The Russian assembled cars will be equipped with the double-system receivers GLONASS/GPS on the assembly belt – reported the administrative head of the “GLONASS / GNSS – Forum” association, Vladimir Klimov, granting an interview the Izvestia newspaper. According to his words, within the ERA GLONASS program, each car will be installed with the gadget, “which if it is needful in case of accident, it will post a sign or a voice message in the center of traffic.
“Thus, the emergencies and their exact locations would be recorded, and the ensuing troubles with traffic, too. And, of course, this information will help to respond on the situation, providing the assistance,” –said Klimov.
Speaking about the program ERA GLONASS, he noticed that “there will begin to function the similar system which is based on GPS / Galileo in Europe in 2012”. “Here it is also said about a dual-standart receiver – GLONASS / GPS. It is anticipated that the cars which are going to be in Russia, that they are equipped with these gadgets on the conveyor “-said he.
Replying to the question according to the competition of the American GPS and the Russian-developed system, Vladimir Klimov said: “SBS had systematically been developing about 20 years, but the Russian system – only 8 years.” “But at the hardware level we are already closing to the GPS – about the sizes of receivers, the power and the color characteristics. And soon the Western companies will make the double-system equipment GLONASS / GPS,” – noted he.