[riggsdk]

Aside from tonnes of possible security vulnerabilities, I do see some upsides:

The interconnceted-ness could make perfect sense when it comes to collision prevention. If there is a collision up further ahead, this information can be quickly propagated between nearby cars to warn and/or automatically slow down. I do not know if this is already in use or if it was just one of those possible future scenarios with 5G. Would also make sense if ambulances could make their presence known to drivers much earlier so they can get out of the way.

[exabrial]

That's on me for setting the ball too low.

Why do you need a cloud connection for two vehicles 10ft feet apart to exchange data?

[LightHugger]

This sounds like more of a use case for short range communications, not so much internet connectivity. Tying this tech to the internet makes it less effective as it stops working when you go out of range. And a car's stopping distance is far outranged by what short range comms is capable of.

[hulitu]

> it was just one of those possible future scenarios with 5G

The problem is that "increased speed" was also "one of those possible future scenarios with 5G". (And with 4G FWIW)

[az09mugen]

I know it's not your point, but interconnected vehicles with ad-hoc wifi connection would be even more efficient and sufficient. No need for 5G.