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U.S. Connected-Car Rule Faces Opposition
Plans to equip all new cars sold in the U.S. to exchange data about their location, direction and speed with others around them are facing multiple regulatory hurdles, Bloomberg News notes.
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Plans to equip all new cars sold in the U.S. to exchange data about their location, direction and speed with others around them are facing multiple regulatory hurdles, Bloomberg News notes.
The technology would enable nearby vehicles to swap data about 10 times per second. The information would be used by warning devices and automatic braking systems to avoid crashes.
Backers, including safety advocates, say the technology could eliminate 80% of vehicle crashes by swapping data about 10 times per second. But Bloomberg says carmakers don’t agree about how to implement such a system and ensure its data security.
The U.S. has set aside a band of broadcast spectrum specifically for the so-called vehicle-to-vehicle system. But some carmakers and developers are urging regulators to consider alternatives, including V2V systems that would tap existing cellular networks to achieve the same result. That would suit providers of other wireless services, who are eager to grab the spectrum allotted to carmakers for V2V.
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