In a bid to help its 500,000 subscribers avoid traffic, Shanghai OnStar, the Chinese joint venture between General Motors, SAIC, and Shanghai GM, has announced the launch of a new feature. Aptly named Avoid Traffic, the service is an improvement to turn-by-turn navigation that utilises real-time traffic information to route users around traffic congestion via OnStar’s familiar turn-by-turn voice commands.
The next wave of telematics systems in China will be based on smartphone connectivity, and will harness the power of 3G networks, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, “China Domestic OEM Telematics Solutions - Chang'an In Call & Its Local Counterparts.”
Mobileye has announced that Nissan showrooms in China will propose Nissan's Teana model (sold as Nissan Maxima in North America) will be equipped with ‘Eagle Eye’, Mobileye’s C2-270 collision prevention system. Buick, Cadillac and Acura showrooms already offer Mobileye C2 as an optional accessory in showrooms in South China; however Nissan says it will be the first to offer a particular model with Mobileye as standard safety fit all over China.
ERTICO's international cooperation efforts have a new focus in China thanks to the start of the MODIBEC Project on 1 January. This European Commission-supported initiative is a 24-month multipartner Coordination Action that intends to promote and support RTD cooperation between EU and China on digital broadcasting technologies - especially the convergence with mobile communications. It continues the efforts of ERTICO's previous EUChina cooperation projects. Main activities MODIBEC will bring European and Ch