GM to Make OnStar and Stability Control Standard on All Models
Feb 1, 2005 | 02:20 PM
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GM to Make OnStar and Stability Control Standard on All Models
GM to Make OnStar and Stability Control Standard on All Models
General Motors announced that OnStar and electronic stability control will become standard features for all vehicles sold in the United States and Canada across all segments and prices except for some commercial vehicles.
The fast-track expansion of OnStar-equipped vehicles begins this year to be completed by 2007. The first year of OnStar service is included on all OnStar-equipped vehicles.
Electronic stability control, sold as StabiliTrak, is standard on many GM full-size SUVs and will expand to midsize SUVs this year. Remaining GM SUVs and vans will have StabiliTrak standard by the end of 2007. It will be standard on all GM cars and trucks sold to retail customers by the end of 2010. As enablers of electronic stability control, antilock brakes and traction control will become standard as well
OnStar is currently available on more than 50 GM models.
Recent studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety both indicated that the widespread application of electronic stability control could result in a significant safety benefit. Based on stability systems now in use, NHTSA's study reported a 67 percent risk reduction in single-vehicle crashes for SUVs. The IIHS said as many as 800,000 of the 2 million single-vehicle crashes that occur each year could be avoided if stability control was standard on all vehicles sold in the United States.
General Motors announced that OnStar and electronic stability control will become standard features for all vehicles sold in the United States and Canada across all segments and prices except for some commercial vehicles.
The fast-track expansion of OnStar-equipped vehicles begins this year to be completed by 2007. The first year of OnStar service is included on all OnStar-equipped vehicles.
Electronic stability control, sold as StabiliTrak, is standard on many GM full-size SUVs and will expand to midsize SUVs this year. Remaining GM SUVs and vans will have StabiliTrak standard by the end of 2007. It will be standard on all GM cars and trucks sold to retail customers by the end of 2010. As enablers of electronic stability control, antilock brakes and traction control will become standard as well
OnStar is currently available on more than 50 GM models.
Recent studies by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety both indicated that the widespread application of electronic stability control could result in a significant safety benefit. Based on stability systems now in use, NHTSA's study reported a 67 percent risk reduction in single-vehicle crashes for SUVs. The IIHS said as many as 800,000 of the 2 million single-vehicle crashes that occur each year could be avoided if stability control was standard on all vehicles sold in the United States.
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