Austria-based Identec Solutions said yesterday Audi will use Identec's RFID tags for Audi TT sport car production. According to the firm, its RFID tags allow for real-time tracking of any one of the 350 Audi TT chassis on the shop floor during the production phase on a given day at Audi's plant in Ingolstadt, Germany. The tags are used for the quality-assurance phase, the company says.
I emailed Audi about what other apps they might have in store for the tags, but I have yet to receive a reply. I didn't ask the question, but I would really like to know how RFID tags will be eventually used over a car's lifetime.
Identec says it has already embedded its tags in over 10,000 Volkswagen brand cars. The data is tracked from production to delivery. The circuitry of radio frequency tags is also becoming more powerful and complex. How long will it be before information about our cars, and eventually, our identities, is instantly available? A roadside receiver is all it would take. No need for a state patrolman to ask for your driver's license and registration, either.
