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Most automakers are working on systems that will make vehicles “smarter” and assist the driver in a number of areas.

Here it partly about self-driving technology. That cars simply takes over driving and makes sure to get you home safely. In addition, a number of features that are intended to ensure better traffic flow.

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It turns out that there is much that is needed to prevent queues. One means is to give cars the ability to “talk” together. If they can exchange information about queues and sudden traffic incidents, we can save time and avoid many unfortunate situations.

One example of this is something Audi has worked with for several years. Traffic Technology Services (TTS) is now ready for launch and will initially be tested on the A4, A4 Allroad and Q7, in the United States.

TTS uses the car’s built-in 4G internet to continuously receive signals from traffic lights . This will be done in some selected cities, Audi has so far not told anything about how many US cities that have the necessary technology installed to support the system. But here we are working from several sources simultaneously.

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connected cars means a completely new information flow in traffic. Both know that they can send and receive information from external parties, but not least by then they can “talk” together.

Getting on many more models

Furthermore, it is in the plans to integrate this into the vehicle’s navigation and start / stop system. This will both provide better fuel economy and shorter travel times, especially during peak hours.

It is not clear how quickly TTS will come to Europe, but Audi stresses that the technology is ready. It’s just a matter of how quickly infrastructure can come up.

It is expected that this will also be made available on a number of other models from the Volkswagen Group soon.

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The most important thing since the assembly line

While this happens, a number of automobile manufacturers closer to have completely self-driving cars. Spearheads so far is new Mercedes E-Class, and Model S and Model X from Tesla. But a number of competitors are not far away.

Ford has for example just announced that it will roll out a self-driving car in large numbers, within five years. Ambitions are solid: Ford believes even that this is the main thing that has happened since Henry Ford revolutionized the automobile by introducing assembly line, thus making automobile production cheaper and far more efficient than before.

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