Systems and methods of platoon leadership as a service

A method for providing platoon leadership as a service, comprising:

• receiving, from a platoon, a request for a platoon leader, the request indicating a location and a situation class;
• sending out a search query for a vehicle having experience in handling the situation class;
• receiving, from a responding vehicle, a response to the search query, the response indicating an experience level in handling the situation class;
• selecting the responding vehicle as a new leader based at least in part on the response;
• assigning the new leader to the platoon;
• and
• providing instructions to the new leader that cause the new leader to assume a lead position in the platoon and lead the platoon through an area exhibiting the situation class.

A system for providing platoon leadership as a service, comprising:

• an onboard unit of a responding vehicle, including:
• a first set of one or more processors;
• and
• a first memory communicably coupled to the first set of one or more processors and storing:
• a first set of instructions that when executed by the first set of one or more processors cause the first set of one or more processors to determine or predict a situation class for an environment the responding vehicle is traveling through;
• and
• a second set of instructions that when executed by the first set of one or more processors cause the first set of one or more processors to maintain an experience rating associated with the situation class, the experience rating indicating an amount of experience the responding vehicle has in handling the situation class;
• and
• a server, including:
• a second set of one or more processors;
• and
• a second memory communicably coupled to the second set of one or more processors and storing:
• a third set of instructions that when executed by the second set of one or more processors cause the second set of one or more processors to receive, from a platoon, a request for a platoon leader, the request indicating a location and the situation class, and to broadcast a search query for a vehicle having experience in handling the situation class;
• a fourth set of instructions that when executed by the second set of one or more processors cause the second set of one or more processors to receive, from the responding vehicle, a response to the search query with the response indicating an experience level, and to select the responding vehicle as a new leader based at least in part on the response;
• and
• a fifth set of instructions that when executed by the second set of one or more processors cause the second set of one or more processors to assign the new leader to the platoon and to provide instructions to the new leader that cause the new leader to assume a lead position in the platoon and lead the platoon through an area exhibiting the situation class.

A method for providing platoon leadership as a service, comprising:

• determining or predicting a situation class for an environment a responding vehicle is traveling through;
• maintaining an experience rating associated with the situation class, the experience rating indicating an amount of experience the responding vehicle has in handling the situation class;
• receiving, from a platoon, a request for a platoon leader, the request indicating a location and the situation class;
• sending out a search query for a vehicle having experience in handling the situation class;
• receiving, from the responding vehicle, a response to the search query, the response indicating an experience level in handling the situation class;
• selecting the responding vehicle as a new leader based at least in part on the response;
• assigning the new leader to the platoon;
• and
• providing instructions to the new leader that cause the new leader to assume a lead position in the platoon and lead the platoon through an area exhibiting the situation class.