The Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance has been launched, by founding members Aquantia, Bosch, Continental, Nvidia, and VW America. Looking to create an ecosystem for next-gen Multi-Gig Ethernet networking. But even if the alliance solves the networking problem, there are many other elements of a self-driving car that need a similar level of international and regulatory consensus. The “Multi-Gig” part sounds a bit redundant, as these days, 100G and 40G are fairly commonplace in data centers these days – and the auto industry is quite happy to quip that cars are now ‘data centers on wheels’ (just as the NAV Alliance does in its launch materials). Sure, 40G Ethernet hasn’t exactly trickled down into consumer electronics, but that’s largely…