Mandatory in every single new car sold within the European Union since April 2018, eCall stands for emergency call. The system works exactly as you would expect, but nevertheless, Mercedes still has ...

February 19, 2014. Rohde & Schwarz will demonstrate its compact eCall test solution for in-vehicle emergency call systems for the first time at the Mobile World Congress. The setup consists of the R&S ...

When Mercedes-Benz introduced the eCall system, it sounded pretty damn promising—automatically calling emergency services to your location when you need help? I'll take it. The only problem is, the ...

A new massive Tesla recall is happening in Germany after regulators confirmed that thousands of Model Y and Model 3 units suffer from software glitches. In this aerial view newly completed Tesla Model ...

Luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz AktienGesellschaft has recalled over a million vehicles following the discovery of an emergency call system fault. A glitch uncovered in the eCall feature means ...

If Tigard's new Code Red emergency notification system calls, it will likely be bad news --toxic spills, bomb threats, heavy weather or worse --but it's a call residents won't want to miss. The ...

E.U.’s mobile-phone industry on Wednesday signed up to eCall, a Europe-wide road accident alert system designed to reduce fatalities and serious accidents on the continent’s roads. The technology ...

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Mercedes-Benz is initiating a massive recall of 2016-2021 models due to concerns that its eCall system may not provide an ...

Mercedes-Benz is initiating a massive recall of 2016-2021 models due to concerns that its eCall system may not provide an accurate location to emergency responders in the event of a collision. The ...

MEPs at Strasbourg’s European Parliament have voted in favour of mandating that emergency call devices be fitted to new cars sold in the EU from October 2015. The proposed eCall system automatically ...

Cars and light vans in the European Union will be fitted with an automatic emergency call device as of March 2018, now that the European Parliament approved rules that make such a system mandatory.