METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A SPEED OF VEHICLES IN A PLATOON, VEHICLE, TRAFFIC CONTROL ENTITY

A transportation vehicle, a traffic control entity, a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for adapting a speed of transportation vehicles in a platoon. The method for adapting a speed of transportation vehicles in a platoon includes obtaining information related to a future course of required minimum inter-vehicular distances of the transportation vehicles of the platoon. The method also includes adapting a speed of the transportation vehicles of the platoon based on the information related to the future course of the required minimum inter-vehicular distances and a fuel consumption of the transportation vehicles of the platoon.