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>> "All cars sold in the EU come with eCall" I hadn't heard of this. Just looking at the article you linked it seems it is only available in Slovenia and only
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "All cars sold in the EU come with eCall"
I hadn't heard of this. Just looking at the article you linked it seems it is only available in Slovenia and only since 2015. Is the tech still in all cars but just not being utilised?
- pjc50 10y agoIt's supposedly going to be mandatory by 2018: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall-all-new-cars-april-2018 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ecall-all... eCall is weird. There are supposedly privacy protections, but I can't see how it can work without being always on the mobile network. Which tells you what cell the car is in. Hardly anyone has heard of it and details seem vague.
- blub 10y agoSo they postponed it? Some manufacturers have decided to be proactive and have enabled it with their own back-ends. :)
- blub 10y agoI know for a fact that some manufacturers (check wikipedia) ship all cars with this system enabled. It might not be connected to the "real eCall" back-ends, but rather to the manufacturer back-ends, but it's there. My current car has it. It used to be optional before 2015, but then they made it mandatory with the expectation that the law comes in effect.