OnStar can force a moving vehicle to slow down to idle by electronically disconnecting the accelerator.
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One million of OnStar's 4 million subscribers have signed up for the e-mail service so far.
Earlier this year, General Motors demonstrated an in-car version of Skype through its OnStar telematics service.
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For Project Beacon, which would become OnStar, that job was to provide peace of mind.
Both OnStar and SYNC subscribers, for example, can receive regular e-mails with details of their vehicles' health.
Huber joined the HBS faculty in 2011, and the OnStar case remains a capstone of the course.
You may deactivate the Data Connection to your Vehicle at any time by contacting an OnStar Advisor.
These enhancements build on OnStar's existing portfolio of connected services, first introduced in GM vehicles in 1996.
Currently, the main way to get traffic data in cars is to subscribe to services like OnStar.
When OnStar debuted in 1996, it pioneered in-vehicle connectivity with the auto industry's first embedded telematics system.
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Pecan Street researchers can also use OnStar to control charging of all the Volts in the Mueller neighborhood.
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For more information or to register a GM OnStar vehicle for the program, visit the RelayRides website.
The hospital staff have an OnStar-like button in every room that they can push to summon the tele-I.
The app also collects Volt charging information from OnStar subscribers and Volt owners who opt in for EcoHub.
Access to the Family Link website requires an OnStar user name and password.
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What we now know as OnStar was developed in conjunction with the automakers but that, too, has been disgorged.
General Motors cars have had wireless OnStar connections for more than a decade.
As both a hardware and software service, think of Dash as a next-generation, web-enabled OnStar or LoJack on steroids.
OnStar's Smart Grid research is made possible by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Participation in the OnStar Family Link pilot is by invitation only and will include approximately 10, 000 active U.S. OnStar subscribers.
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One example: In 2005 OnStar detected and fixed a problem in the electronic ventilation system in GM's 2006 full-size SUVs.
If more people knew the truth about OnStar, General Motors (NYSE: GM) could also be in trouble.
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So I was particularly surprised by some data that OnStar disclosed about the first 30, 000 buyers of its FMV mirrors.
For RelayRides, the deal makes it immediately easier for more than six million OnStar subscribers to participate in its program.
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OnStar safely connects its more than six million subscribers, in the U.S., Canada and China, in ways never thought possible.
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OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown is a recipient of the 2010 Edison Award for Best New Product in the technology category.
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In around three to five cases per month, she said OnStar is called upon to intervene with a moving stolen vehicle.
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Participating car owners install an OnStar car-kit that leverages tracking of vehicles and allows users to unlock cars using mobile phones.
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From September its OnStar service, which provides navigation and emergency services to drivers, will include a system called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown.
The companies expect to launch the app in four to eight weeks, said Vijay Iyer, vice president of communications at OnStar.
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