Shanghai OnStar Telematics, a joint venture between General Motors, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), on Thursday said OnStar services would be activated and fully operational in China in Decemberfor some Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet vehicles.
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“The launch of Shanghai OnStar Telematics marks OnStar’s first venture outside of North America and we couldn’t be happier that China is our next market,” said OnStar president Walt Dorfstatter. “China represents a huge opportunity to bring the safety, security, and peace of mind of OnStar to SGM customers. This new venture builds upon our leading position in the United States and Canada and our more than 14 years experience in the telematics industry.”
SGM will eventually make this service available on its full product line, beginning with Cadillac, then Buick and finally Chevrolet. SGM will provide one year of OnStar as standard to customers with OnStar equipped vehicles. The service will be available throughout mainland China and will be first launched in Mandarin Chinese.
Launch services will include automatic crash response, emergency services, automatic airbag deployment response, vehicle and on demand diagnostics, ‘good Samaritan’, stolen vehicle location, remote door unlock, remote horn and lights, roadside assistance, hands free calling, point of interest, turn by turn navigation and destination download.
OnStar was formed in 1995 to help make vehicle transportation safer and claims to be the global leader in telematics with more than 5.6m customers and 230m customer interactions to date.
