Autonomous Vehicle News
Cars can now also communicate with each other using 5G technology. Using 5G for vehicle-to-vehicle communication can make driving safer, more convenient, and ultimately autonomous. Photo:noel celis / Agence France-Presse / Getty ImagesIt can take some time for industry and local governments to build systems that support inter-vehicle 5G communications and address security issues such as the risk of hackers interfering with vehicle communications. The ultimate application, a purely autonomous network of cars working together, remains a distant vision. One of the projects backed by European carmakers and Huawei is testing remote-controlled driving, which allows centralized operators to take over the car using 5G if the driver is disabled.