GM partners with MapQuest for beefed-up OnStar service

by Donald Melanson, posted Apr 25th 2007 at 3:08PM

GM doesn't look to be letting the prospect of a huge chunk of its customer base disappearing stop it from rolling out enhancements to its Onstar service, with the company today announcing that it's struck a deal with MapQuest that'll see the two services linked up. Under the new arrangement, OnStar users will be able to plan out their trip on the MapQuest website and then follow along in their vehicle using OnStar's turn-by-turn audio navigation service, with them still able to call up the help of a live advisor if they really fall off course. Not everyone will be getting the expanded service to start with though, with a pilot program encompassing some 3,000 users planned for this summer, followed by a full roll-out later this year or next once they've gotten all the kinks worked out.

Filed under: Transportation

Tags: gm, mapquest, onstar

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Mrmean @ Apr 25th 2007 3:54PM

LOL, MapQuest? they're still around? Way to go GM, way to be "innovative"...no wonder Toyota is kickin your ass..

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davydany @ Apr 25th 2007 3:55PM

y mapquest? out of all the other companies out there...WHY MAPQUEST? They can never find my house!

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... @ Apr 25th 2007 4:15PM

Are they kidding? MapQuest? That service has caused me more trouble then if I just guessed where I was going. Google Maps is by far superior, BMW was smart...

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Alber1690 @ Apr 25th 2007 5:12PM

Mapquest? I thought they stopped innovating long time ago. I can't believe the Weather Channel knows more about online mapping; they were smart and picked Windows Live Maps.

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Rand @ Apr 25th 2007 8:51PM

Not surprising really. After all....GM thinks OnStar is a great service. (Ever wonder why GM cars don't have Bluetooth Handsfree?)

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