1. 5层20条匝道通往8个方向，这座桥让导航哭了

    重庆的黄桷湾立交桥上下总计5层，共有20条匝道，通往8个方向，连北京的西直门立交桥在它面前也是个弟中弟。如此复杂的立交桥，不禁引发讨论：上桥后导航都是崩溃的、一个匝道走错就是重庆一日游……然而，事实上它的设计非常科学，完全不用担心迷路。

  2. 投资者热情骤降，电动滑板车巨头Bird 和Lime估值均大降

    据外媒报道，投资者对共享电动滑板车的狂热正在降温，两家领先的初创企业不得不下调了它们的融资目标，而且它们还必须应付各种破坏活动、日益激烈的竞争和其他发展阵痛。

    一些公司报告称，每辆电动滑板车每天的收入超过20美元，鉴于每辆电动滑板车的成本约为500美元，这表明它们有很大的潜在利润。

  3. 福特中国高管李宏鹏离职，长安福特前11月销量暴跌51.2%

    12月10日，福特汽车（中国）有限公司宣布，福特汽车大中华区市场及销售副总裁李宏鹏因身体及家庭原因提出辞呈并获批，福特汽车中国市场及销售副总裁刘曰海将代理全国销售服务机构总裁一职。

  4. 自动驾驶向个人全面开放依然长路漫漫

  5. Walk the city block of the future

  6. Uber files confidentially for IPO

    The company on Friday filed confidentially for an IPO, marking the beginning of a race to the stock markets for the two ride-hailing giants.

    Uber’s most recent private market valuation was a whopping $72 billion, though the nearly 10-year-old business reportedly expects Wall Street to value it at as much as $120 billion in what will easily be one of the most highly anticipated IPOs of the decade.

  7. SoftBank invests in parking startup ParkJockey pushing valuation to $1 billion

    SoftBank continues to invest in the future of transportation — this time in ParkJockey, a startup that has built a technology platform aimed at monetizing parking lots. And ParkJockey, which was founded in 2013, is already using that capital to scale up.

    Along with the SoftBank investment news, ParkJockey also announced that it was acquiring two of the largest parking operators in North America. The startup, with help from Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Capital and debt financing from Owl Rock, said it had reached an agreement to acquire Imperial Parking Corporation, a North American-based parking management company often referred to as Impark. The agreement follows ParkJockey’s acquisition of parking management operator Citizens Parking Inc.

    Miami-based ParkJockey developed a parking management platform that helps commercial property owners better monetize parking lots as well as handle operations at large venues and stadiums. The company’s platform offers features like automatic license plate recognition and pay-by-app, among others. The company’s app also can be used by drivers to find parking spaces more efficiently.

  8. Self-driving companies must prepare for the future even if they’re not ready — down to the VR and laser patents

    While there’s no guarantee you’ll be sliding into an autonomous, virtual world on your way to work in 10, 20 or even 50 years, San Francisco-based Uber wants the right to exercise that concept if and when the time comes.

    That means securing intellectual property by building a solid patent portfolio. Unlike some major companies that stack up troves of patents to not only protect their own inventions but to sell to smaller firms, companies in the self-driving space generally believe quality, not quantity, is key.

    “We want to have a very efficient patent portfolio … where every asset is achieving some strategic goal,” Mr. Storm said. “That could mean protecting against competitors, sending a message to investors or demonstrating something to the public.”

  9. As Calif. AV population doubles, so do crashes

  10. Another twist as trial lawyers turn against new self-driving bill

  11. Israeli inventor of car cameras says self-driving vehicles are future of artificial intelligence

    Amnon Shashua, cofounder and chief technology officer of the Israeli company Mobileye, lives and works at the vanguard of self-driving cars.

    “Autonomous vehicles are really just a platform for artificial intelligence,” he told a rapt audience at an event hosted by the American Friends of Hebrew University in Center City. That’s essentially a computer that can perceive risks and make split-second driving decisions.

    “Cars are the ideal platform for AI — requiring intelligence, perception, decision-making. Very much like playing chess,” he explained. In addition, “imagine a world where a family only needs one self-driving car. It can drop your kids off at school, then you at work, then go pick up your groceries at the store by itself.”

