May 14
From Automotive News
“In the software industry, people talk about vaporware — products that are heavily promoted but never seem to go on sale.
Automakers are at the point that they must prove that connected cars, which talk to each other over Wi-Fi to stay out of fender-benders, are more than just vaporware.”
May 14
From Telematics Update
“in this exclusive podcast with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, we learn the compelling benefits of staying ahead of the game in how autonomous vehicles will affect the future of vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technology in North America.”
May 14
From RITA ITS JPO
The U.S Department of Transportation released a memoranda that helps to create an affiliation of 5.9GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) infrastructure device makers, operators of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I ) installations, and developers of applications that use V2I communications. The goal of creating this organizational structure is to harness the collective abilities of these members to transition the technology toward full deployment by allowing for the exchange of information, the sharing of deployment lessons learned, developing a common technical platform, and expanding test bed options for users.
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) expects to enter into a number of these agreements with public, private, and academic organizations to create an affiliation of test beds. All agreements will give the named organization an equal ability to participate in the affiliation. The overall goal of the affiliation is to arrive at a consensus of the stakeholders in devices and installations that use V2I communication. That consensus will be embodied in various requirement documents and deployment guidelines. These agreements will be structured in a manner that facilitates the exchange of information that will result in a series of documents, as well as the sharing of tools and resources across all facilities to support and encourage a consistent, future deployment of 5.9GHz DSRC and other V2I wireless communications technology.
The new memorandum can be found at http://www.its.dot.gov/testbed.htm
May 14
From Fleet News
“When a vehicle relays its location and payload condition to the dispatcher automatically, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication is involved. M2M makes workflows simpler and processes leaner, facilitating entirely new business models, and can be put to good use in fleet management.”
May 14
From International Journal of Vehicular Technology
International Journal of Vehicular Technology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 502432, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/502432
Daiheng Ni, Jia Li, Steven Andrews, and Haizhong Wang
Recent development in connected vehicle technology or equivalently vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET) has stimulated tremendous interests among decision makers, practitioners, and researchers due to the potential safety and mobility benefits provided by these technologies. A primary concern regarding the deployment of connected vehicle technology is the degree of market penetration required for effectiveness. This paper proposes a methodology to analyze the benefit of highway capacity gained from connected vehicle technology. To fulfill this purpose, a model incorporating the effects of connected vehicle technology on car following is formulated, building on which a rough estimate of the resulting capacity gain is derived. A simulation study is conducted to verify the model, and an illustrative example is provided to show the application of the methodology. This work provides decision makers and practitioners with a basic tool to understand the mobility benefit obtained from connected vehicle technology and how such benefit varies as market penetration changes.
May 01
From Automotive World
A new Automotive World Technology Roadmap, published today, addresses the key issues behind the development of in-vehicle connectivity and telematics strategies. Technology Roadmap: Connected Vehicles includes exclusive input from OEMs, suppliers and service providers.
Technology Roadmap: Connected Vehicles comes at a particularly interesting time for those with a vested interest in connected vehicles, appearing just as a series of unrelated studies into distracted driving are also published.
May 01
From Airbiquity
“When we talk about the opportunity for providing in-vehicle consumer infotainment services, building a business case for these services needs to include several considerations, including consumer thirst, brand differentiation aspects, potential revenue generation opportunities and, most importantly, distracted driving and safety concerns.
“The solution for distracted driving may seem simple: don’t use a smartphone or mobile device while behind the wheel, but with consumers increasingly demanding their apps, services and content at all times, actually doing this is not so easy. As such, intelligent connected vehicle technology is placed at the center of this industry trend as a solution to combat distracted driving.”
May 01
From Internet Media Device Alliance
elematics Update can announce that 4 major automotive dealerships will unite for a keynote discussion at Telematics Detroit 2013 (June 6-7, Novi, MI) to address how the telematics industry can engage with dealership networks to increase the uptake and renewal rates for connected vehicle services. (http://www.telematicsupdate.com/detroit).
May 01
From Federal Highway Administration
This is a PDF file of a slide presentation given by Benjamin McKeever at the ITS America Annual Meeting, April 24, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
May 01
From Automotive Engineering Online
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute(UMTRI) and the U.S. Department of Transportation have been conducting a model deployment of connected vehicles, called Safety Pilot, in Ann Arbor, MI, since August 2012.
Debby Bezzina, Senior Program Manager for Safety Pilot Model Deployment at UMTRI, spoke with SAE Magazines at the SAE 2013 World Congress in Detroit about where the program stands today and where it goes after completion in August 2013.
