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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

4.1 Informational Objectives

This chapter aims to answer the following questions:

• How is electronics and information technology affecting the automobile?
• What is a connected vehicle?
• What are the challenges associated with connected vehicles?
• What is an autonomous vehicle?
• What are the challenges associated with autonomous vehicles?
• What are the differences between connected and autonomous vehicles?
• How do connected and autonomous vehicles fit within a smart city?
• How might connected and autonomous vehicles affect transportation?
• What are the big data and analytics aspects of connected and autono-
mous vehicles?

4.2 Chapter Word Cloud

The word cloud shown in Figure 4.1 provides an overview of the content of the
chapter by listing the most frequently used words, with the font size propor-
tional to the frequency of use of the word.

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