Not even a mention of Thunderbolt? Surely the distance could be boosted (is 3m the limit? quick search didn't say), rather than make a whole new protocol from scratch.
With this much money at stake it will be committee'd to death and a new underwhelming standard will be upon us...
Thunderbolt v3 is 40 Gbps which is also the most demanding standard mentioned in the article.
At least a carburettor doesn't breach GDPR.
They shouldn't be collecting the surveillance data in the first place. It's an abuse of our freedom.