Automotive Internet will start testing in the summer

At the Washington Motor Show, Ford showed a peering-to-car connection over WiFi. V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) network concepts have been discussed before, but Ford Intelligent Vehicles technology is as close as possible to mass production.

The Federal Communications Agency has already allocated a separate frequency for the “automobile Internet” in the 5.9 GHz band. Now the first prototypes are being prepared, which at the beginning of the summer will be sent for examination and certification to the US Department of Transportation.

If the cars begin to share information in real time, this will bring tremendous benefits to drivers. First, security systems will reach a new level: cars will be able to calculate intersecting trajectories of motion and avoid collisions; to start braking beforehand when an obstacle is invisible to the driver. For example, with such overtaking, if over the counter, the oncoming vehicle, the system immediately lights the red indicator on the windshield.
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Secondly, this is increased comfort: traffic maps will be 100% true to reality, and cars will be able to automatically integrate into the “green wave”, exchanging information also with traffic lights, traffic signs and other road infrastructure objects.



Thirdly, the deployment of a global V2V network within the country will help save fuel, which is now uselessly burned in traffic jams.

Of course, to achieve maximum efficiency, the “automotive Internet” standard should be fully open and supported by all car manufacturers. Unfortunately, there is information that General Motors, BMW, Daimler, Honda and Volvo also work on the proprietary standards of V2V systems.