Connected Vehicle Miracle Wires by Eric DiBiaso and Guadalupe Chalas Data-intensive automated vehicles will benefit from new technology that delivers Gigabit data and power through the same wires. With data-transmission rates ranging from 10Mbps to 10Gbps being standardized or already in place, Ethernet technology has a promising future for automotive applications. To reduce the level of cabling, a technology known as Power over Data Line (PoDL) has been developed that enables the data and power to share the same pair of wires. We believe this technology will see expanded consideration by automated vehicle engineering teams as they seek efficiencies in their cabling-architecture strategies. This is likely given the immense volume of data shared between a phalanx of onboard processors-as well as between the vehicle and the "cloud." It's also likely that this dual-function "hybrid" Continental Automated and connected vehicles require ultra-fast data-transfer capability- both onboard and when connecting to the cloud. Sharing wiring previously dedicated only to power will help reduce weight and complexity. 32 May 2018 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENGINEERING