When Will the Automotive Internet Arrive?

DeviceGuru writes "European researchers are developing a cooperative traffic system, known CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems), comprised of vehicle-, roadside-, and central infrastructure-based communications hardware and software, including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) wireless. Among other capabilities, cars communicate with each other and with 'smart traffic signals' to smooth the flow of traffic and avoid accidents, or with 'smart traffic signs' to avoid dangerous driving conditions. The CVIS project is in the midst of undergoing field trials in Europe, and Audi has recently deployed 15 test vehicles in a similar project. The ambitious vision of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) includes goals such as reduced traffic congestion and fuel consumption, enhanced safety, and improved driver and passenger comfort. Ultimately, the developers envision a sort of Automotive Internet."

Vehicular anti-virus....

[Kenja]

I sense a great disturbance in the force, as if dozens of anti-virus executives where salivating all at once.

I can see the new billboards

[stokessd]

So much for the "Don't text and Drive" billboards, now we'll have don't "4Chan and Drive" or "/b/ and Driving = Death you friggin B'tards"

Sheldon

Re:IPV6

[camperdave]

Oh come now. Everyone knows IPv4s are more fuel efficient.

Finally

[goodtrick]

Our car analogies will become apt!

Re:IPV6

[ascari]

Anything less than ipV8 in a car would be decidedly un-American.