Whenever V2X is talked about many people instantly jump to mesh networking and 5G cellular OTA technology. In this discussion, people quickly start making several faulty assumptions; chiefly that a mesh network of vehicles would require extremely ubiquitous cellular 5G nationwide.
Most people involved in this discussion fail to realize that a mesh network of vehicles doesn’t require any cellular availability at all. We at Spider V2X are working on mesh networking utilizing multiple time tested and proven technologies already in existence to provide extremely rapid and highly reliable communications to and from a vehicle.
While there are certainly a few (and really just a few left) technological hurdles still to overcome, the unique approach we are using is putting us years ahead of everyone else in this space. Further, as a company we are working to create legislative efforts that do not force you into some requirement for your vehicle to maintain cellular service for the cars onboard V2X system to operate. An autonomous vehicle needs to be exactly that … autonomous.
In many parts of the world there are far too few cellular providers. Thus any V2X system that requires connectivity to an existing cellular network is inherently problematic and anti-competitive. It puts way too much control and authority over an individual’s vehicle into the hands of the cellular network provider. We believe if someone buys a car, they should own it and have control over it.
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