Mandatory in every single new car sold within the European Union since April 2018, eCall stands for emergency call. The system works exactly as you would expect, but nevertheless, Mercedes still has ...

Based on established automotive technology and an extended call center infrastructure in Europe, BMW Motorrad's vehicle-integrated Intelligent Emergency Call system is designed to reduce emergency ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Mercedes-Benz is initiating a massive recall of 2016-2021 models due to concerns that its eCall system may not provide an ...

MUNICH, Germany — Since the European Commission's eCall initiative seems to have stalled, automotive tier one Continental AG is mulling new business models that could help to drive market acceptance ...

Beginning in April 2018, all new cars in the European Union (EU) must be equipped with eCall technology. In the event of a serious accident, eCall system automatically communicates the vehicle’s exact ...

To help mitigate the consequences of serious road accidents, the European Commission (EC) has adopted a proposal for a regulation concerning a type-approval requirement for deployment of the eCall ...

Mercedes and Daimler Vans have been equipping vehicles with the eCall emergency call function since 2012, and its ubiquitous application in each automakers’ lineups is why their latest recall extends ...

Beginning April 1, the eCall system will be required in all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the European Union. Test and certification company DEKRA explains that eCall recognizes airbag ...

The revenue generation from eCall system is less as the revenue model depends on the frequency of accidents. Due to the rare nature of accidents, standalone eCall systems are not feasible to ...

The satellite-based system automatically alerts emergency services in case of a serious accident. The European parliament on July 3 demanded all new cars be forced to be equipped by 2015 with an ...

Cars and light vans in the European Union will be fitted with an automatic emergency call device as of March 2018, now that the European Parliament approved rules that make such a system mandatory.

The European Union has ironed out privacy concerns in a proposed law that would make it mandatory for vehicles to have systems that automatically call emergency services in case of a crash. Called ...