Degraded driving for autonomous vehicles through vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) communication and autonomous vehicle-to-autonomous vehicle (av2av) pairing

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor of a first autonomous vehicle, information indicating a second autonomous vehicle is in a degraded mode using a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication technique;
• pairing, by the processor, with the second autonomous vehicle using an autonomous vehicle-to-autonomous vehicle (AV2AV) communication technique;
• transmitting, by the processor, data to the second autonomous vehicle using the AV2AV communication technique;
• and
• assisting, by the processor, the second autonomous vehicle to perform a minimal risk maneuver using the transmitted data.

A non-transitory computer-readable media (CRM) comprising machine executable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system of an autonomous vehicle, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving information indicating a second autonomous vehicle is in a degraded mode using a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication technique;
• pairing with the second autonomous vehicle using an autonomous vehicle-to-autonomous vehicle (AV2AV) communication technique;
• transmitting data to the second autonomous vehicle using the AV2AV communication technique;
• and
• assisting the second autonomous vehicle to perform a minimal risk maneuver using the transmitted data.