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5G won't fix anything. The location precision is worse than what you can usually get with the latest GNSS receivers. And what happens when the 5G tower is down because a construction crew accidentally cut the backhaul fiber?

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> And what happens when the 5G tower is down because a construction crew accidentally cut the backhaul fiber?

I assume the cars would stop and we would have to go back to driving them manually for a few hours or days

The goal is eventually to have vehicles without manual controls, so this won't be an option.

Outside of a few limited areas, that goal won't be achieved in our lifetimes.

Apropos of anything else, the tower knows where it is, unless it's mobile. Having no backhaul doesn't mean it can't be broadcasting / used for location information. They also (almost) always come with their own battery backup / generator.

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