Peachtree Corners and Sprint recently announced a project to build an intelligent vehicle test track which will feature Sprint’s low-latency 5G technology combined with Curiosity IoT and micro-positioning. ‘Curiosity™ Lab at Peachtree Corners,’ a true laboratory, will consist of a 1.5-mile test track constructed within the city’s 500-acre Technology Park. Launching this spring, the track will be used to develop and test self-driving shuttles as well as act as a testbed for advanced vehicles and IoT services.
The 5G wireless connectivity will test vehicle-to-vehicle communication, vehicle-to-infrastructure communication, and ‘over the horizon’ warnings. One test will look at how connected cars can communicate to make lane changing and highway exiting safer and more efficient, alternative was to access above-road warning messages, and how drivers might receive notice of approaching connected emergency vehicles.
“The addition of the 5G network is a big leap from our announcement last year in which we unveiled our plans for an AV track,” said Councilmember Alex Wright, who first introduced the idea of adding autonomous vehicles to the city.
The track will be available for companies of all sizes to experiment and demonstrate new and emerging advanced vehicle and smart city technologies.
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