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26 The Future of Automotive Another is the use of UWB to provide secure Autonomous Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging, which would enable a UWB electric car to be driven to a wireless charging zone and automatically share credentials and enable the charging transaction (Figure 5). Automotive UWB Hardware & Software The first emerging automotive UWB application is the Digital Key (DK) Car Access System, which enables a phone with UWB to connect to a UWB-equipped car for remote keyless Figure 6: PEPS high-end car hardware example. (Source: Qorvo) entry, but on a much more secure level. DK technology uses an authorization server to provision a phone with car access using private keys. The initial key exchange is done through the phone and car Secure Elements (SE), enabling autonomous car access without needing a cloud connection (Figure 6). Using a high-end car as an example for a PEPs system, a phone, or keyfob with the necessary UWB, BLE, NFC, and electronic SE (eSE) electronics (pre-provisioned) can be used to access a car that is also equipped with compatible hardware and SEs. In this example, each UWB transceiver • The PEPS use case has now POCs and is under development at main Tier1s and car OEMs (CCC adopted HRP-UWB in Q3 2019 and drives interoperability between Automotive & Mobil manufactures to enable Mobile as Key-fob) • UWB in cars enables new class of Safety requirements as Intrusion and Passenger detection or Easy trunk access, by using its Short-Range Radar capability • Autonomous Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging is only possible with UWB technology and is now under development Many applications being adopted now by OEMs Use cases in development or coming soon Figure 5: Emerging and potential future automotive UWB use cases. (Source: Qorvo)