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V2V technologies for road safety

11.04.2014

The embedded vehicle market is growing due to the attention of the US government, although the exact timeline for the implementation of the initiative to implement V2V technologies in cars has not yet been announced.

Analysts note an increase in demand for embedded solutions for cars in the US, although it is difficult to give numerical estimates. They attribute this fact to the mandatory use of V2X technologies (Vehicle-to-X, from vehicle to object), developed by the government of the country.

The sooner the project is completed, the better, said Mak Kevin, senior analyst for Automotive Electronic Services at Strategy Analytics. First of all, he has in mind the development of wireless communication capabilities between two cars. The prospects and profit that V2V technologies (V2V, Vehicle-to-Vehicle, from vehicle to vehicle) can bring to the auto industry are huge, McKevin is sure. The main direction of development can be security. "Wi-Fi has long been used in the auto industry for infotainment applications," comments McKevin. "Security features can be added at a relatively low cost."

There have been many demonstrations of V2X security technologies: Pedestrian Detection by Honda America; demonstrated by General Motors, a system of interaction between the car and mobile devices of pedestrians, cyclists and road infrastructure. The latter alerts the driver to slowed down vehicles ahead, slippery roads, stop signs, and other potential problems. "The more people who use V2X technologies, the more powerful the breakthrough in the development of automotive safety systems will be," said Don Grimm, senior scientist in the division of vehicle recognition and control systems at General Motors.

Improving safety and preventing collisions and accidents is a key objective of the DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) standard being developed by the US government, designed to solve the problem of rapid data exchange between cars and the transport infrastructure surrounding them. As CNews already wrote, according to preliminary estimates, V2X technologies are able to help prevent from 70% to 80% of accidents and save 20 thousand lives every year, not only in the United States.

By 2020, the volume of sales may reach 18,8 million V2X systems built into selected types of vehicles around the world (if the standard takes effect in the United States). The forecast becomes much less optimistic if the DSRC is not adopted. In this case, sales will amount to 5,3 million systems, according to experts from the British company Strategy Analytics. According to Anthony Foxx, the US Secretary of Transportation responsible for legalizing the new technology, no timeline has yet been set.

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