There have been reports of Bluetooth pairing problems with many car makes and models when iPhone owners upgraded to iOS 8 or tried to get
One of the best features of cars that connect to smartphones is Bluetooth, giving the driver access to his/her phone through a microphone and speakers
A Gigaom article confused connected car vehicles with an opportunity to create information superhighway news. he article titled “GM makes a U-Turn on connected car
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.
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.
Due to urban legends and rumors about fires from laptop batteries, some people still think that electric car batteries are dangerous. Earlier this year, there
At REACH the wearable future in Santa Monica, Stuart Fowle from GM demonstrated the RemoteLink OnStar app working on a Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch.
GM announced all the high tech features coming to the Chevy Cruze 2015 models. The 2015 Cruze will have Text Message Alerts for smartphone users
GM announced that stop/start technology will be standard on the 2015 Impala base 2.5-liter ECOTEC a 5% city mileage reduction or one mile per gallon.
Stop/start shuts down the engine in certain driving conditions to reduce fuel consumption. The technology is becoming more prevalent worldwide.
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.
Chevy announced at SXSW that Beats Music streaming music will be available in the Chevy AppShop and on select Chevy models this year.
Beats Music is a streaming music service with playlist and curated music options. Chevy AppShop can be used via 4G LTE connections through OnStar 4G LTE. A free trial of Beats Music or paid subscription is required.