Safety Cloud receives alerts from tow trucks, work zones, disabled vehicles, highway gates, and any other asset that is connected. If an incident occurs, nearby Stellantis models equipped with the tech can receive this information.
But the full potential of V2X is yet to be realized, and Stellantis is investigating how it can build upon EVAS with the Hazard Enhanced Location Protocol (HELP). When engaged in a disabled vehicle, HELP sends that vehicle’s location to the safety cloud, and that is then transferred as a warning message to the Uconnect system. Drivers approaching the disabled vehicle then have around 15 to 20 seconds to react, or a distance of about a quarter-mile.
15 seconds or a quarter-mile is a fairly long time for the driver to react and could dramatically lower the odds of a vehicle crashing into another one that’s stranded on the road.