Thisarticleinvestigatessampled-datavehicularplatooncontrolwithcommunicationdelay.Anewsampled-datacontrolmethodisestablished,inwhichtheeffectofthecommunicationdelayisinvolved.First,alinearizedvehiclelongitudinaldynamicmodelisobtainedusingtheexactfeedback-linearizationtechnique.Then,underthe