OnStar Counting Patents
30 Aug 2010, 18:19 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / August, the National Inventors Month, is almost over, but OnStar decided it's still time to add the numbers and give us an idea of how the technology most of us take for granted these days is t...
Chevy Trains First Responders to Handle EV Crashes
28 Aug 2010, 09:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not wanting to leave anything to chance, American manufacturer Chevrolet announced today that, in partnership with OnStar and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), will begin a series of ...
Record OnStar Route Requests in July
12 Aug 2010, 10:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It's the summer holiday season and no one knows that better than GM's OnStar, who reported that last month it received no less than 2 million requests for routes. The number is a record in...
Ignorance, a Bliss that Kills...
5 Aug 2010, 12:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / ...Yesterday, autoevolution ran a story about a new OnStar feature meant to help drivers remember not to forget their children in the car. As we all know, high temperatures are scorching the planet,...
OnStar Reminds Drivers Not to Forget the Kids in the Car
4 Aug 2010, 18:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the eight month of 2010 threatens to scorch the Earth with high temperatures, people and companies alike are getting ready for the heat wave which is already wreaking havoc in some countries. In ...
OnStar Availability Expands to New GM Vehicles
22 Jul 2010, 12:30 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American automaker General Motors announced today it is working on expanding availability of the OnStar technology to the new 2011 Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC vehicles. Owners will therefore ...
OnStar Becomes No. 1 in China
24 Jun 2010, 07:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It took GM's in-vehicle communications provider only six months to become the number one such company on the Chinese market, reaching in the aforementioned timeframe a total of 29,000 subscribe...
OnStar Offering Google Maps Turn-by-Turn Directions
8 Jun 2010, 14:27 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors announced that OnStar has reached an agreement that will allow OnStar users to search for and identify destinations using Google Maps and send those destinations to the Turn-by-Turn...
EV Tech First Responders Educated by Chevrolet and OnStar
2 Jun 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Chevrolet and OnStar announced they have joined San Francisco Fire Department efforts of educating first responders nationwide on electric vehicle technology. Other organizations taking part in the ...
1 Millionth GM Vehicle Sold in China
2 Jun 2010, 07:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors recently celebrated the sale of 1 million vehicles on the Chinese market in 2010, with the millionth customer, Lu Weiwei from Shanghai, purchasing a new Buick LaCrosse equipped with O...
OnStar Supports Click It or Ticket Campaign
31 May 2010, 12:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last week, the U.S. authorities introduced the “Click It or Ticket” safety belt use campaign across the U.S., with the belt usage enforcement project lasting until June 6. Now, Gene...
Google Tech for Chevy Volt
18 May 2010, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The integration of the IT and automotive worlds will get an extra boost from Google and GM's OnStar, who are currently researching ways to integrate technologies and applications developed by t...
OnStar Gets Edison Award
3 May 2010, 07:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / GM's OnStar range of vehicles services was honored by The Edison Awards with the Silver Edison Award for Best New Product of the Year. The award was won by OnStar's Stolen Vehicle Slowdown...
Saab Continues to Offer the OnStar Service in the U.S.
18 Apr 2010, 15:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors' OnStar vehicle assistance service will continue to be available on Saab vehicles sold in the U.S., as the Swedish carmaker announced that it has signed an agreement with OnStar ...
OnStar Reaches 1,000 Users Milestone in China
4 Mar 2010, 08:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two months after GM's OnStar has been launched in China, the company announced, not without sime sense of pride, it managed to reach the 1,000 users milestone on February 28, when Shanghai OnSt...
OnStar Mobile Application for Chevrolet Volt
6 Jan 2010, 08:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Even if the acclaimed Chevrolet Volt is still some one year away from its market launch, American manufacturer GM already scrambles to make its entrance onto the market as easy as possible. The late...
OnStar Car Hero Game Teaches Driving Habits
30 Nov 2009, 14:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show Design Challenge will be met by GM's OnStar with the Car Hero game, a driving solution for teens which comes in the shape of a game. The Hero is in fact a blue sk...
OnStar Joins the Black Friday Bargain Chase
25 Nov 2009, 11:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having in mind the projected commotion caused by the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, in-car services provider OnStar announced it will be opening its navigation services to anyone wi...
OnStar Services in China Starting December
29 Oct 2009, 09:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Shanghai OnStar Telematics, a joint venture between GM, SAIC and Shanghai GM, announced the launch of OnStar services in China in December and will be available on several Cadillac, Buick and Chevro...
How OnStar Stolen Vehicle Assistance Works
23 Oct 2009, 14:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / If there is one thing that annoys drivers even more than congested traffic or police officer, that's having their car stolen. In fact, we are quite sure a driver who finds himself staring at an...