Motorized vehicle chain resource allocation

A system of vehicle chain resource allocation comprising:

• a first motorized vehicle leading a vehicle chain and a second motorized vehicle following the first motorized vehicle in the vehicle chain, the first and second motorized vehicles communicatively connected in a vehicle chain network, the first motorized vehicle including:
• a first database configured to store and access one or more credits;
• a first networking module configured to establish the vehicle chain network and to transmit and receive energy credits via the vehicle chain network;
• a first energy sensor configured to determine a first drafting energy parameter for the first motorized vehicle;
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• a first credit generator configured to generate energy credits based on the first drafting energy parameter and a second drafting energy parameter of the second motorized vehicle;
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• the second motorized vehicle including:
• a second database configured to store and access one or more credits;
• a second networking module configured to establish the vehicle chain network and to transmit and receive energy credits via the vehicle chain network;
• a second energy sensor configured to determine the second drafting energy parameter for the second motorized vehicle;
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• a second credit generator configured to generate to generate energy credits based on the first drafting energy parameter and a second drafting energy parameter of the second motorized vehicle.

A computer program product for vehicle chain resource allocation, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• establishing a vehicle chain network between a first motorized vehicle leading a vehicle chain and a second motorized vehicle following the first motorized vehicle in the vehicle chain;
• transmitting between the first and second motorized vehicles, via the vehicle chain network, a first drafting energy parameter from the first motorized vehicle and a second drafting energy parameter from the second motorized vehicle;
• generating first energy credits based on the first and second drafting energy parameters;
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• transmitting the first energy credits between the first and second motorized vehicle via the vehicle chain network.