VCTC Kicks Off Plugfest to Advance Digital Keys by Enhancing Ultra-Wideband Technology
16 Junio 2024 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
In partnership with the Car Connectivity
Consortium (CCC) and its membership, Volkswagen Group (China)
Technology Company (VCTC) is hosting a collaborative Plugfest to
test and advance UWB technology and strengthen digital key
security.
In a recent McKinsey Mobility Consumer Pulse survey, a majority
of respondents, especially those in China, noted they are very
likely to buy connectivity features in their next vehicle. In an
effort to continually advance connected car technology, VCTC today
will host a collaborative Plugfest to test digital keys in
partnership with the CCC, a leading automaker and smart device
standards group. Through this work, VCTC and the CCC, alongside the
CCC’s global membership of automotive and device manufacturers, aim
to advance ultra-wideband (UWB), a critical technology that is
working to enhance car connectivity to meet consumer expectations
and demands.
“We continue to see the demand, especially from Chinese
consumers who want and expect car connectivity features like
digital keys. So, it’s important we’re working inside the CCC to
develop an unparalleled technology standard that is both easy to
use, and reliably secure,” said an expert from VCTC. “Working in a
global collaborative environment helps us accelerate UWB
implementation, more effectively move through the complexities of
the technology, and bring them to market faster.”
UWB will be a focus for this event as it adds another layer of
security to the CCC Digital Key™ standard and enables fully passive
entry when built on top of the existing BLE and near field
communication (NFC) technologies. This is an important step to
driving digital key adoption as utilizing UWB, BLE, and NFC
technologies creates the most complete solution possible, ensuring
security and performance without compromise.
“By continuing to advance the CCC Digital Key technology, we see
a future of a digital key that can tangibly drive the connected car
industry forward,” said the President of the CCC, Alysia Johnson.
“We thank our host, VCTC, for supporting a crucial event like this
one, especially in China, so we can continue to test and advance
CCC Digital Key technology and bring the best solutions to a global
market.”
As a testament to the CCC’s robust and comprehensive approach to
security, it recently received verification from the renowned
German Federal Office of Information Security (BSI) for its CCC
Digital Key Applet Protection Profile, becoming the only digital
key application to receive this security designation. With this BSI
certification, mobile phone and vehicle OEMs from all over the
world that are CCC Digital Key certified can trust their digital
key implementations allow users to securely and safely access their
vehicles.
The CCC Plugfest is a crucial platform for its members to refine
their CCC Digital Key applications, enhancing implementations,
specifications, test suites, and tools. This week’s Plugfest will
last through Friday. To learn more about the Car Connectivity
Consortium (CCC), please visit our website.
About the Car Connectivity Consortium:
The Car Connectivity Consortium® (CCC) is a cross-industry
organization advancing technologies for smartphone-to-car
connectivity solutions. The CCC represents a large portion of the
global automotive and smartphone industries with more than 200
member companies. The CCC member companies include smartphone and
vehicle manufacturers, automotive tier-1 suppliers, silicon/chip
vendors, security product suppliers, and more. Its Board of
Directors includes individuals from charter member companies Apple,
BMW, CARIAD, DENSO, Ford, General Motors, Google, Honda, Hyundai,
Mercedes-Benz, NXP, Panasonic, Samsung, Thales, and Xiaomi. For
more information, visit www.carconnectivity.org.
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