Like critical communications and city M2M networks (see above), vehicular connectivity is struggling to make use of standard or public networks. While mobile broadband to the car is not a particular challenge, since the car’s infotainment system behaves like a giant smartphone, there are very different issues when it comes to V2X (vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle) communications. These will be increasingly important, and safety critical, amid moves towards autonomous vehicles and M2M applications like smart traffic management and congestion avoidance. As in public safety, the LTE ecosystem is working hard to adapt its technology for specialized needs for which it was never conceived. LTE-V is the strand of the standard targeted at V2X, and Vodafone Group – an enthusiastic triallist of…