Hierarchical platoon control framework (IMAGE) Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd Caption A heterogeneous CV platoon is shown in Fig. 1, which contains one leader vehicle denoted by 0, and N follower vehicles denoted by 1 to N Credit Dr. Yongfu Li, Key Laboratory of Intelligent Air-Ground Cooperative Control for Universities in Chongqing, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications Usage Restrictions News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.