Connected cars using a data communication module (DCM) are going to be required in every market eventually. The EU has already mandated this. In Japan, Toyota rolled out its Connected Cars initiative to all its vehicles in 2018. In the USA, Toyota put a DCM in select cars for telemetry almost ten years ago and this year they stated all their remaining vehicles will get them. All the luxury brands such as BMW and Porsche have a DCM for telemetry, safety, and service support.

States that use fuel taxes to fund road improvements will need to find other ways to tax electric vehicles and data derived from DCM will help them. Plus, autonomous transport will need to communicate.