Safety & Accident

ATLANTA - According to a global study unveiled at the HTUF Conference this week, 71-percent of respondents believe technology will be one of the most important external forces impacting the industry in 2020.

Tags: fuel, GPS, Productivity, Telematics, truck fleets

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN - A new EU project, SARTRE, is being launched to develop and test technology for vehicles that can drive themselves in long road trains on motorways.

Tags: SARTRE, Telematics

VISALIA, CA --- OnStar's Stolen Vehicle Slowdown (SVS) service helped police safely recover a 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe that had been carjacked at gunpoint Oct. 18 in Visalia, Calif. This is the first time that SVS has been activated to help a subscriber in a carjacking situation, General Motors and OnStar said.

Tags: car theft, GM, GPS, OnStar, Telematics

EL SEGUNDO, CA --- Advances in telematics are making car theft a riskier business -- and thankfully, the technology figures to thwart even more thieves in the near future.

Tags: car theft, iSuppli Corp. , Telematics, Toyota

DETROIT – General Motors' OnStar service has earned the automaker more than $1 billion in annual revenues from subscriber services from an estimated 6 million active subscribers, according to iSuppli.

Tags: GM, OnStar, repair, revenue, Telematics, Warranty

LAS VEGAS – The Toyota brand will introduce Safety Connect on select Toyota models and Lexus will introduce Lexus Enform with Safety Connect.

Tags: dual telematics, Lexus, Lexus Enform, Safety Connect, Telematics, TMS, Toyota Motor Sales

TOKYO, Japan --- Denso Corp. said it will test an anti-collision, vehicle-to-vehicle communications system on public roads in Abashiri, a city on the eastern coast of Hokkaido in Japan, from April to March 2011.

Tags: Accident Prevention, anti-collision system, Telematics

CHICAGO --- Ford is further expanding its "smart" features for truck customers, announcing a collection of technologies for F-Series trucks and commercial E-Series vans that will help make business owners more productive and successful.

Tags: Telematics, theft prevention, vehicle maintenance