The result of VW's wondering can be seen next week at the CeBIT 2010, where the carmaker will present, together with C3World, the latest advancements in the field of applications of information and communication technology for cars.
C3World, a group of people from the Leibniz University in Hanover, the Braunschweig Technical University, the Oldenburg Institute for Computer Science (OFFIS) and the Volkswagen Group, is working since 2007 on a system which would allow cars to exchange information.
The group's purpose is to make cars establish contact with one another and with the environment via radio signals. There are countless advantages which can be drawn from the system: for instance, a car can be remotely notified when an emergency vehicle is approaching an intersection.
Cars will also be friends with one another, warning each other of traffic jams or giving info about where, let's say, a petrol station can be found.
C3World is currently trying, aside for developing the application, to find a way in which it can be integrated into the vehicles, as mobile phones and MP3 players (the ideal environments to run such an application) become obsolete faster than the car itself.
"In the future, cars will be ever more intricately networked with the flows of data that surround us. Vehicles will communicate with each other to provide drivers and passengers with information that is relevant to safety and which enhances comfort and convenience," C3World says on its official site.
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