New York City will install Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) technology in up to 10,000 city-owned vehicles; including cars, buses, and limousines, that frequently travel in Midtown Manhattan, as well as Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) technology throughout Midtown. This includes upgrading traffic signals with V2I technology

Source: safecarnews.com

Now we’re talking. Will $42M get the market going in this chicken-egg challenge around V2X safety? I hope so.

Intel Accelerates Car Security with New Initiative. Review board will conduct research into improving in-vehicle security

Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com

Intel may have a good central place to work out the automotive security issues, as long as they have the staying power to follow through.

This technology issues an audible and visual warning to alert the driver of an impending collision due to the presence of a hidden approaching vehicle during a left-turn maneuver. Automatic intervention is only triggered if the driver fails to observe the warning despite the increasing probability of an accident.

Source: safecarnews.com

Clearly there is supplier innovation awaiting the delivery of V2X ubiquity. Recent NHTSA movements may finally move this forward.

What if in the near future cars could look for their spaces in a parking garage and return all by themselves by using a smartphone app? This is the goal of a joint pilot project, started by Bosch, …

Source: safecarnews.com

Clearly an automakers fantasy, but will it convince you to buy a new car that parks for you? Or will you wait for the next version that takes you back and forth to work by itself?

During the process the driver must watch out for any obstacles and bring the vehicle to a controlled stop if necessary. When the remote controlled parking system is to be activated, the vehicle must be positioned straight and centrically in front of the chosen parking space.

Source: safecarnews.com

For the 7-series owners, this feature could pay for itself in savings of those pesky valet driver tips! I’ll bet they will be impressed and depressed at the same time when you pull up in your 740 sometime next year.

Be sure to download your copy.

Source: safecarnews.com

A great Infographic shows the relationship with railway, automotive, industrial and medical device safety systems as defined by the standards. QNX has a certified platform now.

Renesas has succeeded in reducing the latency time to less than 1 msec, which is equivalent to a movement distance of 2.8 cm when driving at 100 km/h. This enables nearly real-time data transfer, allowing use in driver safety assist systems and making it possible to switch from the current LVDS system to Ethernet.

Source: safecarnews.com

Continuing to push for a single network in the car, compression advancements not expected previously will make it possible. Just like the popular Internet, the car will run on standards including innovation.

According to Continental Japan, no automatic emergency braking system capable of detecting objects located to the rear side has been commercialized. So, its system might become the world’s first such system.

Source: safecarnews.com

Cameras are amazing when placed in a 3D surround view setting. This use case is quite salable in the US where parallel and tight space parking is not well understood by many.

“The Renesas R-Car SoC platform provides built-in Ethernet AVB technology. By incorporating this platform we expect the HARMAN Ethernet AVB solution to bring further innovation for in-vehicle infotainment networks.”

Source: www.symphonyteleca.com

Why buy an external component for ethernet AVB in the car? This is the standard OPEN solution with automotive grade hardware and software. Ethernet has the potential to become the single network backbone for cars of the future (just like the internet).