A Study of Car-2-Car Communication and Its Future in India

Indian consumer is price sensitive, however, one cannot negate the idea that safety plays an important role while deciding to buy a new car. Many manufacturers in Indian market have technologies invested many years ago to safeguard the car as an option and not provided as a default feature due to the price factor. India stands second in the world in the list of deaths caused by road accidents. Reasons for this would be many but safety features in a car would reduce this number drastically. This paper attempts to identify the latest technology in the field of vehicular safety through car to car communication. Further is examines the possibilities of introducing car to car communication technology in car in the Indian market. A review of literature in the area of automotive innovations tell that there are many advantages of car to car communication and some concerns which experts have to address. Indian market is still in the pre-mature stage and experiments are underway to introduce advanced technology in Indian market.