At the Intellegent Transport Systems Conference in Detroit GM is demonstrating the a self-driving version of the EN-V 2.0, slow-driving petite car designed for the most congested cities.
The Chevrolet Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) 2.0 has the latest intelligent and connected automotive technologies including Lidar and V2X to for automated, low-speed electric driving LSV.
GM will begin offering advanced “intelligent and connected” vehicle technologies in 2017 starting with Cadillac and make driving less work for the hands and feet of drivers with Super Cruise (semi-automated driving) and V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) communications.
Super Cruise will offer hands-off the wheel lane following, braking and speed control in certain highway driving conditions. GM semi-automated driving technology will also work in stop-and-go driving. This will make driving in heavy traffic and on long road trips easier.
Although the BMW remote app has dismal reviews the GM OnStar app on Google Play has four stars much higher than the BMW app rating.
Telematics Update announced the winners of the 2014 Detroit awards winners include Volvo, Ericsson, INRIX, Delphi, OnStar, Elektrobit, Daimler, Audi, Nissan and GM.
GM is promoting its sustainability efforts by illustrating that it offers the first broad deployment of 4G LTE and OnStar services. GM satisfies connectivity and
At CES, GM and OnStar announced OnStar AppShop for Chevy vehicles with the ability to book hotels on Priceline. Chevy cars and trucks were expected to have AT&T 4G LTE by the summer, with Kaliki audio news stand. At SXSW, the company announced Beats Music streaming would be in the Chevy AppShop while giving free rides around the festival. However, there is a delay and the open OnStar AppShop is closed for 2015 GM car models.
Apparently, there were “quality issues” for the apps and the AppShop will be delayed to insure a great user experience.