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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Heavy Truck V2V Safety Research Overview
§Objective: Resolve technical issues necessary for deployment of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) systems on commercial vehicles (CV) in support of NHTSA 2013/14 decisions.
§Connected Commercial Vehicle Team Led by Battelle (CCV-IT)
•Develop V2V safety applications on a heavy truck platform
•Build Heavy Truck Tractors with integrated V2V (3 - Freightliner Class 8 Tractors) for:
•CV Driver Acceptance Clinics
•Participation in Model Deployment
•Safety Application performance testing by U.S. DOT
The ITS Strategic Research Plan, 2010-2014 was defined through a multimodal Departmental effort.  Collectively, the partners set the plan’s guiding vision.