Navigation: Honda providing new online services in Japan

Honda's Inter Navi Premium System has now 300.000 customers since it's start in October 2002.

From February 2006 Honda pushes the concept a bit further by starting some new online services. In collaboration with the phone operator Willcom, the navigation system can have unlimited internet access for 8 EUR per month and access 11 online services, like for example the weather forecast, traffic estimations per hour, the fastest lane when driving on a 2 or 3-lane road, a warning system that gives you the best time to leave and reach your destination in time, a personalised web page with information, a parking system that gives you the best option taking your destination into account, ... and the system even sends your car data to Honda for a technical follow-up and possible repairs.

Service quality is assured by use of "floating car data" based on a total of 75 million km already driven by Inter Navi Premium club members.

It also incorporates a communication system with Honda's 24/7 emergency centre.





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Source: Honda Japan (only in Japanese)

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