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5. Onboard Navigation: Honda’s Electro Gyrocator

Honda’s Electro Gyrocator, launched in the late 1980s and influencing the 90s, was the world’s first car navigation system. Using inertial guidance and transparent maps, it paved the way for today’s GPS-based navigation in vehicles. While primitive by modern standards, the Gyrocator’s forward-thinking concept set the stage for the digital maps and real-time routing we now rely on. Read about its origins at Honda Global.