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a million accidents could be prevented. Of course,V2V technol-
ogy is essentially worthless unless all cars have it; a single car
equipped with V2V cannot communicate with non-V2V cars.
As a result, the NHTSA announced that it wanted to make V2V
technology mandatory in new vehicles as soon as possible. All
major car manufacturers, along with car technology companies
such as DelphiAutomotive, are currently working on addingV2V
technology to all their products.
Text-Dependent Questions
1.What is the Miracast standard?
2.What are two products that make use of Bluetooth technology?
3.What is the main function of V2V technology?
Research Project
Search the Internet and corporate websites to determine when
Mercedes-Benz andAudi anticipate having fully automated cars
available for sale.
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