On The Road To Driverless Cars

Connected cars made big news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. It's not surprising with this year's buildup of buzz surrounding autonomous and connected vehicles, and the ecosystem of technology that is feeding them. Gartner forecasts 21 million new automobiles will be equipped with data connectivity, either through a built-in communications module or tethered to a mobile device in 2017. However, amidst the opportunities for a range of technologies to merge our various worlds of data and to sense both vehicular and human conditions, several hurdles remain before connected cars become mainstream. Ogi Redzic, senior vice president for connected vehicles at the Renault-Nissan Alliance, stands next to the Nissan Motor Co. Intelligent Mobility IDS Concept electric vehicle during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017.