  12. Tesla Autopilot is ‘soon’ going to support traffic lights, roundabouts, and full self-driving, says Elon Musk

  13. 空客欲在中国推直升机版滴滴，落地方案仍待探讨

    12月10日，在空中客车创新之旅活动上，空客相关负责人宣布，计划2019年第三季度在中国落地直升机版滴滴项目。

    不过根据网易航空了解，目前这一项目的细节方案仍未成型，这也为项目的落地蒙上一层不确定性。

  14. 虽然你这辆GT-R马力很大，不过…已经买不到了

  15. 吉林富豪投百亿要造高铁，如今陷入债务危局

    一度跻身福布斯富豪榜吉林省前五位、曾宣称资本市场要给人家回报，利源精制(002501.SZ)的实际控制人之一王民曾经有过进一步的转型畅想——然而，称要转型高铁制造的利源精制，如今却身陷债务泥潭，股价更是一路下挫。

    资金是利源精制的最大之痛。

    为了推进高铁项目的进展，今年以来，利源精制增加了大量民间借贷及融资租赁，债台高筑。三季报显示，截至今年三季度末，利源精制的负债总额高达82.88亿元。其中，流动负债合计59.15亿元，非流动负债合计23.73亿元。今年前三季度，利源精制营收同比下降84.05%，扣非后净利润亏损9.54亿元，同比下滑314.48%。

    对于沈阳利源项目迟迟未达预期，利源精制解释称，主要是受两方面原因的影响：一是，受融资环境的影响，随着项目进度的不断推进，公司融资越发困难，影响了项目尾款的支付；二是，受供应商供货延迟、公司流动性趋紧等因素影响，轨道车整车样车试制进展不及预期，导致后续市场开拓工作无法开展。

  16. 2018年黑科技盘点，我投百度无人车一票！

  17. 菲克牵手腾讯，达成汽车智能网联战略合作

    12月10日，腾讯宣布与菲克中国展开全方面战略合作。根据协议，腾讯将与菲克中国共同构建面向中国市场的新一代智能网联云平台，为菲克旗下Jeep、玛莎拉蒂、阿尔法·罗密欧等品牌提供智能出行服务，助推菲克在华本土化进程。

    在合作一期，腾讯将为菲克中国构建云端的连接能力以及平台能力，助其打造智能网联云平台，平台初期将搭载包括远程控制、远程车辆状态查询、远程诊断以及基于车辆位置的LBS服务等功能。

    同时，腾讯将助力菲克中国建设用户账户体系平台，打造专属的统一用户ID，帮助菲克旗下车企更全面了解用户需求，提供智能、便捷、人性化的服务。未来，腾讯还将助力菲克中国打造全链数据平台，覆盖研发、生产、营销、出行等多方位的场景。

    “在当今数字化生存时代，一切技术的终极意义，应该是为创造更美好的生活体验，为创造人与人之间更真实的感动而存在拉近人与人之间的距离。菲克中国与腾讯结成战略伙伴，恰恰将满足中国消费者最本源的需求，使技术服务于美好的出行体验。”菲克中国区首席运营官郑杰表示。

  18. Elon Musk’s plans for 2019 might include a Tesla pickup truck prototype

  19. Here’s how Lyft envisions self-driving cars communicating with pedestrians

  20. Report: Morgan Stanley lands coveted Uber IPO role

  21. Waymo首次公开自动驾驶技术：让AI学会「危机想象力」

    《ChauffeurNet: Learning to Drive by Imitating the Best and Synthesizing the Worst》

    论文链接：https://sites.google.com/view/waymo-learn-to-drive

  22. A slashed tire, a pointed gun, bullies on the road: Why do Waymo self-driving vans get so much hate?

    A Waymo self-driving van cruised through a Chandler neighborhood Aug. 1 when test driver Michael Palos saw something startling as he sat behind the wheel — a bearded man in shorts aiming a handgun at him as he passed the man’s driveway.

    The incident is one of at least 21 interactions documented by Chandler police during the past two years where people have harassed the autonomous vehicles and their human test drivers.

    People have thrown rocks at Waymos. The tire on one was slashed while it was stopped in traffic. The vehicles have been yelled at, chased and one Jeep was responsible for forcing the vans off roads six times.

    Many of the people harassing the van drivers appear to hold a grudge against the company, a division of Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc., which has tested self-driving technology in the Chandler area since 2016.

    “Haselton said that his wife usually keeps the gun locked up in fear that he might shoot somebody,” Jacobs wrote in the report. “Haselton stated that he despises and hates those cars (Waymo) and said how Uber had killed someone.”

