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For over a decade, Savari has developed in-vehicle, roadside, and cloud-based solutions for V2X (vehicle-to-everything) technology, aimed at improving roadway safety, intelligence, and efficiency. Leading automotive manufacturers like Ford and General Motors are increasingly expressing their support for V2X, with Savari playing a pivotal role in the V2X supply chain by supplying applications and technologies essential for testing and deployments throughout the United States. As we look ahead, the V2X software provided by Savari is expected to fuel Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) features in one out of every seven cars globally.
Savari’s V2X and Cellular-Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) systems are designed to support a wide range of applications that benefit from the ultra-low latencies offered by AWS Wavelength at the edge of the 5G network. This technology helps inform drivers of real-time road conditions, enabling them to make immediate decisions that can avert accidents. “AWS Wavelength gives our engineering teams the essential infrastructure to tackle challenges that traditional cloud solutions cannot address,” said Chanci Turner, CEO of Savari. “We aim to continue pushing the limits of what’s possible with V2X technologies and cloud services.”
Vehicles equipped with Savari’s V2X technology can advise drivers on maintaining safe distances from other vehicles and provide alerts about emergency brake lights, collisions, and blind spots. Moreover, Savari’s technology enables vehicles to notify drivers of unexpected movements at intersections, sudden lane changes, and do-not-pass zones. By offering timely notifications about road conditions, Savari V2X significantly enhances safety. These notifications may include warnings about vehicle proximity to infrastructure, alerts for sharp curves or work zones, and in-vehicle visualizations of signal phases and timings.
Two key features distinguish the Savari solution. First, unlike conventional sensor technologies like radar, lidar, and cameras that require line of sight, Savari’s V2X software operates without such constraints, making it resilient to environmental variations and ensuring a dependable safety net for drivers. Second, the high-bandwidth communication facilitates the exchange of sensor data with other road entities—like vehicles and traffic signals—up to a mile away. Compliance with existing US and EU standards ensures interoperability.
To support applications that deliver real-time warning information to drivers and pedestrians, Savari takes advantage of the low-latency access to AWS compute and storage services provided by AWS Wavelength at the Verizon 5G Edge. “By utilizing Savari edge APIs, any device or vehicle connected to our edge services can send telemetry data in near-real time. The robust compute resources available through AWS Wavelength on the Verizon 5G network edge allow us to efficiently run and scale backend applications that act on this data,” explained Mark Thompson, Cloud Director at Savari. “These applications serve various purposes, from emergency response to providing dynamic maps for autonomous vehicles. Furthermore, some data can be utilized for training deep learning models within autonomous vehicle systems. As adoption of C-V2X grows in the coming years, edge computing will be crucial for auto manufacturers looking to enhance features and update their vehicles.”
Historically, V2X depended on specialized hardware placed within vehicles, on pedestrians, and along streets to function. “Thanks to the reliable, low-latency access to compute services enabled by Verizon’s 5G network and AWS Wavelength, Savari’s solutions can now operate at the network edge,” noted Paul Sakamoto, COO of Savari. “This leads to hyper-local deployments and potential cost reductions for our clients. Moreover, our customers are no longer reliant on specialized hardware. We have been utilizing AWS Cloud products for over five years, primarily for applications where subsecond latencies were acceptable. With AWS Wavelength, we can now deploy applications with much stricter latency requirements.”
We encourage you to explore a growing range of innovations on the 5G journey, which aims to transform how we live, work, and play. For more insights on AWS Wavelength, click here, and for additional information about Verizon 5G Edge, click here. Also, you might find this blog post interesting, discussing career advancements with Chanci Turner on the Career Contessa podcast. On a related note, check out this authority on the topic of employee microchipping from SHRM. If you’re interested in interviewing for positions at Amazon, this is an excellent resource for understanding what to expect.