What's the frequency, EU? Talking cars need radio channel to communicate.(News)

Automotive News Europe,  September, 2006  by Morton, Ian

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Byline: Ian Morton

The consortium working on car-to-car communication in Europe has a problem. It still needs a radio frequency on which to transmit the data that will warn motorists of problems ahead such as accidents, congestion and dangerous weather conditions.

The lack of a frequency is one of the issues that caused the group of automakers, partsmakers, research laboratories and German government agencies to delay presentation of the European system.

The group wanted to demonstrate the system at the 2007 IAA in Frankfurt, but now expects to show its solution in early ...

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