Best Connected Car Software
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What is Connected Car Software?
Connected car software enables vehicles to interact with external systems and networks, allowing for enhanced features such as real-time data sharing, navigation, entertainment, remote diagnostics, and safety monitoring. This software integrates with in-car sensors, mobile apps, and cloud platforms to offer services such as predictive maintenance, location tracking, autonomous driving support, and personalized user experiences. Connected car platforms may also include features like over-the-air (OTA) updates, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, and integration with smart city infrastructures. These tools are essential for improving vehicle performance, safety, and convenience while also contributing to the development of autonomous vehicles and smart transportation systems. Compare and read user reviews of the best Connected Car software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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EMQX
EMQ Technologies
EMQX is the world's most scalable and reliable MQTT messaging platform designed by EMQ. It supports 100M concurrent IoT device connections per cluster while maintaining extremely high throughput and sub-millisecond latency. EMQX boasts more than 20,000 global users from over 50 countries, connecting more than 100M IoT devices worldwide, and is trusted by over 300 customers in mission-critical IoT scenarios, including well-known brands like HPE, VMware, Verifone, SAIC Volkswagen, and Ericsson. Our edge-to-cloud IoT connectivity solutions are flexible to meet the demands of various industries towards digital transformation, including connected vehicles, Industrial IoT, oil & gas, carrier, finance, smart energy, and smart cities.Starting Price: $0.18 per hour -
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INVERS CloudBoxx
INVERS
Whether launching a carsharing, moped sharing, or any other shared mobility service, you need telematics (IoT) that turn regular vehicles into a connected, sharing-ready fleet. The INVERS CloudBoxx does just that. CloudBoxx is the market-leading telematics solution powering tens of thousands of shared vehicles in over 50 countries. It is German-engineered and the trusted backbone for leading shared mobility providers with a reliability rating of over 99.9%. CloudBoxx’s compatibility with any vehicle gives you the ultimate flexibility to freely choose the vehicles and software tools that will shape your unique service. Additionally, as all our products are developed in-house (hardware, firmware, and software), it ensures an optimum integrated and seamless solution while at the same time being modular. The integrated eSIM card enables multi-network-provider roaming to always select the best connection across network providers.Starting Price: Free -
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CarTrek
CarTrek
CarTrek is a turnkey solution for car sharing, online scooter rental and rental automation services. We provide everything you need: equipment, software and mobile app under your brand. CarTrek is a platform for simple Car sharing administration. Our platform is already ready for use. Multiple settings allow you to use them in the way your business requires. CarTrek is a safe, flexible and constantly renewable platform. It enables you to concentrate on the development of your company. We have most of the processes as far as possible automated. Save time and resources for you and your customers. Free launch, branding and setup of the platform: You only pay a fixed fee for each connected vehicle. Connect one or more vehicles or scooters and try out our trial version. One month of free access!Starting Price: $6500 per year -
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Motorq
Motorq
As the leading connected car API company, we unlock the power of vehicle data for fleets, dealers, and insurance companies. Our customers use insights from this data to run safer, more sustainable, higher-performing operations. Our data is sourced directly from the manufacturers and after-market devices, so you’re getting the best possible data out there. Clean and efficient data right from the source. We feature a high-scale, easily queryable data warehouse that houses your data and allows you access. No hardware. No bloat. We’ve established a low-cost pricing model to ensure you get the insights you need. Data is just a bunch of numbers unless you do something with it. We monitor and analyze the data to give you true actionable insights and recommendations to impact your business. We’ve created a standalone, intuitive user interface or widgets you can embed in your own software, allowing you to have all of your insights and recommendations at your fingertips.Starting Price: $5 per month -
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The Upstream Platform
Upstream Security
The Upstream Platform is a cybersecurity and data management platform for connected vehicles. The platform leverages connected vehicle data to offer unparalleled mobility-specific actionable insights. Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier-2 suppliers, and mobility service providers leverage the Upstream Platform and its applications to secure their vehicles, optimize their fleets, enhance business offerings, and monetize vehicle data. Upstream’s cloud-based platform ingests connected vehicle data, normalizes and cleanses it, builds vehicle digital twins, and leverages AI-powered detection to identify relevant anomalies. These capabilities enable users to utilize purpose-built and customizable cybersecurity detection and response and advanced analytics applications for multiple use cases. These include unparalleled cyber threat detection, layered investigations, flexible querying, reporting, automated workflows, predictive maintenance, insurance, and more. -
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Wejo
Wejo
Simple and secure access to the world’s connected car data all in one place, helping our partners to innovate and solve mobility problems. The way we travel is changing. We’re living in a world that’s hyper-connected and our cars are becoming increasingly more connected too. Connected car data can offer you valuable insights to help transform your business and shape your future. Connected car data is accurate, authentic and most importantly, useful. The data comes from actual vehicles on the road, giving you unrivalled insights into driver needs and behaviours. We partner with leading vehicle manufacturers to harness the power that this data holds and make accessing it simple. For private and public sector businesses, the benefits of connected car data are huge. From locating traffic hotspots, to finding out where there are safety risks, to gaining insight into driver patterns and trends. -
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Waycare
Waycare