  23. 不是我不爱“轧马路”，是这个马路设计真的不行

    对人友好的街道，需要有一些“深度”，也就是不无聊、且视觉上有一定的延展空间。“友好的街道有三个敌人：停车场、药房和著名建筑师，”《可行走的城市》（Walkable City）作者、美国资深规划师杰夫·斯派克（Jeff Speck）说。停车场太空旷，药房、医院和诊所只有寡淡无味的白墙，这些枯燥无味的元素不断重复，给行人的观感和体验都很差。而街边的店铺延伸出来的户外座位、能看到室内的落地窗、小花坛等等，都是提升街道深度的手段。

  24. “豆腐渣”的台北桃园机场，缝缝补补续一年

    据中新网援引台湾《中时电子报》的报道，台湾检察部门12月11日通过调查报告，指出台湾桃园机场启用近40年来经翻修仍需频繁维护，是“设计不当”、“施工不佳”、“材料不良”等原因导致，台湾交通部门应督促桃园机场公司审慎妥善处理。

    说起桃园机场，真的是宝岛人民的辛酸泪。目前，这个启用近40年的机场正在豆腐渣化的路上一去不复返，甚至被不少飞行员讥讽为“台湾耻辱”。

  25. 摩拜计划分拆欧洲业务部门，估值1亿美元

  26. 美国共享电动滑板车大战：80%的车源自这家中国公司

    今年大热的电动滑板车共享公司Lime最近向用户传达了一个令人不安的信息：其部分设备存在起火的隐患。

    在10月30日发布警告信息后，这家初创公司召回了大约2000辆电动滑板车，不到其总量的1%。这种情况不禁让人想起三年前的场景，当时如火如荼的悬浮板（hoverboards）因存在电池极易起火的安全隐患而退出了市场。而同样的自燃问题会让电动滑板车淡出公众视野吗？

    Lime将问题归咎于其供应商之一、总部位于北京的纳恩博公司制造缺陷，但这家公司并不是普通的电动滑板车组装商。纳恩博已悄然成为美国城市中所部署电动滑板车的最大供应商。这家鲜为人知的制造企业是试图搭乘“微移动”(micro-mobility)风口的几乎所有企业必不可少的供应商。“微移动”是一项旨在通过普及汽车和公共交通的廉价替代品来改变城市交通现状的概念。

  27. 港口整合潮向内陆蔓延，如何“破壁”？

    从沿海省份刮起的港口整合大潮，正沿长江水道向内陆蔓延。

    最新动向是：12月6日，安徽省港航集团有限公司揭牌，将整合省内10家港航企业。根据规划，此次整合目的是打造全省对外开放的统一平台，并将安徽港口群打造成为联通东西部和长江中下游的河、江、海联运枢纽。

    就在上月，四川“三港整合”也传来新消息——四川省交投集团和泸州、宜宾两市签署泸州港-宜宾港整合发展协议，以在投资、开发、运营等方面实现“一盘棋”。

    如安徽省委书记李锦斌所说，推动港口资源整合，“是贯彻落实习近平总书记关于推动长江经济带发展重要论述的必然要求，也是抢占新一轮港口经济竞争制高点的现实选择”。有分析指出，各地为协调发展提升效益，陆续成立港口资产管理平台，“一省一港”或将成为中国港口未来格局。

  28. 优信抱上淘宝大腿，但二手车电商还得不断试错

    优信看似抱了大腿，但阿里能带给优信的只是更多的可能，而不是躺赢。近几天优信股价的上涨，并不能回答二手车电商行业的生存拷问。

    12月6日，优信集团宣布与淘宝网正式签署战略合作协议。双方的“官宣”内容，是要在二手车B2C、B2B、金融及整合供应链方面，展开战略合作。具体来说，就是双方要全面打通底层数据，升级智能车源展示、智能车源在线匹配及一站式购车全链路解决方案，共建二手车在线交易商城。

    对于这样一则消息，资本市场显然激动不已。抱住阿里大腿的消息传出后，优信股价迎来一轮上涨。12月6日当天，优信股价开盘暴涨逾40%，盘中一度暴力拉升60%以上，与前一阵下探到2.81美元的窘境可谓天壤之别。截至本周三美股收盘，优信收盘价为7.26美元，总市值达到了21.23亿美元。

