1. Introduction: An Emerging Area of Vehicular Networks and Data Exchange -- 2. Drive by Wire Systems: Impact on Vehicle Safety and Performance -- 3. Electromagnetic Compatibility Issues in Automotive Communications -- 4. Automotive Network Architecture for ECUs Communications -- 5. Enabling Secure Wireless Real-Time Vehicle Monitoring and Control -- 6. MAC and Routing Protocols for Vehicle to Vehicle Communications -- 7. Inter-Vehicular Communications Using Wireless Ad Hoc Networks -- 8. The Role of Communications in Cyber-Physical Vehicle Applications -- 9. Integrating Traffic Flow Features to Characterize the Interference in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks -- 10. Proactive Traffic Merging Strategies for Sensor-Enabled Cars -- 11. The Localisation Problem in Cooperative Vehicle Applications -- 12. An Overview of Positioning and Data Fusion Techniques Applied to Land Vehicle Navigation Systems -- 13. Efficient and Reliable Pseudonymous Authentication -- 14. Simulation of VANET Applications -- 15. In-Vehicle Network Architecture for the Next-Generation Vehicles -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.