When OnStar debuted in 1996, it pioneered in-vehicle connectivity with the auto industry's first embedded telematics system.

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The display also provides access to the CARWINGS telematics system (standard on SV and SL), which is connected to a Nissan data center, (subscription required, no charge for 36 months).

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Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced it will work with Google to provide content and search-based solutions enabled by Application Program Interfaces (APIs) for the second-generation of the automaker's innovative UVO eServices telematics system.

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's OnStar telematics system and Ford Motor Co.

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Updates are delivered over your home internet connection, cell phone internet or both, routed to Toyota's G-BOOK telematics system, and should be fresh enough to warn you of a closed road or newly opened lane.

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's Sync telematics system.

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We have had no success with telematics for the last 20 years, but now you can envision a system in your car that downloads content to a calendar, updates information automatically and is always attached to the Internet.

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