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Hyundai Blue Link telematics system

Discussion in 'Other Cars' started by cwerdna, Sep 8, 2011.

  1. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    Interesting... I normally don't follow this space nor Hyundai too closely but I just one of their TV ads for Blue Link™ Homepage and I guess it worked.

    From my brief look at their video and web page, it looks like a competitor to systems like Onstar and Lexus Enform.
     
    #1 cwerdna, Sep 8, 2011
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    2k1Toaster Brand New Prius Batteries

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    It has all come about because of OBDIII (Note the extra "I" to make it 3). Radio transceiving of data, faults, and other info. So car makers are getting their "car-phone-home" tech working now so it is not as painful to make the rollout. This has been going on since the initial drafts over a decade ago. All car makers will have this soon, either by choice or by force (whenever it gets put into standardization).

    I don't see this tech as anything interesting or groundbreaking. Now that cell towers are everywhere, all it takes is a small GPRS connected modem to an offsite data center and you're done. I did a similar project from scratch for a university class. Took me as a fulltime student 1 year start to finish.
     
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