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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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But if you’re broken down in Montana, you need a cell phone. Intelligent vehicles could help reduce the billions of gallons of gas wasted in traffic jams each year. The theory behind the algorithm and some experimental results will be published in a forthcoming issue of the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine.

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