Verizon Retrofits Vintage Legacy Vehicles With Smart Features

An anonymous reader writes: Verizon have released an after-market system called Hum that can bring 'smart' features to 150 million existing cars of various vintages going as far back as 1999. The system consists of an on-board diagnostic (OBD) reader plugged into the vehicle's OBD port and a Bluetooth-enabled device clipped to the visor. It's the presence of the ODB port that limits the maximum age of the car to 1996. Hum comes with an app, and enables features such as automatic accident reporting, roadside assistance services and the tracking of stolen cars. The service will cost $14.99 per month via subscription.

Comments

That Verizon?

[MiniMike]

Hopefully they didn't use the code from their tech dispatch system- I don't want my car to give me a two hour window for a drive to the corner store, and then miss it anyway.

So now even old cars can be hacked!

[Anonymous Coward]

I hope nobody retrofits bicycles... Otherwise everything is lost!

Re:Just what I need for an old car!

[GoodNewsJimDotCom]

Nothing makes an old car feel like a new car again quite like a monthly payment.