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10 The Future of Automotive by 2024, automotive industry bodies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Society of Automotive Engineers are expected to require vehicles to offer certain V2X features to receive a full, five-star safety rating. This technology will also greatly improve traffic management. By leveraging data from Road-Side- Units (RSUs) and On-Board-Units (OBUs), V2X technology can connect cars to other cars and drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and traffic lights. Information on traffic patterns, lights, and other vehicles can be relayed to the car through Wi-Fi, a cellular-connected vehicle's infotainment system, or even through an app on the driver's phone, allowing the driver to adjust to safer and more efficient driving patterns. This can lead to greener vehicle performance through the reduction of harmful CO2 emissions, as well as lower fuel costs. Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) is a term that encompasses a vehicle technology. It enables the automobile to communicate with the environment around it, including bicycles, motorcycles, and other vehicles. To make this work, information from sensors and other sources, inside and outside the vehicle, travel by means of low-latency, high-reliability links that will ultimately pave the way to fully autonomous driving. See Figure 1. A major selling point for V2X communication is safety. V2X communication technology promises to lower the number of vehicle accidents, which will also lead to a reduction in associated injuries and deaths. An NHTSA study found that connected vehicle technology has the potential to reduce up to 80% of crashes where drivers are not impaired. In fact, Steering Clear: Vehicle-to-Everything Designs with Seamless Communication and No Interference Ali Bawangaonwala Senior Marketing Manager, Qorvo Figure 1: The connected vehicle. (Source: Qorvo)