(Bloomberg) – General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades in the making.
Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS arrives to skepticism in Washington, where Detroit's dream of cars talking to cars is running into Silicon Valley's wireless aspirations.
Tech companies want to claim some of the airwaves dedicated to the car-safety systems 17 years ago, long before smartphones and mobile apps sparked a rush for new frequencies. That would mean GM, Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers could be forced to share the frequencies.
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