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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Vision
§Vehicle Automation Development
□Can proceed independently of connectivity to a point
□Greatly enhanced with connectivity to other vehicles and infrastructure
§Benefits of Connectivity
□Increases availability, speed, and reliability of information
□Enables coordination of automated traffic streams
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Fully Connected & Automated Vehicle
The full potential benefits of road vehicle automation can only be achieved through a connected environment.
Full Automation
V2V
V2I
AV
The major benefit of connectivity is that information can be shared that would not be available through the use of only autonomous sensors. In addition, for information that is available through autonomous sensors, it is communicated faster and more reliably through connectivity