There are a lot of opportunities for Onstar such as safety related issues involving a lot of automobiles and communication issues.

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“If you were going to say, ‘What is the next big step for OnStar?’, you’d find a lot of good reasons why China is the next place to bring the technology,” OnStar President Walt Dorfstatter told Wired.com. “There are going to be a lot of vehicles sold over there. There are a range of safety-related issues that are unique to China because of the explosive growth in auto sales and the explosive growth in the number of drivers.”

More than 5.6 million people in North America subscribe to OnStar, and Dorfstatter said China will add “several million” more within five years.

Dorfstatter also offered a tantalizing clue to where OnStar might go next. He said the system could allow electric vehicles to communicate with the grid — so-called V2G communication — and provide owners with updates on the battery’s state of charge, the location of the nearest charging station and other info. What’s more, it could provide General Motors with data about when and how electric vehicles are used, when and how they’re charged, and how the batteries are behaving over time. Such information could help the company develop better batteries."

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http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/10/onstar-china/

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