ATX unveils mobility assistance service with Peugeot

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, 10 September, 2007 — ATX Group, the world’s largest independent telematics provider to the automotive industry in North America and Europe, today announced the launch of a unique, in-vehicle information service throughout France designed to assist drivers at the mere press of a button.

Developed collaboratively with PSA Peugeot Citroën, the Peugeot Services Mobiles mobility assistance program offers a variety of operator-assisted services to subscribing French owners of Peugeot 1007, 207, 307,308, 407, coupé 407, 607, 807 and Expert models whose vehicles are equipped with Peugeot’s RT3 / RT4 system. These services, provided from off-board the vehicle through ATX’s response center in Düsseldorf, include:

• The ability to search and download areas of interest from a database containing information from the Michelin® Guide and Michelin® Green Guides, among other resources.
• Receipt of in-vehicle, automatically generated traffic alerts on predefined routes and downloads to the navigation screen of updated itineraries that integrate current traffic conditions.
• In-vehicle management of a personal address book.
• Identification of the location of automatic radar, speed-measuring devices throughout France.

All of the Mobility Assistance services can be accessed by pressing an in-vehicle button or through a customized, Peugeot Services Mobiles website, also developed by ATX.

One of the most unique features of the program is the ability of ATX’s off-board routing engine to generate a route that automatically diverts the traveler away from major traffic chokepoints and incidents.