The two organizations envision a standardized approach for connected cars to interact with new smart technologies in homes and neighborhoods globally
San Ramon, Calif., and Beaverton, Ore., – Feb.15, 2017 – The GENIVI Alliance, a community developing open source software and standards for the connected car and the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF), a leading Internet of Things (IoT) standards body, today announced a liaison agreement. Under this agreement the two organizations will co-develop open standards for vehicle connectivity and vehicle data exchange, including a unified model for secure discovery and exchange of information between smart homes, connected cars and other IoT devices. The joint effort will also address end-to-end security challenges and will be the basis for a growing number of V2X (Vehicle-to-everything) solutions, enabling new opportunities across multiple verticals.