OnStar celebrates 1 billion requests with free premium service for loyal users - AUTO Connected Car News
OnStar has handled more than 1 billion requests from customers, by phone, mobile app or wireless service in their cars and trucks. To celebrate OnStar has given loyal subscribers in the U. S. , Canada, Mexico and China with a year of premium OnStar service. OnStar won the 2014 Tech Cars Award from AUTO Connected Car News for Wi-Fi hotspots. When it was first launched, OnStar called for help when an airbag was inflated on Cadillacs in 1996. Today, a customer contacts OnStar every two seconds. OnStar has helped subscribers in crashes, avoiding tornadoes, directions, finding gas stations, delivering roadside assistance, helping other motorists, vehicle diagnostics and stolen vehicle locating. In the fall of 1996, OnStar debuted in the Cadillac DeVille, Seville and Eldorado. The service initially offered Airbag Deployment Notifications, the core of OnStar’s safety and security premise, which progressed into Automatic Crash Response that uses sensors capable of determining the severity of a crash impact and alerting an... RemoteLink enables its 1. 5 million active users to lock and unlock their vehicle, start the engine and access vehicle diagnostics such as tire pressure and oil life from their mobile devices. Source: www.autoconnectedcar.com
