“…The same central element can be used for other services, such as coordinating the movements of vehicles so that they actually meet up prior to platoon formation [28], and to manage economic transfers between the vehicles to compensate for the lower benefit in terms of energy reduction for the vehicle leading the platoon [25]. This central controller could also collect data and provide analytics capabilities that could benefit both fleet managers and highway officials, to optimize future operations both in terms of safety and efficiency [28], and be used for collecting user ratings of platoon leaders [15]. Some concepts also assume that there are road side units that communicate locally with the vehicles [15], and can manage e.g.…”