LG unveils V2X-V2N safety platform for connected roads

LG Electronics has unveiled an integrated V2X-V2N safety platform at the 2026 ITS World Congress, aligned with Euro NCAP cooperative safety scenarios.

The platform combines direct vehicle communications with cloud-based network connectivity, aiming to move road safety beyond systems that rely mainly on sensors inside individual vehicles.

LG demonstrated the system in live on-road trials near the congress venue using a vehicle equipped with its telematics hardware, V2X-enabled devices and a pedestrian mobile application. The trials showed how connected safety tools can identify risks at obstructed intersections, detect approaching pedestrians and cyclists, and warn of hazards outside a driver's line of sight.

LG calls the underlying system Soft V2X, an integrated platform that links vehicles, networks and infrastructure in real time. It combines direct vehicle-to-everything communications with cloud-based vehicle-to-network connectivity.

According to LG, the platform includes end-to-end message security, predictive quality-of-service-based orchestration of V2X and V2N communications, and a V2N server built on standards from the 5G Automotive Association and ITS Korea. The aim is to improve the reliability of safety-related messages and maintain service continuity.

Safety shift

The announcement reflects a broader shift in the automotive sector towards cooperative safety models as software-defined vehicles and automated driving systems become more common. In this model, vehicles exchange data with nearby road users and infrastructure rather than relying only on onboard perception systems.

LG positioned the development as part of a wider effort to connect vehicles, people, infrastructure and communications networks within a single safety framework. It said this could support earlier hazard detection and collective responses to road risks.

The Euro NCAP link is notable because safety assessment programmes are placing greater emphasis on connected and cooperative functions. LG said its demonstrations were designed around those cooperative safety scenarios.

Industry coordination

Alongside the launch, LG took part in a session on building a zero-accident society with representatives from Toyota and regional intelligent transport systems associations. The discussion focused on industry collaboration to reduce traffic accidents and encourage wider adoption of cooperative V2X technologies.

LG said participants were preparing a joint declaration to encourage broader collaboration across the sector and support the development and uptake of cooperative safety technologies. The declaration stresses the need for a framework linking vehicles, people, infrastructure and communications networks.

Priorities highlighted by LG included expanding software-defined vehicle architectures, strengthening over-the-air services, accelerating adoption of cooperative V2X systems and aligning more closely with NCAP safety frameworks.

Standards focus

LG also used specialist sessions at the congress to outline its views on standards and connected mobility. In one panel discussion with the Korea Electronics Technology Institute, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Sungkyunkwan University, it shared its perspective on advancing V2N and hybrid V2X standardisation for global commercial use.

That emphasis on standards highlights one of the main challenges facing connected safety systems. Vehicles, roadside infrastructure, network operators and cloud services must work to common technical rules if warnings are to be shared quickly and consistently across manufacturers and jurisdictions.

LG's automotive activities sit within its Vehicle Solution business, which has been expanding its role in telematics, infotainment and software for carmakers. The focus on cooperative safety adds another area to that portfolio as manufacturers and suppliers respond to growing regulatory and consumer attention on accident prevention.

LG also said the launch marked the world's first demonstration of an integrated V2X-V2N safety platform aligned with Euro NCAP cooperative safety scenarios, based on its internal research using publicly available information.

The company presented the system at the transport technology event in Gangneung as part of a broader mobility safety strategy.

"Reducing traffic accidents requires more than improving the safety performance of individual vehicles," said Lee Sang-yong, Head of the VS R&D Labouratory, LG Vehicle Solution Company. "By connecting vehicles, people, infrastructure and networks through cooperative safety technologies, LG aims to help build a safer mobility ecosystem and contribute to the realization of a Zero-Accident Society."