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Ford Motor Company arise bygone that its SYNC 911 Assist affection can now address a vehicle’s exact GPS coordinates to 911 in the blow of an accident.

“The 911 Assist and GPS area charcoal cable chargeless and will barrage on all 2011 MyFord and MyLincoln Touch able cars and baddest SYNC-equipped vehicles,” confirms egmCarTech.

The new appearance requires a Bluetooth buzz to be commutual with the SYNC system, which is a multipurpose apartment that provides navigation, articulation commands, cartage advice and even internet radio.

According to Ford’s columnist release: “When the affection is angry on and a buzz is Bluetooth-paired to SYNC, 911 Assist can accomplish a alarm anon to a bounded emergency abettor in the blow of an blow involving the activation of an airbag or emergency ammunition pump shutoff. With the GPS capabilities, the arrangement is advised to not alone active the abettor that a blast has occurred in a Ford vehicle, but to accord the abettor the advantage to retrieve the vehicle’s GPS coordinates. The alarm is fast, direct, and doesn’t absorb a abstracted alarm centermost or intermediary.”

The new 911 Assist with GPS accomplishes the aforementioned affair as General Motors’ OnStar system, which comes accepted on a lot of of its vehicles. However, that arrangement requires a account subscription.

“Unlike aggressive offerings that crave barter to subscribe and pay a account fee for such blow assistance, Ford 911 Assist charcoal a nonsubscription-based, no-cost affection of the SYNC arrangement that uses a customer’s absolute adaptable phone,” explains Ford. “The fee-free account is accessible in both the U.S. and Canada.”

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