DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLATOONING

Proposed is a device for controlling platooning, the device including a processor that detects a travel environment state for the platooning, detects weights or loading rates of vehicles to be participating in the platooning, determines an arrangement order of a line of the vehicles of the platooning based on the detected travel environment state and the detected weights or loading rates, and sets a vehicle spacing of the platooning based on the arrangement order, and a communication device for transmitting information on the arrangement order and the vehicle spacing.