Ford has finally taken the bold step of agreeing with me. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Bill Ford Jr described "a growing viewpoint among many auto executives and urbanists"-- intelligent vehicles are the answer to a future with many more cars. There are many exciting projects in the works at Ford and other car companies:
most major automakers are pursuing connected vehicle technology, which would use GPS, wireless and radar technology to ease congestion, increase safety and save time. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says connecting our cars could address as many as 4.3 million crashes, or about 80 percent of accidents that don’t involve intoxicated drivers. Beyond that, there is push within the auto industry to develop intelligent vehicles and semi- or even fully autonomous vehicles as a tool against congestion...It’s clear our roads are close to their saturation point, and research is showing the only way to ease congestion is with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication. For instance, a German study found that just five cars per thousand that communicate with one another could significantly reduce gridlock.
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