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- OnStar device stops auto theft on its tracks
- SAN MATEO -- Dozens of Bay Area police officers descended on a parking lot in San Mateo on Tuesday to try their hand at playing car thief, and all of them failed -- miserably. They got off to a great start, though. The officers hopped behind the...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- OnStar device to aid stolen car recovery OnStar device to help in
- SAN MATEO -- Several dozen Bay Area cops descended on a parking lot in San Mateo on Tuesday to try their hand at playing car thief, and all of them failed -- miserably. They got off to a great start, though. The officers hopped behind the wheel...
- Research articles 2008-04-23
- Good onboard surveillance
- Your surveillance issue of THE NEW AMERICAN of Oct. 29, 2007, lists the "OnStar" option on General Motors vehicles as a U.S. government invasion of personal privacy. I'm divided 50/50 on this issue after listening to an OnStar representative explain the system to a Society of Automotive Engineers' dinner meeting....
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- In-car Sync system gets free 911 calls
- LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft and Ford Motor are adding emergency-call capability with no monthly fee to Sync -- their joint, in-car wireless system that lets drivers control cellphones and music players with voice commands -- in a challenge to General Motors' OnStar technology. The companies made...
- Research articles 2008-01-07
- GENERAL Motors OnStar GPS
- GENERAL Motors OnStar GPS tracking system to beat car thieves is to include a button you press if your car is stolen. Operators at OnStar tell the cops where the car is, and then the police tell OnStar that it's safe to shut down the car's accelerator. Brakes and steering...
- Research articles 2007-10-14
- Device can remotely halt auto chases
- Police will be able to remotely halt some high-speed pursuits with technology being unveiled today that aims to cut chase-related deaths. General Motors plans to equip 1.7 million of its 2009-model vehicles with the system that allows pursuing officers to request that engines of stolen cars...
- Research articles 2007-10-09
- OnStar helps put brakes on auto theft
- DETROIT -- Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at work. If it's equipped with General Motors' OnStar service, he could be in for a big surprise and you could get a little revenge -- and even see your car again. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-09
- VIDEO from Medialink and OnStar: Groundbreaking Technology Improves Safety on the Road During One of the Most Dangerous Situations - High Speed Police Car Chases
- To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORSContact: Medialink, New York, +1-888-560-5578, mediadesk@medialink.com NEW YORK, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year approximately 300 deaths occur as the result of about 30,000 police chases, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA. Now, those numbers may soon start to decrease with the introduction of a...
- Research articles 2007-10-09
- Carmakers racing to offer gizmos for motoring masses
- DETROIT -- As automakers race to inject as many safety, security, navigation and entertainment features as possible into their vehicles, they ought to keep Mark Evangelista in mind. The 45-year-old owner of a suburban Detroit construction company says he's had General Motors Corp.'s OnStar service installed on several...
- Research articles 2007-07-29
- Analog cell service nears the finish line
- Regulators are poised to send the crackling and bulky analog cellphone to the scrap heap next February, denying a last-ditch appeal from a business group. The shutdown of analog wireless networks Feb. 18 will mean lost service or disruptions for 500,000 GM car owners with OnStar...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- The Analog-To-Digital Transition Affects Cars, Too
- While Congress, the broadcast industry and owners of analog TV sets continue to fret over the analog-to-digital transition that finalized in 2009, owners of GM vehicles equipped with analog OnStar services (about 10 percent of GM's vehicles now on the road) have a choice to make by...
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- Highway to Value
- Value doesn't come from bells and whistles. But if you ask Chet Huber, he'll say it comes from three little buttons. Huber is president of OnStar, a subsidiary of General Motors that supplies emergency and roadside assistance services through wireless telecommunications and global positioning system technology installed primarily in...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- Virtual Mechanic
- A new service from General Motors' OnStar subsidiary that performs remote diagnostics on vehicles and sends the owners reports once a month could eventually make it easier for car companies to use this data to prevent manufacturing defects. The diagnostic tests are enabled through wireless communication with a car's...
- Research articles 2005-11-15
- Auto Industry Delivers Bumper-to-Bumper Innovation
- It's estimated that each year, 57 million new vehicles are produced worldwide. And each year, new vehicles become safer, make driving more enjoyable, and are increasingly fuel efficient and environmentally friendly. New advances in safety, telematics, and hybrid engines are on their way to an auto dealer near you.Safety FirstThe...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- GM to make OnStar service standard on all vehicles
- DETROIT -- General Motors said Sunday that it plans to make OnStar and electronic stability control standard equipment on all of its vehicles in the USA and Canada by 2010. With cash incentives losing their ability to attract new customers, the announcement is a sign GM is trying to...
- Research articles 2005-01-31
- Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.
- By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--The Ford GT will have only a short lifespan, but supercars will live on at Ford. Ford, which said only 4,500 exotic $139,995 GTs will be sold in the 2005 ...
- Research articles 2004-09-03
- More Raleigh, N.C.-Area Drivers Begin to Use Global Positioning Systems.
- By Vicki Lee Parker, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 19--When Andrea Bigelow and her husband wanted to visit a new restaurant in Durham, they didn't bother with a map. They didn't call or go online for directions....
- Research articles 2004-05-19
- Smart Strategies: Putting Ideas To Work
- In the early 1980s, Michael Porter gave us Competitive Strategy and told us what fueled the engines of corporate growth. A decade later, C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel told us to mind our "core competencies." In the years since, however, there hasn't been a whole lot of shaking going on...
- Research articles 2004-04-01
- Car Satellite Technology More Popular Than Ever in Lima, Ohio.
- By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--LIMA, Ohio--The same technology that helped rescue workers find Gordon and Jean Misch in their sinking car Saturday night allows drivers to avoid traffic jams, locate restaurants and check sports...
- Research articles 2003-12-09
- Chicago Tribune New Cars Column.
- By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 5--FEATURES SET MALIBU APART IN MIDSIZE SEGMENT: Toyota and Honda dominate the midsize sedan market. Ford and General Motors are also-rans. Wasn't always that way. In...
- Research articles 2003-10-05
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