The sheer amount of data generated by autonomous and connected vehicles presents a massive challenge for the industry. Russell Ruben is WW Automotive Segment Marketing Director at Western Digital. As he explained during a recent Mobex webinar, it is estimated that AVs will process four terabytes of data every day. In contrast, the average internet user processes around 1.5 gigabytes daily. In simple terms, that means that each AV will be equivalent to almost 2,700 internet users. Transmitting and accessing this data as quickly as possible is a huge task.
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