When it broke ground late last year, the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Michigan, was said to be country’s largest testing facility for automated and connected cars. Now, the site has a data provider. The telecom giant announced today that it is teaming up with the center to provide exclusive network resources needed to advance driverless technologies.
That means AT&T will work with the center, car companies, and tech startups to test automated and connected vehicles. It’ll also provide network service to allow the cars to talk to infrastructure, pedestrians, and to another car. This technology, called vehicle-to-everything (V2X), is currently be tested by a number of major automakers, suppliers, and tech companies.
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via The Verge
