eCall衛星導航已通過首批歐洲客戶認證
自今年4月1日歐洲eCall法規生效以來，歐盟銷售的所有新車和輕型貨車都必須安裝緊急系統。瑞典汽車製造商Volvo Cars 已成為第一家為其車輛配備eCall的車商。
eCall系統允許汽車利用歐洲GNSS系統（EGNOS和Galileo）提供的定位技術，使他們能夠在發生事故時通知緊急服務。 eCall設備獨立於駕駛員發送車輛的準確位置，事故發生時間和前往當地救援人員的行駛方向，有助於縮短反應時間。 eCall也可以由驅動程式手動觸發。
Volvo公司已經使用了由瑞典ACTIA Nordic製造的eCall設備，該設備已經過NavCert在德國的eCall實驗室的成功測試。除了Volvo的計劃外，歐洲已經有大約5萬輛汽車可以使用伽利略衛星導航技術，預計到2018年底這一數字將超過15萬輛。
歐洲全球衛星導航總署 (GSA)的執行董事Carlo des Dorides先生表示: ” 將太空技術的好處帶給終端用戶一直是GSA市場開發工作的核心目標。我們非常高興看到Volvo在利用歐洲太空計劃EGNOS和Galileo提供的精確度方面處於領先地位，使歐洲的道路更加安全”
eCall satellite navigation certified for first European customers
Since April 1, when the European eCall regulation was brought into effect, all new car and light vans sold in the EU are required to have emergency systems installed. Volvo Cars, a Swedish automobile manufacturer has emerged as the first to fully equip its vehicles with eCall.
The eCall system allows cars to take advantage of the positioning technology offered by European GNSS systems (EGNOS and Galileo) and enables them to notify emergency services in case of an accident. eCall devices send the exact location of the vehicle, the time of the accident and the direction of travel to local responders independently of the driver, helping to improve response times. An eCall can also be triggered manually by the driver.
Volvo Cars have implemented eCall devices manufactured by ACTIA Nordic in Sweden, which had been successfully tested by NavCert’s eCall Laboratory in Germany. Aside from Volvo’s initiatives, around 50 000 cars are already enabled with Galileo satellite navigation technology in Europe, and that figure is expected to rise to over 150 000 by the end of 2018.
“Bringing the benefits of space technology to end users has always been a core aim of the GSA’s market development efforts. We are very happy to see Volvo leading the way in leveraging the precision offered by the European space programs EGNOS and Galileo to make Europe’s roads safer for drivers,” – Carlo des Dorides, GSA’s Executive Director