Just a week after the formation of the 5G Automotive Association, another, more Europe-centric, body has been announced, the Automotive-Telecom Alliance. This aims to define a “pre-deployment project” by December, based on a European Commission-backed study of best and worst case scenarios for the 5G-enabled connected car market. The new alliance includes six trade associations (two from automotive, four from telecoms) as well as 37 companies, including operators, vendors, carmakers and other supply chain members. The goal is to promote wider deployment of connected and automated driving in Europe. The first step is the pre-deployment project which will test three major use case categories: Automated driving, including high density platoons, remotely controlled parking and high-definition maps Road safety and efficiency,…