  29. 新汽车观察 小鹏汽车能靠“智能化”取胜吗？

    长达2个小时的发布会，何小鹏演示了小鹏G3的语音系统，自动泊车功能，车顶的全景摄像头。他和总裁夏珩在车里打了游戏、还唱了歌。这些操作背后指向一个观点——何小鹏认为，智能化是新汽车区别于传统汽车的根本，而智能汽车的核心是运营，制造只是基础。

    这是何小鹏第二次重申这个理论了。半年前，小鹏汽车把一场发布会办成了吐槽大会。被吐槽的最多的就是何小鹏的那句：智能汽车的核心在运营，不在制造。

  30. 想要量产自研芯片，比亚迪还有挑战

    近日，比亚迪IGBT电动中国芯核心技术解析会在宁波举行，会上，比亚迪展示了其自主研发的全新车规级产品IGBT4.0，并宣布已投入巨资布局半导体材料SiC（碳化硅），拟于明年推出搭载SiC电控的电动车。

    IGBT(Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor，绝缘栅双极型晶体管)属于汽车功率半导体的一种，其芯片与动力电池电芯并称为电动车的“双芯”，是影响电动车性能的关键技术。一直以来，IGBT因设计门槛高、技术难、投资大，被业内称为电动车核心技术的“珠穆拉玛峰”。

    此前，中国IGBT市场一直被国际巨头垄断，90%的份额掌握在英飞凌、三菱等海外巨头手中。“一芯难求”成为制约国内新能源汽车发展的主要瓶颈之一。

    2005年，比亚迪组建自身研发团队，投入重金布局IGBT产业。2009年9月，比亚迪IGBT芯片通过了中国电器工业协会电力电子分会组织的科技成果鉴定。此外，“比亚迪已经陆续掌握IGBT芯片设计和制造、模组设计和制造、大功率器件测试应用平台、电源及电控等环节的技术，本次推出的IGBT4.0在损耗和温控能力两大关键指标上均取得突破。”

    在新能源汽车增速于车规级IGBT增速不匹配、IGBT供货日趋紧张的情况下，提高产能是比亚迪深耕IGBT领域的下一关键点。

    产能之外，比亚迪还面临着其他挑战。

    据了解，目前，全球IGBT行业市场共有包括英飞凌、三菱在内的数百家IGBT企业，竞争异常激烈，且该领域投入大、难回头。此外，国产IGBT在电动汽车领域的应用也面临许多考验，包括更长的使用寿命、适应复杂的使用工况（气温、路况、频繁启停等），以及为了适应消费者需求，价格必须保持在合理区间等。困囿于定价问题，利润的稀薄还可能带来研发成本难回收、资金链断裂的困局。

  31. Toyota invests in autonomous driving simulation startup Parallel Domain

    Parallel Domain, the startup that develops software to train self-driving cars in virtual worlds, has added an additional investor to its seed round. Earlier this month, Toyota AI Ventures contributed to Parallel Domain’s $2.65 million seed round led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Ubiquity Ventures and others.

    “We’re not only impressed with their technology, but also with the Parallel Domain team,” Toyota AI Ventures Founding Manager Director Jim Adler wrote in a blog post. “They have a clear vision for solving the problems associated with getting AVs on the road safely, and the expertise to make it happen.”

  32. Google Maps now shows nearby Lime bikes and scooters in 13 cities

  33. Lyft is becoming a one-stop transportation app in these 3 cities

  34. Angry Arizonians are abusing Waymo self-driving cars

    There have been 21 reported incidences of such assaults on vehicles, according to the Arizona Republic, with people apparently fed up of Waymo autonomous cars driving around their neighbourhoods.

    Why exactly folks are so angry at Waymo’s driverless cars is a bit of a mystery, though it would seem to be a resistance to new technologies. And we can get why taxi drivers would be a bit angry given the threat autonomous vehicles pose to their jobs.

    Waymo seems a little miffed by the whole thing as well, going by the statement it put out.

    “Over the past two years, we’ve found Arizonans to be welcoming and excited by the potential of this technology to make our roads safer. We believe a key element of local engagement has been our ongoing work with the communities in which we drive, including Arizona law enforcement and first responders,” the company said.

  35. Honda Can’t Sell You A Self-Driving Car Yet, But How About A Robot ATV?

    Honda is gearing up to supply small, off-road robotic work vehicles that may come in handy for farms, construction sites and even firefighting.

