2012 Hyundai Sonata Is The First Hyundai Equipped With Blue Link Telematics

June 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Hyundai has mastered the Japanese art of first launching, then improving on, technology like that from your competitors.  Such is the case with their Blue Link Telematics System, which will offer features that OnStar users will be intimately familiear with, but include additional functions aimed directly at Generation Y.  Lock yourself out of your new Hyundai Sonata, and a call to their hotline will quickly unlock your doors.  Need Roadside assistance?  Help is just the push of a button away.  Want turn-by-turn navigation?  A Hyundai Blue Link Operator will be happy to help you, and just like OnStar, Blue Link provides automated emergency response in the event of a crash.  It will also immobilize your car if stolen, just like GM’s telematics system.

Hyundai is clearly aiming Blue Link at the “connected generation”, since the feature set doesn’t stop there.  Location sharing will broadcast your location to memobers of your social network, and voice text messaging will ensure that Hyundai drivers aren’t out of touch when behind the wheel.  Nanny features will tell you when your car’s been driven outside of a prescribed region by a valet or family member, and will also advise you if a spped threshold has been exceeded.

There’s plenty more features to be had in Blue Link (including some that will raise eyebrows at the NHTSA – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), but you get the idea:  Hyundai has copied OnStar, then found ways to make it better.

Ok, now for the big question?  How much does Blue Link Cost?  And, what are the different packages?  Gartner Hyundai http://www.gartnerhyundai.com  has your answers…….

Blue Link Package
Assurance 6 months standard  - 12 months with auto renewal
Essentials 3 months  standard  - 6 months with auto renewal
Guidance   3 months standard   - 6 months with auto renewal

*New Owners may elect for Blue Link Automatic renewal within the first 30 days of Ownership.

After the Complimentary Introductory Period, customers have three attractive pricing options based on length of service agreement.

Blue Link Package
Assurance $79 1 year -  $139 two years -  $198  3 years
Essentials $179 1 year -  $315 - 2 years -  $448  3 years
Guidance   $279 1 year -  $491 - 2 years -  $699  3 years

Here is a breakdown of what is included in each package:

Blue Linke Assurance Package

■Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) and Assistance - Provides immediate assistance when an accident occurs and an airbag is deployed.
■SOS Emergency Assistance - Customers request emergency 911 assistance by pressing the dedicated SOS button in the vehicle.  This action transmits vehicle information and location to specially-trained response advisors, who assist in coordinating the dispatch of appropriate emergency assistance to the customer.
■Enhanced Roadside Assistance - Enables customers to contact Roadside Assistance via a single in-vehicle button press.
■Monthly Vehicle Report - Provides monthly reporting of vehicle systems status via the Blue Link website and/or via email if desired by owners.
Blue Link Essentials Package

■Quick Tips - Provides quick reference assistance for primary vehicle feature location and function.
■Location Sharing - Enables sending vehicle location to select friends and members of social networking sites, including Facebook – directly from the vehicle.
■Voice Text Messaging - Enables hands free text messaging to SMS text recipients, using the innovative Agent-Assisted Voice Recognition System allowing for natural speech messages.
■Mobile App - Available for download and access to remote services and account information.  It is available for popular devices such as iPhones, Android, and Blackberry.
■Remote Door Lock/Unlock - Enable locking or unlocking vehicle doors via a toll-free number, owner’s website, or mobile phone application.
■Remote Horn and Lights - Works just like the Remote Door Lock feature.
■Remote Vehicle Start - Works just like the above….available later in the year.
■Service Link - Provides convenient link to schedule service at a Hyundai Dealer and to send the dealer a recorded message of requested services in advance of the visit.
■Automated Diagnostic Trouble Code Notification - Provides explanation assistance using vehicle data and off-board diagnosis capablilities to better inform the customer of vehicle trouble alerts.  A combination of in-vehilce display alerts and guided voice messages provides customers with additional instructions.
■Maintenance Alert - Notifies customer via website, email or SMS message that an upcoming service is due, and explains what is included in a particular maintenance interval.
■Recall Advisor - Provides all pertinent recall information should a recall be initiated.
■Web Vehicle Diagnostics - Provides a report of vehicle diagnostics, eco-coach performance and other important info in a monthly email report and web page update.
■Valet Alert - Enables alert via text message or automated phone message if a valet driver takes customer’s vehicle moves beyond a prescribed region.
■Geo-Fence -Enables monitoring vehicle movement in and out of pre-defined regions configured on the owner’s website.  When the vehicle enters or leaves a designated region, the customer is notified via email, test, or phone message.
■Speed Alert – Notifies the customer when their vehicle exceeds the specified speed threshold established on the owner’s website.  This feature is often appreciated by parent of teen drivers and fleet customers.
■Curfew – Alerts owners if the vehicle is being used outside a pre-determined time interval.  Alerts are configured onlind and senve viat test or phone message.
■Stolen Vehicle Recovery - In the event a customer’s vehicle is reported stolen, the response center can provide assistance to the police in an teempt to recover the vehicle.
■Stolen Vehicle Slowdown -
■Vehicle Immobilization - Used with Stolen Vehicle Recovery, this enable law enforcement to send  a signal to the vehicle which immovilizes the engine management system, thus preventing startup.  This capability is only valid when the ignition is off, but the command can be saved by the engine ECU for later immobilaztion if the vehicle is on or in motion at the time of signal transmission.
■Panic Notification - Notifies customers when the panic button on their vehicle key fob has been activated.
■Alarm Notification
Guidance Package

■All the features of the other two packages
■Turn-by-turn Navigation Service – Provides graphical and audible directions to a downloaded destination in vehicles that do not have on-board nav systems.
■POI Search by Advanced Voice Recognition System – Enables Point-of-Interest Searches using an automated voice system.  REsults can be downloaded to the vehicles for turn-by-turn or on-board nav system.
■POI Downlad from Websites – Allows owner-directed download of point of interest data from selected websites.
■Daily Route Guidance With Traffic Conditions - Enables customers to pre-define several routes to a common destination and receive a regularly-scheduled traffic alert for traffic delays along those routes.
■Traffic Information - Provides traffic information surrounding the customer’s vehicle and in the nearby area, based on preferences establishing using the owners website.
■Gas Station Locations and Prices - Locates nearby gas stations with the lowest prices.  Results are played back via automated voice, and can be downloaded.
■Eco-Coach - tracks the customer’s driving performance habits (MPG and CO2 emissions) on a continual and historical basis.
■Restaurant Ratings - Provised a tool to search for local restaurants with the highest ratings.
■Weather – Provides weather forecasts and alerts for the immediate area, as defined by the customer.

Contact Gartner Hyundai http://www.gartnerhyundai.com for more information on the all new Hyundai Blue Link Telematics System.

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