Tung Nguyen•7 Feb 2014
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US decision to put Aussie technology in more cars
‘Talking' cars could arrive on roads as early as 2016 after the US gives its approvalThe US Department of Transportation has approved the use of vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies on public roads in America.
And Adelaide-based Cohda Wireless has supplied half the gear used for the trial on which the DoT's decision was based. Cohda has been trailblazing this new V2V technology, which is built around the idea of vehicles ‘talking’ to each other on the road, transmitting and receiving valuable data such as position, speed and direction. Built on existing wireless technologies, vehicles will be able to send this information up to ten times every second and alert drivers to any potential dangers around them.
This new technology could be very beneficial and have a large impact on all future cars, with Anthony Foxx, US Transportation Secretary, saying that “vehicle-to-vehicle technology represents the next generation of auto safety improvements, building on the life-saving achievements we’ve already seen with safety belts and airbags.”
The widespread adoption of this technology is a huge boon for Cohda Wireless, and its CEO, Paul Gray, is understandably excited by the news. “The market will now switch from a ‘trial’ phase to a ‘deployment’ phase, a step change that enables Cohda to now engage earnestly with car makers to deploy Cohda products,” Gray said.
With global companies such as networking giant Cisco Systems and automotive component manufacturer NXP Semiconductor investing in the Aussie company, Cohda Wireless is moving forward in leaps and bounds.
Gray expects this technology to hit the open roads very soon, “as early as 2016” he says, and “a mandate from the US government will see this rolled out to all new vehicles in a few short years after that.”
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