  36. Uber Reportedly Warned of Self-Driving Car Crashes Before April Fatality

    Robbie Miller, head of the company’s self-driving truck operations, reportedly sent an email, just days before the fatal collision, which read in part, “The cars are routinely in accidents resulting in damage. This is usually the result of poor behavior of the operator or the AV (autonomous vehicle) technology.”

    The email went on to say that in February 2018, a car was “damaged nearly every other day” and that they shouldn’t be “hitting things every 15,000 miles.”

  37. Babcock Ranch gives self-driving car demonstrations

  38. 英特尔中国研究院院长宋继强：智能驾驶将长期人机共存

    英特尔中国研究院院长宋继强表示，未来很长一段时间内，自动驾驶都将呈现人机共存的状态，十年内也无法结束这种状态。

    他认为，我们不可能某一天突然把所有的人类驾驶员都禁止开车，自动驾驶和辅助驾驶将长期并存，ADAS（高级驾驶辅助系统）需要给人类驾驶员更好的提醒，自动驾驶的车也要有很强的适应能力，首先自己本身的Self-contained的能力要强，没有网络也得能搞定。

    目前，开放道路上的智能驾驶方案有两种，一种是驾驶员辅助驾驶，这方面以Mobileye的ADAS系统为代表。另一种是完全自动驾驶，谷歌、特斯拉、百度以及英特尔旗下的Mobileye，都在开放道路进行了测试。两种方案各有优势，第一种可以集成在现有的车上，成本的低廉和一些优惠措施，让这种方案得到相对普遍的应用。第二种可以更大程度地解放人类。

    中山大学副教授陈龙表示：“可能未来还是人类没有办法很自由的在道路上来行驶。”他举了“红旗法案”的例子。

    在马车和机动车过渡的时代出现过这样一个方案：1865年英国议会通过了一部《机动车法案》。其中规定：每一辆在道路上行驶的机动车，必须由3个人驾驶，其中一个必须在车前面50米以外做引导，还要用红旗不断摇动为机动车开道，并且速度不能超过每小时4英里(每小时6.4公里)。

    这部法案后来被人嘲笑为《红旗法案》。但是之所以这么规定，是因为马车和机动车在路上并行，机动车速度太快马回受到惊吓。

    同样的道理也适用于未来人机并行的智能驾驶时代。

    宋继强对此表示：“现在自动驾驶汽车可以开快，但是不敢开快，怕影响人类驾驶员产生错误的行为。我们自己开120的时候已经很小心，旁边一个车突然180过去了，会吓一跳。因为危险是相对速度，而不是绝对速度。把这个相对速度提升上去，就要求人类驾驶员越来越少才行。”

    但是“人开和机器开这两种情况一定会长期存在，目前没有一个专家说这个东西可以在十年内一下子翻转过去。”

    未来，人开车可能会跟今天的赛马一样，变成一种娱乐活动，而非交通方式。陈龙说：“未来人可能在哪里来开车？可能在家里做一个虚拟的场景做驾驶，也可能是像现在我们赛马场一样，人去赛马场骑马，可能有专门的赛车场来开车。”

    从2013年百度开始研发无人驾驶后，现在中国出现很多无人驾驶技术公司。无论出于研究的驱动，还是资本要求回报的需求，落地成为自动驾驶当前最重要的问题。

    陈龙同时也是青岛慧拓智能机器公司的CEO，这是公司研究矿山环境下实现自动驾驶。他认为：“人工智能发展到目前这个阶段，最先要解决的一定是重脏乱差的行业，为什么选这个行业的原因就是这个。”

    另一方面，这些特定场景对自动驾驶可能有比开放道路更强烈的需求。

    陈龙表示：“矿山里有两种职业病，一种是尘肺病，大家都能理解。另外一种病是胃下垂。基本上90%以上的矿山的工人有胃下垂，因为矿山很颠簸，开大卡车一直在振动，有胃下垂。第二个数字，现在矿上雇佣的司机50%以上都是没有正规执照的，说白了就是非法开车。”基于这些特点，矿山卡车这个行业会有比较强烈的自动驾驶需求。

    在开放道路上，情况则要复杂很多。在英特尔中国研究院的媒体开放日，英特尔展示了一个展能交通路口的Demo。通过分析路口交通监控视频，定位并追踪所有车辆和行人，生成交通路口的实时全景地图。过往车辆通过全景地图，可以得到自身传感器盲区的信息，从而提高汽车通过路口的安全性和通行效率。

