Optimization of mission efficiency through platoon opportunity assessment

A combustion engine for a target vehicle, the combustion engine comprising:

• an engine controller;
• a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) transceiver to receive platoon characteristics from at least two platoons traveling on a roadway;
• and
• an optimization controller communicatively coupled with the engine controller and the V2V transceiver, the optimization controller including optimization logic operable to:
• determine values of a performance parameter of the target vehicle using the characteristics of the at least two platoons travelling on a roadway, each of the values corresponding to a platoon of the at least two platoons;
• select one of the at least two platoons based on a comparison of the values of the performance parameter;
• and coordinate for the target vehicle to join the selected of the at least two platoons.