Abstract
In this paper, we explore a distributed computing architecture that address on-vehicle and off-vehicle computation as will be needed to support connected and autonomous/automated driving. We suggest a need for computation to be more local to vehicles in order to reduce end-to-end latency, and identify the key role that mobile/multi-access edge computing (MEC), over 5G telecommunications, may be able to play. We also characterize the present state-of-the-art in edge computing offerings from major Cloud Computing providers, and the extent to which these can meet such needs.