Concerns over government tracking of individuals, use of the data to monitor driving habits, and fears over malicious hackers triggering accidents have been a consideration since the first version of the IEEE 1609.2 security standard.

Source: safecarnews.com

A secure DSRC connection is critical for acceptance. It will need to be proven to drivers, and this is a good step.

“We are left scratching our heads as to why the FCC still seems intent on excusing the behavior of T-Mobile and Sprint who have been offering these services without a waiver for quite some time,” said Jim Cicconi, senior executive vice president of external affairs at AT&T.

Source: www.computerworld.com

AT&T will make successful what the others could not get much value from. Wi-Fi seems to be useful for everything. Who would have thought?

It was a car built in Germany after WWII and each decision made in its production process varies between bad and terrible.

Source: www.popularmechanics.com

It’s sad to see my namesake auto, the 1951 Hoffman, not only be the dumbest but also the ugliest car ever.

RSUs are 802.11p WLAN-based radio modules that reliably and securely transmit information such as speed limits, warnings of icy roads or other dangerous situations, traffic jams and construction warnings within a fraction of a second to passing vehicles and traffic control centers.

Source: safecarnews.com

Here’s the chicken, now we need the egg. For at least a dozen years V2X has struggled to see who would go first, the roadside infrastructure or the carmakers. If the traffic lights are sending messages to equipped cars, we get immediate value from DSRC. Let’s go!

Google and Mercedes told 60 Minutes that if the tech is at fault, then they will accept liability

Source: www.automotiveitnews.org

Lawyer talk for “prove the tech is the fault and not the operator of the tech.” Now if the governments want to indemnify the automakers like they do vaccine makers, you watch how fast these cars will come out! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine_court 

“We take privacy very seriously and do not collect the data the Motor Trend article claims such as throttle position, oil temp and coolant temp,” Google told The Verge.

Source: www.ibtimes.co.uk

So who can you trust, the automaker or the phone maker? They both have a vested interest and can change policy, but carmakers have more regulation to concern with.

The car autonomously adjusted its speed and changed lanes to overtake, taking into account other vehicles, speed limits and infrastructure.

Source: www.gpsbusinessnews.com

Pretty impressive, I wonder how they stopped to buy fuel? Maybe the tank is large enough to go 580km.

The Valeo laser scanner linked to the Valeo camera – which uses Mobileye image processing technology – scans the environment in front of the vehicle, detecting any obstacles with extreme precision.

Source: www.valeo.com

For how long will Mobileye maintain the best algorithms for autonomous driving? As long as the community allows them to I think, an open platform will enable competition to achieve the level of performance and accuracy needed to drive our own cars.

V2X-Radar can use these radio waves to identify objects within that environment, including non-V2X equipped vehicles.

Source: safecarnews.com

This may be promising technology coming from obscure evaluation of wireless signals to determine distances and objects. Keep this work going to find a way to make driving safer, although will clearly need a second source to confirm the wireless information which is inherently unreliable.

Ford said it has received a report of one accident. No injuries have been reported.

Source: safecarnews.com

Unintentional braking is much safer than unintentional acceleration I think, but field testing never seems to be enough. There are some good lessons here as we progress toward highly automated driving over the next decade. I’ll bet Ford wishes they had over the air update technology right about now.