Articulated buses or those with passenger trailers require too much energy and are not flexible enough to react to strongly fluctuating passenger numbers. The solution: platooning. This involves several vehicles driving in close succession using electronic controls.
These convoys can be adapted as required to suit demand. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on a city bus platoon for Munich. The TEMPUS project "Test Field Munich - Pilot Test Urban Automated Road Traffic" with various project partners started in 2021 and is funded with 12 million euros.
