Navteq to provide map updates for Volvo car owners

Today, Navteq announced they would be providing many Volvo car models with two complimentary map updates to keep their GPS maps as updated as possible. If you own any GPS, then you probably know how important it is to keep your maps updated. As a result, Navteq announced a partnership with Volvo to help keep customers with updated maps, known as Navteq MapCare.

Later this month, Volvo plans to unveil the 2010 editions of cars including the C30, C70, S40, S80, V50, V70, XC60, XC70, and XC90. Each of the models will be eligible to receive the two map updates.

Basically, the customer will have to file a registration card with key information about your address and model number. Later on, Navteq will send the customer the latest map update at your address. This exclusive deal is available in any Volvo dealership located within North America, Europe, and Russia.

Navteq hopes they will be available to create a loyal fanbase, and it would be another way to create some profit. Although, I’m not sure what happens after you use up the two complimentary updates, expect to pay an annual fee after that time.

Either way, it’s definitely a nice idea from Navteq because updated maps will help save you gas in the long run. Trips can be planned more efficiently as long as they are updated; a study was conducted that found “drivers using a navigation system could reduce the overall distance they drove per year by nearly 2,500 kilometres and save over euro 400 in fuel costs.”

Via [Volvo Press Release]