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http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2007/12/benz_hughes_logos_250-op.jpgAs suspected (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/03/new-system-combines-features-of-onstar-and-sync-coming-to-chrys/), Hughes Telematics announced today that it would be supplying Mercedes-Benz with a new hardware and software platform that will bring in-car navigation, safety and infotainment to the next level. The press release after the jump doesn't get into a lot of detail about what new features await Benz buyers when the system is implemented in 2009, but with Mercedes' consistent focus to provide its owners with the most high-tech, gee-wiz gadgetry, we're sure it will be suitably impressive. Hughes boasts that the new, open architecture is capable of receiving constant updates, allowing the system to evolve as new applications become available. Hughes has also been tapped to provide Chrysler with a similar system, due out around the same time.Continue reading Hughes to supply telematic systems to Mercedes-Benz North America (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/04/hughes-to-supply-telematic-systems-to-mercedes-benz-north-americ/)

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