It is difficult to imagine new vehicles be successful without connectivity. And yet, the age of connected cars has just begun. The next generation of applications based on cellular V2X (C-V2X) or dedicated short-range communication (DSRC) will allow vehicles to ‘see through the eyes’ of their traffic fellows and significantly extend the sensing range provided by their own sensors, such as cameras, radar, or lidar.

Collective perception paired with cooperative driving will lift vehicles to the next level of safety, comfort, and efficiency. Over-the-air (OTA) applications will become a key enabler for software-defined vehicles, and 5G complemented by edge computing will ring in a new era of smart mobility and connected automated driving.