I'm thinking with you, kerryf, in seeing the potential problems and risks. Or, in agreement with Mary, having trouble envisioning all the integration becoming operational.
I do think that the use of information and the web devices that "inform" consumers about their energy use, navigation, etc., is a contribution. It's when it comes to "controlling" our cars that I put on the brakes. If you want to control electricity demand on electrical cars that is one thing, but taking on control of cars and managing them through networks I think is something totally different.
Just imagine a "fat fingers" scenario affecting traffic, a la Wall Street!
Funny, but at some point I'm sure that will be true. Given that viruses and spammers are just starting to hit smart phones its only a matter of time. In fact, the impact would be greater -- the car's front-end computer would be likely be interconnected with the other computers in the car, opening the possibility of some major problems if a hacker (say in Russia etc) works his way into your smartcar.
Networked cars sounds like a great idea but i wonder what if a glitch occurred in the grid system, would it become impossible to escape as the vehicles too would become useless?
I agree with Mary that the integration seems quiet improbable any time soon
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