Connected Cars

5G networks will only achieve the required reliability and latency for autonomous driving if sufficient edge compute functions are brought close to the roadside and architected correctly. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, …

  The new platform will allow cars from these three manufacturers to have access to a wide range of connected car services   Global automotive alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi announced the production …

Global IoT spending is predicted to reach $745 billion this year, a 15 per cent increase over 2018 – and this double-digit acceleration is expected to continue. Growth can be …

Traditional industrial technology giants are transforming their businesses by buying, funding or partnering with connected and intelligent manufacturing technologies and data management companies. The trend is most notable in Europe, …

The UK government has set out a new working strategy to define its objectives and methodologies for future urban mobility. In tandem, it has launched a £90 million competition for …

  The Russian tech giant has already tested autonomous cars technology in Moscow, Las Vegas and Tel Aviv Russian technology company Yandex, which specializes in intelligent products and services powered …

  AAA study found that Americans are receptive to the idea of automated vehicle technology in more limited applications   Three in four Americas remain afraid of fully self-driving cars, …

Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘1.8k suppliers, 31m parts, 10k vehicles – How BMW is making sense of its supply chain’. Click here to go …

BMW Group has a global roster of about 1,800 suppliers, scattered at 4,000 points across the globe. Together, they deliver 31 million parts to 30 BMW production sites, worldwide, every …

  The new rules were criticized by the GSMA, which urged Europe to adopt the C-V2X technology instead of Wi-Fi-based DSRC technology   The European Commission (EC) has implemented new …

  The trial, which used Spark’s pre-commercial 5G network, was carried in partnership with local company Ohmio Automation   New Zealand carrier Spark, in collaboration with compatriot firm Ohmio Auromation …

New seed-stage private equity firm Ubiquity Ventures has made its first six investments in start-ups. Each of the companies selected for funding are in the industrial transformation or tech security …

  The car analyzed traffic information collected by camera and LiDAR sensors Korean carrier LG Uplus and Hanyang University are carrying out a 5G self-driving car trial in Seoul, Korean …

Under the three-year agreement, Iteris will provide connected vehicle applications in Los Gatos, Emeryville, Walnut Creek, Concord and Dublin Iteris, a specialist in applied informatics for transportation and agriculture, announced …

Vodafone has joined a UK drone-testing consortium as network provider to develop tools and processes to enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to fly safely in the same airspace as manned …

Vodafone will use a range of private networking options to serve industrial verticals, it has said, as it develops its advanced LTE and emerging 5G proposition for enterprises. These options …

LTE-based cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology will launch in earnest in the next months, as new automotive chipsets and platforms are released. The first vehicles to feature 5G-based C-V2X, enabling autonomous …

What is 5G anyway? Ericsson kicked off Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 by stating it is deploying 5G networks at pace, faster than anyone else. But these networks – alongside those …

5G as the ‘nervous system’ for the industrial IoT BARCELONA–Qualcomm is a major force in not just the modems and other components that power smartphones but also in the processes …

Vodafone and AT&T are pooling resources to accelerate adoption of mobile technologies in the automotive industry. The pair will collaborate, they said, on 5G and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technologies. The …

A cohort of MWC stalwarts led by Spanish operator Telefónica is preparing a 5G showcase for Barcelona next week that will make use of cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) and edge technologies, …

  The mapping services firm will provide funds of more than $28 million to establish the new facility   Mapping and location services company HERE Technologies is establishing a new …

The AutoAir consortium has demonstrated the first application of independently operated 5G for connected and autonomous vehicles in the UK. The showcase took place at the Millbrook proving ground in …

WISPA vs. 5GAA Automotive manufacturers seem to prefer C-V2X rather than DSRC as the connectivity medium for vehicles in the push toward full-on autonomous driving. But the 5.9 GHz band …

  U.K. authorities also announced a strengthening of its code of practice to trial automated vehicles   The U.K. government said it is developing a process to support advanced trials …