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A cloud-based service, Connected Safety, will allow Volvo trucks and Volvo cars to automatically alert each other to hazardous traffic situations. The two independent vehicle manufacturers are allowing their respective vehicles to share real-time traffic hazard information via their clouds.
When a driver switches on the hazard warning lights, the vehicle sends a signal via the driver’s Internet-connected mobile phone to the cloud service. From there, the information is forwarded to the corresponding service cloud at Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks.
An alert is then transmitted to all connected cars and trucks approaching the location of the vehicle whose hazard lights have been activated. This reduces the risks involved when a vehicle is standing still by the roadside in poor visibility.
By anonymizing, validating, and aggregating the data that are collected and shared, the initiative will comply with the General Data Protection Regulation that is rolled out across the EU this year.
The European Commission has defined a set of actions to modernize Europe’s transport system, and in May 2018, the third and final part was communicated. The objective is to allow all Europeans to benefit from the triple zero—emissions, congestion, and accidents—while supporting the competitiveness of the EU industry.
To this end, three issues are addressed:
- An integrated policy for road safety
- CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
- A strategy for connected and automated mobility
The commission aims to transition toward a mobility system that is safe, clean, connected, and automated. The time line is for all new vehicles to be connected to the Internet by 2022 with many of them communicating directly vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) already by 2019 while supported by free high-precision digital mapping thanks to satellite date from Galileo services.
To achieve this, the commission will adopt rules to ensure secured communications, data protection, and interoperability as well as a recommendation on the use of spectrum for fifth generation (5G) large-scale testing by the end of 2018.
Full article: IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, Volume 13, Number 3, September 2018 | 
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