ABI predicts centimeter-level accurate GNSS in Automotive by 2021

ABI Research finds global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers will become a reality in the driverless cars, drones and even Smartphone markets at lower cost with exactness by 2021. For the completion of driver safety systems, the precise GNSS receiver adoption is utmost required in terms of the centimeter-level accuracy. It is essential with the additional autonomous vehicles that motivate the automotive industry to a higher level. Patrick Connolly, Principal Analyst at ABI Research says, “There is a variety of competing technologies currently under investigation by the automotive industry, but ABI Research forecasts it will move to a hybridized approach, combining LIDAR, HD maps, sensor fusion, machine vision, and precision GNSS”. “As the receivers’ average selling price drops below $50, we expect to see a more immediate market for location technology services, such as AR Heads Up Displays (HUDs), in high-end vehicles. Vehicle-to-Vehicle, or V2V, communication might constitute another use case for high-precision GNSS.” Autonomous unmanned vehicles (AUVs) along commercial and consumer devices have an option of utilizing low-cost, precision GNSS receivers as identified by ABI Research besides autonomous vehicles. ABI Research finds the cost to be one of the most addressable inhibitors to market growth today nevertheless the average selling prices of such GNSS re...