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GM OnStar vs Free Smartphone Mirroring: Is Saudi Arabia's Priciest Connected Service Worth It?
OnStar costs three to five times Saudi Arabia's commercial telematics rate. Marqstats breaks down what that premium buys that free smartphone mirroring genuinely cannot replicate.
Why Isn't Perodua a Connected Car Company Yet?
Malaysia's best-selling carmaker is also its least-connected. Marqstats examines why Perodua still relies on smartphone mirroring and what has to happen before that changes.
Which Malaysia EV Number Should You Trust: 45,562 or 30,848?
Malaysia's widely cited 45,562-unit "electrified vehicle" figure is not a battery-electric count. Marqstats separates the two powertrains and traces what the December 2025 duty exemption expiry actually pulled forward.
Toyota VTS or Honda CONNECT: Which Costs Less After the Free Trial Ends?
Honda CONNECT undercuts Toyota VTS on sticker price by RM 500. Neither company discloses what happens after the free trial ends — and that is the number that actually matters.
Who owns the connected car customer in South Korea?
Mobile virtual network operators, chiefly automakers, sell 76.59% of South Korea's vehicle IoT lines. Carriers lost the customer, not the traffic, and the automaker now chooses the network.
Which connected cars lost service in Australia's 3G shutdown?
The 3G switch-off threatened emergency calling in some connected cars, not all. Six brands issued software fixes and six confirmed no impact. The network behind each car's SIM decided which.
Which China car count should a connected car model use?
China's 31.436 million vehicle headline is not the base for a connected car model. Removing commercial vehicles and exports leaves 22.61 million domestic passenger cars, a 28% smaller number.
60% of Dealer Websites Are Invisible to AI for One Specific Technical Reason
Most car dealer websites load pricing and inventory in a way that works perfectly for a human visitor and leaves an AI crawler looking at a blank page.
A Shopper Never Typed Your Dealership's Name. AI Recommended It Anyway 97% of the Time.
Nearly half of car shopping questions don't mention a brand at all. The AI answering them recommends one anyway, 97% of the time. That changes who's competing.
A Court Struck Down the Federal Pricing Rule. California Just Rebuilt It Anyway.
A federal court killed the pricing rule on a technicality, not on the merits. Eight months later, California passed almost the same law anyway.
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