A test service was launched Monday to dispatch ambulance helicopters to the scene of car accidents after analyzing data sent automatically from the vehicles, operators said.
Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are teaming up with a nonprofit organization to test the feasibility of the service, called D-Call Net, with the aim of seeing it fully operational by 2018.
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