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August 29, 2016

Auto, tech industries fight over talking cars

  • Auto makers want to use radio airwaves to help prevent crashes but tech firms want to use them for superfast Wi-Fi service.
  • By JOAN LOWY
    Associated Press

    Toyota image [enlarge]
    With V2V, cars and trucks wirelessly transmit their locations, speed, direction and other information ten times per second.

    WASHINGTON — Cars that wirelessly talk to each other are finally ready for the road, creating the potential to dramatically reduce traffic deaths, improve the safety of self-driving cars and someday maybe even help solve traffic jams, automakers and government officials say.


     
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