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5G Connectivity To Be Offered On Select 2024 GM Vehicles

General Motors has announced it will work with AT&T to bring 5G connectivity to its vehicles starting in the 2024 model year.

 

In a statement released Thursday, GM said it would work together with AT&T “to set the benchmark for automotive connectivity with a fifth-generation cellular network architecture to meet the needs of an all-electric and autonomous future.” GM has been working with AT&T over the past two years to launch the “world’s largest fleet of 5G-enabled vehicles ,” and has been testing 5G-enabled vehicles at its Milford Proving Ground test center in Michigan in recent months.

The automaker promises its in-vehicle 5G network will result in faster, more reliable, and secure over-the-air software updates, faster music and video downloads and faster navigation, mapping and voice services. The 5G network will also “provide a strong foundation as the company advances its technology, such as Super Cruise and its Vehicle Intelligence Platform,” the automaker says. Technology like Super Cruise relies heavily on strong internet connectivity for mapping and its overall operation.

The 5G network will first be available in select 2024 model year GM vehicles. Additionally, current OnStar 4G LTE-equipped model year 2019 and newer GM vehicles will experience faster connectivity speeds and many of the same performance benefits of future 5G-equipped vehicles once the new network infrastructure is available.

“By connecting millions of GM vehicles to our nationwide 5G network, we will improve the customer experience for existing services while laying the groundwork for the next wave of innovation including autonomous driving,” said AT&T’s VP for global busniness, Gregory Wieboldt. “We now connect more vehicles than any other carrier and GM has played a critical role in our success. We’re honored to work alongside GM to usher the next chapter of connected driving.”

We’re expecting GM to divulge more information on its 5G connectivity rollout in the coming years.

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  1. Would prefer a choice of providers. Not that excited about AT&T’s 5G solution. Tmobile and Verizon are better imho.

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  2. 5G is largely a lie…. for marketing tactics. Back when 2g came out, it was purely about marketing as “the next big thing” with service providers ticked off as their different technologies (cdma, gsm for example) were not really comparable at all and depending on your technology, a providers 1G could be faster than another’s “2G.” That’s when they got together and created the “generational standard” each generation is a measurement of data transfer, that is all.

    I believe 1G was 0-2kb/sec
    2g 2-200kb/sec
    3G 200kb-20mb/sec
    4G 2mb-200mb/sec
    5G 200mb-20gb/sec

    We actually don’t have a cellular tower technology that provides 5G in the gb/sec, but instead 5 G devices have a driver to search for WiFi and move as often as possible to WiFi fluidly and use it’s much higher data rates. You 5 G device is a fancy 4 G + always hooked up to WiFi device. Just marketing.

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    1. Also, don’t quote me on those generation data thresholds. It’s been a while since I looked it up last.

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  3. I want no parts of 5G. It has never proven to be safe and the military cay use 5G as weapon tech. I want to be able to disable it and use 4G if necessary. And I really don’t want GM tracking my whereabouts.

    Another concern with EV’s is how much EMF,RF, and EF radiation the battery, wiring, and other technologies are exposing the occupants to. Again, we are in uncharted waters.

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