Internet of Vehicles pilot zone launched
September 10, 2019 Category China News Round-up, Weekly
The Jiangsu (Wuxi) Internet of Vehicles Pilot Zone, the first national-level pilot zone of its kind in the country, was launched. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) approved the construction of the pilot zone in Wuxi in early May. According to the implementation plan, Wuxi will build a 6-square-kilometer core area for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) applications by the end of this year. It will enable vehicles to communicate with each other and everything around them. Another 260 sq km of the city will have V2X network coverage. There will be up to 500 5G base stations in Wuxi by December 2019. The area with V2X network coverage will expand to 1,200 sq km in Wuxi by the end of 2022.
The penetration rate of the Internet of Vehicles in the city will be more than 50% by 2022, according to the plan. The release of the implementation plan came ahead of the World IoT Expo 2019 in Wuxi, which was held from from September 7 to 10. A total of 13 industry leaders, including Ford, Audi, China Mobile and Huawei, will be strategic partners to help carry out the plan. Ford showcased at this year’s expo its latest progress in algorithms and the deeper integration of smart technologies. Hou Xinhai, Vice President of Ford Motor (China) for platform and production of information technology and mobile travel, said Wuxi provides the country’s largest open test environment for C-V2X technology and completely built infrastructure.
Total industrial output of Wuxi’s IoT sector reached CNY263.8 billion in 2018, which is equal to half of the total output of Jiangsu province last year in the sector, the China Daily reports.
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