General Motors this week confirmed their vehicle-to-vehicle technology will debut in the CTS mid-size sedan for the 2017 model year. We know the technology will allow vehicles also equipped with the same or similar systems to connect, but what benefits does it have towards you as a driver? Jon Lauckner, GM Chief Technology Officer, Vice President of R&D and President of GM Ventures, decided to clear the air on what V2V actually does.
The first thing to know about V2V is that it’s not limited just to vehicle-to-vehicle applications, there is also V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), which connects the car to the roadways. In V2V communications, vehicles share information on their speed, position, direction and more with other cars and trucks. V2I will communicate to cars the road conditions, traffic light statuses, road attributes and even how many parking spaces are left in an area.