Analysis on the Development of Vehicle Telematics in China

With the rapid development of Telematics and the increasing demand of drivers on vehicles, vehicle Telematics witnesses the great progress around the world. In order to improve the traffic conditions, some countries, especially in the North America, Europe, have carried out relevant projects of vehicle Telematics, such as OnStar, eCall, G-Book, inkaNet. The paper presents the concept and current development of Telematics home and aboard; then gives detailed analysis on and comprehensive comparison among the four Telematics systems mentioned above; proposes the three major problems (speech recognition, charging standards and service chain) to be solved in China based on the analysis on the application of Telematics abroad; finally reveals the prospective of Telematics faced in China.