    11月，英特尔智能网联汽车大学合作研究中心正式成立，未来3到5年里，英特尔将和清华大学、中科院自动化所、同济大学等机构合作，推动自动驾驶规模应用的研究。

    宋继强表示，未来英特尔中国研究院将抓住两个方面，自动驾驶和服务机器人。自动驾驶方面，在中国有很好的土壤，中国政府差不多是唯一把这几样关键技术（5G、智能城市、AI）一起推也能推得下去的，可以提供提供很多实验场地和政策的辅助，这是很好的机会。

  39. 主机厂不提“智能”就好像落伍了，沃尔沃也拉来了几家互联网公司做车机系统

  40. Starbucks adding delivery services to more than 2,000 stores via Uber Eats

  41. Waymo Set to Test Fleet of Self-Driving Cars in Peninsula Cities

  42. China’s BYD further drives into Chile with 100 electric buses

    Over the past few years, Chinese automaker giant BYD has been on a partnership spree with cities across China to electrify their public transportation systems, and now it’s extending its footprint across the globe. On Thursday, BYD announced that it has shipped 100 electric buses to Santiago, the capital city of Chile.

  43. LOCALS ATTACKING WAYMO SELF-DRIVING CARS BEING TESTED IN ARIZONA

    One “heavily intoxicated” man who stopped a Waymo car from moving forward by standing in front of it was “sick and tired of the Waymo vehicles driving in his neighbourhood,” a police report stated.

  44. 阿里再次加码汽车后市场，智能洗车「驿公里」获 B 轮独家战略投资

    驿公里成立于2014年，于2017年8月正式推出智能洗车机器人，用户可通过手机APP扫码，在“极速洗车”、“普通洗车”、“水蜡洗车”三种模式中任选一种，将车辆停入洗车机指定位置，洗完后支付费用，三种模式的洗车时长分别为3分钟、5分钟、7分钟，对应价格为10元、12元和15元。

    谈及为何选择智能洗车这个赛道，驿公里CEO施恒之告诉36氪，目前国内一辆车平均每月清洗4次，洗车已经成为千亿级规模的市场。同时，智能洗车机器人可以解决传统洗车行业的几个痛点：

    第一，价格高，目前各大城市传统人工洗车价格基本在30-35元不等，个别地区甚至达到45元以上，而随着人力成本增加，传统人工洗车服务单价必然上升；第二，传统人工洗车始终没有出现一家独大的全国性洗车品牌，主要是因为其服务工人不可标准化复制；第三，传统洗车店历来存在污水排放问题，污染环境且影响市容。

  45. Proposed Self-Driving Car Legislation Now a ‘Long Shot,’ According to Republican Senator

    As it stands, opposition of the bill revolves around a purported lack of safety measures included in the draft, with supporters claiming this legislation could save lives, and that it would finally conquer a heap of regulatory obstacles that were created for human-driven vehicles in the first place. The push-and-pull between these two sides have created a kind of stalemate which, according to Thune, won’t be resolved before Congress adjourns.

  46. Worries about overlapping map technology used by councils and driverless cars

    The first was that if there was “a whole bunch of LiDAR systems working in the same area”, it could create “sweet spots”, where all the low-powered lasers could add up to something which could hurt or damage someone’s eyes.

    “This could be so rare that, practically speaking, it’ll never happen, or it could be a legitimate worry.”

    The other worry is if there were lots of self-driving vehicles in the future, a council’s surveying laser could “[hit] the car’s sensors” and possibly cause the car sensor to fail. There were also questions about the environmental sustainability of the driverless cars, Ralph said.

  47. 5G: a revolution not without risks

    With 5G, transmission speeds should accelerate sufficiently to allow for self-driving cars to take to the roads or for doctors to conduct operations remotely.

    The first reason is that more data and more types of data will be travelling across 5G networks. Much of the data transmitted by sensors could be sensitive, such as information about manufacturing processes that business rivals would be interested in acquiring. Or the data from our homes that could be gleaned to determine all sorts of things about us. The treasure chest of data for hackers is getting much, much bigger.

    A second reason is that an increased reliance on the mobile network means its disruption would have even more serious consequences, both in terms of safety and economic activity. A failure during a remotely guided operation could lead to the death of a patient or a crash of a self-driving car. A longer outage could disrupt an economy. This poses national security risks.