CalAmp announced SureDrive by LoJack, a mobile application with connected car services including advanced safety and security technologies. CalAmp unveiled SureDrive powered by LoJack and a wide range of new advanced telematics services this week at CTIA Super Mobility in Las Vegas.
Leveraging CalAmp’s Telematics Cloud service, SureDrive more tightly integrates the vehicle with the consumer’s connected life. When combined with the proven LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System, SureDrive also helps protect their investment from loss due to theft. With this advanced solution, CalAmp is expanding the capabilities of its connected vehicle offerings to ensure that consumers have easy-to-use and reliable technology that helps safeguard their families while driving.
Connected to the Onboard Diagnostic (OBD-II) port. SureDrive provides benefits to consumers from a variety of connected vehicle features, including:
- Tripwire Early Warning and Stolen Vehicle Assist – Provides consumers with timely security alerts notifying them when their vehicle has been moved without authorization. In the event of theft, a single call can help locate and track the vehicle, simultaneously offering valuable assistance to law enforcement agencies during the recovery of a stolen vehicle.
- Instant Crash Notification (ICN) – Advanced sensors detect impact events as they occur and the sophisticated system reliably discriminates true crash events from other false positives that may occur during normal driving conditions caused by things like road hazards, potholes and speed bumps. If a crash is detected, an alert that includes key information like location, time, and an estimate of the incident severity is sent to trained US-based agents. Those agents can then offer support and reach out for emergency assistance, delivering critical information to first responders at a time when every second matters.
- Real-time location – High-precision GPS and a persistent connection allows users to track and pinpoint the exact location of their vehicles, providing an enhanced level of convenience, security and awareness to the consumer.
- Virtual Boundaries Virtual Boundaries – Get notified when a loved one arrives at their destination. Easy set-up, with timely alerts.
- Expandability – With access to the vehicle’s OBD-II port, real-time two-way communications, and over-the-air upgradability of the in-vehicle device, SureDrive is a powerful platform that enables the delivery of creative new connected car applications and services to provide consumers with added safety and convenience now and into the future.
When combined with the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System, SureDrive provides unmatched security and peace of mind for drivers and their loved ones.
In addition to SureDrive, CalAmp also announced LotSmart by LoJack for its dealership partners, giving them an effective tool that provides advanced inventory management capabilities that can help improve their customers’ buying experience and streamline operations.
SureDrive by LoJack will be available in early Q4v2016. Nationally, a motor vehicle is stolen on average every 45 seconds. LoJack helps locate stolen cars within a few hours of theft. Radios and wheel covers aren’t the only popular stolen vehicle parts thieves take. They want whatever sells, from the mandated labeled parts to those that aren’t. Among some of the most popular parts or items left in vehicles are: engines, transmissions, air bags, radios, GPS units, phones/iPads, laptops, and purses. LoJack recently offered suggestions for preventing connected car theft.