Cars are starting to securely talk to each other and the infrastructure using v2x technology, allowing significant gains in car safety and enabling the city to manage how traffic is routed to create a free flowing, safe road environment.

The data a car generates is valuable and sharing this data securely is likely to provide the driver with direct financial and personal benefit. Your biometric data can be shared with cloud healthcare providers. Car diagnostics can be shared with OEM and other service providers, reducing maintenance costs.

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Your home entertainment experience is now also available in your car through a secure connection to the cloud. This will provide a seamless viewing and listening experience between the car and the living room, which can be navigated without posing a risk to the safety of your journey.

With your car securely talking to the road and other cars, real-time road information is generated by each car via their radar and vision systems. Sharing this information enables the removal of expensive roadside infrastructure. The car is now the 2nd most significant data generator within IoT, which provides financial and safety benefits for the owner of the car, the wider economy and society.

The reason for getting in your car is still your end destination. But getting there is now more fun, relaxing and flexible as you now do not have to focus on driving the car yourself. The car's sensor fusion system, which uses radar, vision and v2x takes care of the driving for you. No more accidents, cheaper insurance premiums & running costs, zero emissions and significant reduction in commute times are all achieved.

It becomes a mobile space that can be rented and used for what you want, when you want it. The mobile space is now the destination. People can walk, stand, move around the space when it's in transit, as there are no accidents.

The space will deliver a personalized connected experience through its viewing surfaces, which the occupants can configure to manage their data privacy.

Using radar, vision and v2x information, the car now fully senses its sphere of responsibility. All the sensor data is fused together and the driver has full 360° awareness around the vehicle, continuously enabling them to select a path for the car that is safe for all pedestrians and other road users.

With greener car options being available a significant change to the environment is realized.

Cars act as a mobile network of environmental data gathering stations, providing real time secure information to local and national agencies allowing them to take action when required to improve the quality of the air we all breathe.

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Using wearable technology, people can anonymously be safely connected with the street, making them aware of potential hazardous situations by providing alerts before events actually occur, like a car driving around a blind corner as the person decides to cross the road.

Harmony between self-driving cars, pedestrians and cyclists can truly be achieved — Democratization of the streets is realized.

This generation has no concept of road safety or even the term itself. Cars do not cause accidents. As such, the urban space becomes a truly urban playground. Cars operate autonomously and are always connected to the IoT securely sharing information. Roads become Mobility Paths.

With the combination of zero pollution and zero accidents, along with the introduction of mobility spaces, the urban environment diversifies. Mobility paths take up less space. Traditional work environments become fewer, and urban farming collectives take hold throughout the city.

The car is just another device you own in your connected portfolio. The Infotainment system communicates securely with other devices in your home, providing conveniences such as adjusting your alarm call when there’s heavy traffic on the route to work.

From the luxury of your sofa, the connectivity to the family cars allows you to securely keep track of your son's journey to the cinema, and informs you if your partner's tires need inflated before they head out on their long trip tomorrow.

Mobility spaces, utilizing vision, radar, sensor fusion & v2x technologies navigating safely through their environment, have transformed what the car has become. Rented mobile spaces now bring services to your doorstep as and when you need them.

This is the office that comes to you. These mobility spaces will integrate seamlessly with your connected lives. They will securely interact with your productivity tools, arriving at your doorstep with the ease of booking a conference room.

The school bus journey has been transformed, allowing children to be more creative with their time. Underlying this journey is self-driving technology guaranteeing that children will be safely brought to school.