Cohda Wireless and Delphi to Provide Vehicle-to-Vehicle(V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure(V2I) Technology for GM's Connected Cars

Cohda Wireless, a leading equipment vendor in the V2X segment welcomed GM's plan to roll out its first Vehicle-to-Vehicle(V2V)-equipped car in the 2017.  At the recently concluded Intelligent Transport System (ITS) World Congress in Detroit, Mary Barra, CEO of GM said that the 2017 Cadillac CTS model will feature the V2V technology, enabling the car to communicate with other vehicles and other 'things' as it moves on the road.

Cohda Wireless said in its statement that it will be supplying its safety applications software for Delphi Automotive PLC which will provide the V2V technology for GM. According to Cohda, the auto industry is witnessing the advent of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), the two sub-technologies that define the V2V, becoming a key feature across future vehicles for the improvement of safety and driver's experience. Cohda Wireless cited the recent US Department of Transportation report that said that the safety benefits of V2V safety applications such as Left Turn Assist (LTA) and Intersection Movement Assist (IMA) could prevent as many as 592,000 crashes and save 1083 lives per year.

The announcement by GM and the readiness of key suppliers such as Cohda and Delphi in providing the necessary technologies and solutions is expected to spur the development of the a truly connected car in the realm of Internet-of-Things(IoT), where the cars are connected not only to data and M2M platforms, they are also connected to each other and many other devices around them, enabling communication and transmission of information between an entire web of connected things/people and platforms.