| CPC G05D 1/0295 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0293 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.02)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A method of leader selection in vehicle group formation, the method comprising:
receiving, at a first vehicle, a message from each vehicle of one or more other vehicles, wherein each message includes vehicle information comprising a location, motion state, and an intended maneuver of the respective other vehicle;
determining, by the first vehicle and based on a comparison of the vehicle information of each message with corresponding vehicle information of the first vehicle, that the first vehicle qualifies to be a group leader for a group of vehicles to be created to execute the intended maneuver; and
in response to determining that the first vehicle qualifies to be the group leader, sending, from the first vehicle, a first request to each of the one or more other vehicles, wherein the first request is a request for the first vehicle to be the group leader.
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