Connected Car
The city of Wuxi, near Shanghai, has published that country’s first set of rules for the development of ‘Internet of Vehicles’ (IoV) technologies. IoV technology allows vehicles to communicate with each other and with traffic infrastructure. It is also home to the Jiangsu Internet of Vehicles Pilot Zone, the first national-level pilot zone of its kind in China. The new regulations will govern (and encourage) the commercial operation of connected and autonomous vehicles – in a first phase: government-issued connected vehicles including shuttle buses, logistics vehicles and delivery trucks. In 2020, the government required half of all new cars to be equipped with vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) technology by 2025.