Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Systems
  • Wireless Technologies for Vehicles
  • Geolocation Systems
  • Satellite-Constellation Developments Outside the United States
  • Geographic-Information Systems
  • Emergency-Notification, Roadside-Assistance, and Concierge Systems
  • Navigation Systems
  • Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration
  • Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Pedestrian-to-Vehicle Communications
  • Probe Vehicles and Floating-Vehicle Data
  • Warning Systems
  • Assisted-Driving Technologies: Cruise Controls and Beyond
  • Driverless Vehicles
  • Car-Entertainment Systems
  • Speech Interfaces
  • Interfaces for Portable Devices
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
• Enabling Components
  • Data Radios, Beacons, and Transponders
  • Radar, Lidar, and Sonar
  • Antennas
  • Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
  • Memory and Storage
  • Software
  • Displays and Touch Screens
  • Control Surfaces
  • Sensors
  • Audible Alarms and Indicators
  • Cameras
  • Vehicular LANs

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
  • Consumer Demand
  • Fleet-Operator Demand
  • Enterprise Demand
  • Carmaker Demand
• General Constraints
  • Information Overload and Driver Distraction
  • Regional Variations in Regulation and Culture
  • Lack of Interoperability
  • Safety Hazards, Liabilities, and Lawsuits
  • Costs
  • Auto and Electronics Life-Cycle Mismatch
  • Auto and Electronics R&D-Cycle Mismatch
  • Chicken-and-Egg Problem
• Synergistic Technologies
  • Wireless Communication
  • Roadway Infrastructure
  • Personal and Portable Devices
  • Speech Interfaces
  • Geolocation
  • Connected Commercial Vehicles
  • Broadcasting
  • Content-Distribution Networks
• Competing Technologies
  • PC-Based Pretrip Planning
  • Broadcasting
  • Packaged Media
  • Personal and Portable Devices
• Required Resources
  • Wireless Coverage, Spectrum, and Bandwidth
  • R&D Budgets and Agendas
  • Standards
  • User Interfaces for Drivers
• Regulatory Factors
  • Regional and National Variations
  • Safety Standards and Laws
  • Radio Spectrum
  • Infrastructure Budgets
  • Emergency Services

Areas to Monitor

• Conditions That Are Likely in All Future Scenarios
  • Regional Variation
  • Cost of Communication
  • Safety and Security Applications
• Conditions That Vary Greatly across Scenarios
  • Infrastructure Budgets
  • Legal Liability
  • Mobile Integration
  • Advanced Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration
  • Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications
  • 3G versus Alternative Wireless Networks
  • Probe Cars and Live Traffic Reports
  • Local Search
  • Speech Dialogue with Software Agents
  • Ownership of Data
  • Aftermarket Solutions
  • Advanced Wireless Software Updates and Diagnostics
  • Advanced Prognostics
• Wild Cards: Unlikely Events That Would Dramatically Transform Markets
  • Augmented Reality
  • Driverless Vehicles
  • "Privacy Chernobyl"

Implications of Commercialization

• In-Dash Navigation Platforms
• Portable-Device Platforms
• Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration
• Autonomous Safety Systems
• Coexistence of In-Dash and Portable Navigation Markets
• In-Dash Navigation Systems as User Terminals for VII

Opportunities

• Applications
  • Energy Efficiency and Advanced-Technology Powertrains
  • Electronic Toll Collection
  • Tracking and Recovery of Stolen Vehicles
  • Maps and Basic Navigation
  • Emergency Aid and Concierge Service
  • Hands-Free Cellular Communication
  • Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
  • Digital Radio
  • MP3 and iPod
  • Networked Audio on Demand
  • Wireless Digital Video
  • Collision-Warning Radar
  • Lane-Departure Warning
  • In-Car Signage
  • Adaptive Cruise Control, Collision Avoidance, and Lane Keeping
  • Vehicle Platoons
  • Wireless Diagnostics and Remote Software Updates
  • Real-Time Localized Traffic Advice
  • Speech-Based Queries and Speech to Text
  • Advanced Vehicle-Infrastructure Integration, InfoFueling, and Smart Signs
  • Pedestrian Beacons
  • Ad Hoc Car-to-Car Communications
  • Cars As Probes
  • Imaging Radar and Lidar
  • Vehicle Commerce
  • Fleet Management, Dispatch, Package Delivery, and Shipment Tracking
  • Office on Wheels and Mobile-Workforce Solutions
• Business Models
  • Carmaker-Bundled Telematics Service
  • Wholesale or Outsourced Telematics Service
  • Customer-Integrated Telematics Solution
  • Portable Telematics Platforms

Players

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Viewpoints Features

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