Auto Safety Advocates Oppose FCC Plan for Sharing Unused Spectrum With Wi-Fi November 21, 2019 By David Shepardson A little-used block of spectrum set aside for auto safety should be split to accommodate the rapidly growing number of...
FCC Seen Backing Away from Reserving More Airwaves for Automakers’ Talking Cars November 17, 2019 By Ryan Beene and Todd Shields The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed taking back some of the spectrum long promised to automakers and re-allocating it...
Why Europe Should Not Force Talking Cars to Speak Same Language Now: Viewpoint April 12, 2019 By Alex Webb If you’ve bought a new car lately, chances are it has some basic communication skills. One day, cities and highways...
Toyota Plans to Sell Talking Cars in U.S. Within 3 Years April 17, 2018 By David Shepardson Toyota Motor Corp. plans to start selling U.S. vehicles that can talk to each other using short-range wireless technology in...
Coming Soon: Talking Car That Tells If Driver Is About to Have Medical Emergency June 6, 2017 A driver experiencing an unexpected cardiac event on the road isn’t the only one at risk. Fellow passengers and motorists...
Talking Cadillac Tries to Be Heard Over Silicon Valley on Airwaves June 20, 2016 By Jeff Plungis and Todd Shields General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can...
Smartcars Could Cause Traffic Headaches May 21, 2015 By Eric Auchard Traffic jams in the future could cause potentially dangerous data snarl-ups as cars packed with entertainment, safety and navigation features...
Experts See Gradual Transition to Accident-Free Driving November 12, 2014 By Jeremy Wagstaff As millions of cars are under recall for potentially lethal air bags, designers are trying to reduce the need for...
Foreign Accents Drive Smart Cars’ Voice Technology Crazy September 11, 2014 By Keith Naughton Colin and Rachel Britton have a failure to communicate when they slip into their $95,000 Mercedes GL500. Not with each...
2017 Cadillacs to Feature Hands-Free Driving, V2V Technology September 8, 2014 By Keith Naughton General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the...