicles (102, 103), each comprising an electric vehicle, to run in tandem in follow mode to an attended leading vehicle (101). Each of said following vehicles has a remaining capacity detecting unit for detecting a remaining capacity of a battery on the following vehicle, and transmitting information of the detected remaining capacity via vehicle-to-vehicle antennas (53) to the leading vehicle (101). The remaining capacities of the batteries on the following vehicles are displayed on a display unit (82) of the leading vehicle (101). When a remaining capacity of a battery on an electric vehicle (10) is lowered, since the maximum output power of a motor (44) on the electric vehicle is reduced, the electric vehicle cannot run in a platoon at a high speed. If the remaining capacity of the battery on the electric vehicle is detected as being lower than a predetermined level, then the speed of the leading vehicle (101) is automatically lowered to enable the following vehicles to run continuously in a platoon at a relatively low speed. <IMAGE> |
