March 12, 2025 - "Connected" vehicles offer a new
frontier of consumer convenience and features that would have
seemed like science fiction in the 20th century. Location-based
services like navigation and smart routing. Sophisticated sensors
and telematics systems that improve driving safety and vehicle
diagnostics. In-vehicle entertainment and communications services.
Even over-the-air updates that bring new and updated features to
cars while their owners sleep, transforming every vehicle into a
car of the future. It's clear that connecting vehicles to the
internet offers enormous benefits.
But with these benefits come concerns. Some policymakers are
concerned about foreign countries gaining access to U.S. data or
remote control of U.S. vehicles. And others are concerned about
privacy and security of certain vehicle data when shared with third
parties.
