Various car manufacturers and individual EU authorities have created the European Data Task Force.
Actually, the networking standard was already within Europe, but there was resistance. So it is not quite sure if this is it default WLAN (DSRC or ITS-G5) or if it the mobile with for example 5G becomes. But it’s clear what you can do with networking.
BMW networked data. Source: BMW
One of the main advantages of connected vehicles would be increased traffic safety. In this way, information about dangers on the routes should be exchanged. That’s what manufacturers have to offer BMW. ford. Mercedes Benz and Volvo teamed up. The transmission of data can be through HERE and TomTom which are also involved. Individual authorities of the countries Germany. Finland. Netherlands and Spain are also part of the European Data Task Force.
The data is anonymised and implies information of the vehicles and of the traffic infrastructure. They are stored in the cloud. The fast transmission to the respective vehicles makes it possible to prepare in good time for the dangers.
Detects a car on the sensors a danger, as in Volvo Hazard Light Alert or the Slippery Road Alert, the data will be uploaded. In addition, the system gets data from the authorities. In this way, warnings about dangers can be transmitted across borders and across brands. The Volvo data is already in 2016 since Sweden and Norway transferred within the brand family.
To Volvos ambitions As of July 1, BMW will provide its traffic data under a Creative Commons license. The transmission of the data takes place during the project over the portable radio (C-V2X). The hazard warning includes black ice, aquaplaning, poor visibility or broken down vehicles.
press release from BMW and the one from Volvo and the Message from Mercedes-Benz.
About David Fluhr
I’ve been writing about Autonomous & Connected Driving since 2011 and I’m writing on other sites like the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at the HU Berlin and since 2012 I am a freelance journalist. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de