Lawrence Burns Joins Peloton Technology Board of Directors

Peloton Technology, an automated and connected vehicle technology company has announced that Lawrence D. Burns has joined its Board of Directors.

Burns is a technical expert, and leading advocate of mobility innovation through the reinvention of the automobile and the diversification of transportation energy. He has championed driverless and connected vehicles, vehicle electrification, fuel cells, advanced batteries, biofuels and innovative concept vehicles while holding a variety of industry and academic leadership positions, including as General Motors’ Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning from 1998 to 2009.

Burns continues to be a global voice for transformative change in transportation and energy. He advises leading companies, governments and research institutions on transportation, energy, communications systems and advanced technology.

Peloton Technology’s Truck Platooning system promises to provide significant safety, fuel efficiency and emissions benefits to the $700 billion U.S. freight trucking industry. Building on active safety systems, sensors and advanced vehicle communications, Peloton’s driver-assistive platooning system allows two trucks to save an average of 7.5% in fuel by operating safely in an aerodynamic platoon. Both drivers retain full steering control when in platoon, while acceleration and braking of the following truck are automated to match the lead truck via a secure and encrypted vehicle-to-vehicle wireless link. Peloton’s platooning system will roll out to major U.S. trucking fleets in 2017.

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