The Disconnect Between Implementation Of V2V Communication And The V2V Technology Employed To Achieve It

The ability of vehicles to communicate their location, direction of travel and speed data to other nearby vehicles (vehicle-to-vehicle communications or V2V) will significantly augment the safety gains associated with autonomous vehicle technologies. While the autonomous vehicle uses vehicle-based devices like cameras and sensors to "see" the environment around the vehicle and avoid potential incidents, V2V communications provide additional information about other potential vehicle threats that the vehicle-based devices cannot yet see. However, while V2V technology is already being deployed throughout the U.S., the effectiveness of those deployments may be impaired by another, yet-to-be fully developed technology based on 5G cellular communications.