Tag: GM
Emerging Car Technology Tested by CR
A new car safety technology that could be an important future aftermarket car AV product has been tested...
GM Shows Future Rear Seat Entertainment
In case you weren’t sufficiently impressed by the head up displays from Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Pioneer and Kenwood at...
Aftermarket Needed for Next Car Tech Wave
It turns out that the car stereo aftermarket will be in high demand as a way to deploy...
GM Shows Portable Safety System
General Motors is demonstrating this week a new portable vehicle-to-vehicle communication system that could be sold much like...
OnStar Joins MESA Buying Group
The $100+ million car stereo buying/marketing group, MESA, can technically boast that General Motors is a partner. GM’s...
OnStar’s Retail Mirror Gets Media Attention
It’s not like car stereo companies have the ad budgets of the Frito-Lay Company, so when you’ve got...
OnStar to Sell 230K Retail Mirrors
An iSuppli analyst is forecasting that OnStar will sell around 230,000 units of its upcoming $299 retail mirror...
GM Unveils Answer to Ford Sync
First, GM announced the OnStar retail mirror this year and now it is getting sexy on the radio...
OnStar Improves Voice Recognition
General Motors’ OnStar is improving its voice recognition by adding natural speech recognition in 2011 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC...
OnStar Gets New President
Linda Marshall has been appointed the new president of GM's OnStar, replacing Chris Preuss effective February 1. Marshall...
CES: OnStar’s $299 Retail Mirror Due Spring
OnStar officially announced a retail rear view mirror packed with OnStar features to be sold through Best Buy...
New Vehicle Sales Keep Climbing
November was another strong month for U.S. car and light truck sales, which jumped 17 percent over last...
GM Radios Unlocked for iPod Out, Video
Coastal Electronic Technologies is offering a car module that can unlock a General Motors’ radio screen to work...
Pandora Courts Aftermarket Radio Makers
Update: It appears Alpine got a little over-exuberant during the Pandora keynote yesterday, and exagerrated a bit. It...
OnStar Responds on Retail Plans
Hey, all you non-believers. We asked OnStar president Chris Preuss point blank whether OnStar is moving into retail....
August Car Sales Dive
Car sales retreated in August, falling about 21 percent compared to a year ago. Last August, the Cash...
July Car Sales Indicate Recovery Continues
The gains in July for U.S. automakers were small but strong enough for executives to declare the economy...
GM, Ford Fight Over Google Maps
Okay… we already know that the car makers are in a race to offer the best radio/electronics so...
7 Top Advances in OEM Car AV/navigation
Top advances in OEM car electronics this year will include car-to-car communication, a single screen showing different images...
May Car Sales Up By Double Digits; Ford Sheds Mercury
The auto industry saw a nice lift in May for all major U.S. car makers except Toyota and...