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Originally Posted by Number 3
I'm not sure selling Delphi includes the patents and intellectual property rights. GM may have elected to keep those in the deal. But I haven't seen the details.
And also this isn't the first non-GM OnStar application. Lexus offered it for a while if I recall correctly as original equipment.
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I sure as hell hope that were the case in the deal knowing the track record of the Chinese with property rights et all.
And the Lexus thing comes as a real surprise since I've never heard of it before. Is GM in an exclusive agreement with OnStar then or do/did they own/buy the company a while back?
EDIT: Wikipedia helped a bit
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OnStar was formed in 1995 as a collaboration between GM, Electronic Data Systems and Hughes Electronics Corporation. Each of the founding companies brought a specific area of expertise to the enterprise: GM brought vehicle design and integration and a distribution system of millions of vehicles, EDS brought much of the systems development and information management and customer service technologies, while Hughes contributed communications and satellite technology and automotive electronics.
In 1996, then GM North America Operations President Rick Wagoner officially launched OnStar at the Chicago Auto Show. OnStar delivered its first product and service to the market in 11 months, in the fall of 1996 for model year 1997 Cadillac DeVille, Cadillac Seville and Cadillac Eldorado models. For a short time, OnStar service was available on vehicles produced by Acura, Audi, Isuzu, Subaru and Volkswagen through a licensing agreement.
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