Waycare collects data from transportation agencies' existing infrastructure. This information is combined with additional data from mobile apps, connected vehicles, weather, and event management systems. Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms ingest, synthesize, and process this information to produce actionable insights and predictions for traffic safety and congestion management. Traffic Management Center (TMC) operators are tasked with managing freeways and arterials, coordinating responses to incidents, and keeping citizens up-to-date regarding current traffic conditions. Working on a multitude of tasks over a host of different platforms and computer screens can be cumbersome, resulting in inefficiencies. TMC operators need a cohesive system with built-in interagency communication to foster a proactive response to traffic congestion and incidents. Smart Connect provides TMC operators with comprehensive solutions for strategic response and coordination. -
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Oxbotica Selenium
Oxbotica
Selenium is our flagship product, a full-stack autonomy system, the product of over 500 person-years of effort. An on-vehicle suite of software which given a drive-by-wire interface and very modest compute hardware, brings full autonomy to a land-based vehicle. Selenium has the ability to transform any suitable vehicle platform into an autonomous vehicle, both at prototype volume and at scale. It is a collection of interoperable software modules that allow the vehicle to answer three key questions, where am I? What’s around me? What do I do next? Selenium spans the technological spectrum, from low-level device drivers, through calibration, 4-modal localization, mapping, perception, machine learning and planning, and its remarkable vertical integration even covers user interface and data export systems. It does not even need GPS or HD-Maps (although this can still be utilized, if available). -
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IBM IoT Connected Vehicle Insights is connected car software that integrates real-time data about drivers, vehicles and the environment to optimize the in-car experience. The dedicated cloud service streams data from vehicle sensors and uses analytics and AI to understand driver behavior. It links with other information systems in the cloud, such as weather and traffic, to add context and situational awareness. Connect drivers, vehicles and the surrounding environment in real time to optimize the in-car experience. With this integrated information, connected vehicles can diagnose safety risks or quality issues and take immediate action. For example, connecting to real-time weather and traffic conditions can improve the effectiveness of a vehicle’s collision avoidance system. The dedicated SaaS platform also provides advanced navigation features, such as destination prediction, based on specific driver patterns.
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Akamai IoT Edge Connect
Akamai
Provides a real-time communication and data processing protocol to Akamai-connected devices. IoT Edge Connect uses the message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) and HTTP protocols to ingest messages. It processes and delivers data back to devices in real-time, on a publish-subscribe basis. IoT Edge Connect uses the message queuing telemetry transport (MQTT) and HTTP protocols to ingest messages. It processes and delivers data back to devices in real-time, on a publish-subscribe basis. The MQTT-based mechanism reads from and writes to message queues. Connecting through this interface delivers messages in topics automatically. The HTTP interface provides an HTTP-based mechanism for reading from the same message queues that are processed by the MQTT interface. Connecting through the HTTP interface delivers messages in topics on client requests via a REST API. -
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Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform
Microsoft
Innovate vehicle products and services for safety, compliance, and improved mobility experience that power emerging mobility services and profitability. Emerging mobility services require a well-connected and highly available vehicle. Building on Azure accelerates your time to market so you can leverage new vehicles in mobility services faster. Serve the emerging autonomous vehicle market and meet the needs of growing urban populations by rapidly developing, testing, and certifying new self-driving car solutions that improve safety and meet consumers' evolving expectations. Automotive solutions to accelerate vehicle innovation. Find the products and services you need to achieve your unique business objectives. Autonomous vehicles represent a digital transformation that will enable safer roads, efficient cities and a cleaner environment. This technology space is unique, with a complex set of challenges and sophisticated solutions. -
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Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud
Ericsson
Connected Vehicle Cloud is the most complete connected car platform on the market today. That's why frontrunners in automotive IoT are using it to connect 5.5 million vehicles and counting, across more than 150 countries. We offer CVC, our “white label” connected car solution, which enables automakers to create superior driver and passenger experiences, simplifying the internal process and improving profitability. The Connected Vehicle Cloud is built for scale and flexibility; a platform for fast-paced service innovation where vehicle manufacturers can continuously deploy new offerings. Currently, we address the areas of fleet management systems, telematics, service Innovation, and software and device management but with many more planned launches. To rapidly develop and manage new services for connected vehicles on a global scale, automakers and fleet operators need the right partner and the right platform. -
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INRIX OpenCar
INRIX
INRIX OpenCar offers automakers a comprehensive suite of in-vehicle software and driving optimized content that provides significant advantages over other solutions available today. INRIX understands the intricacies and complexities that automakers face when implementing and supporting connected car solutions. So, we have developed a complete solution, software, tools and content - from which you can choose what you need to bring your brand's experience to life for drivers. Our in-vehicle software solutions are designed from the ground up to be the most modular, customizable and flexible offerings in the market, facilitating development and management and keeping you firmly in control, including ownership of sensitive driver and vehicle privacy data. Our high-quality content is as fresh and accurate as what is freely available on smartphones as opposed to the outdated and inaccurate information drivers have come to expect from existing infotainment systems. -
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DriveSync
DriveSync
Life is busy, as a result, you place high demands on your car to connect you to all aspects of work and life, safely and on-time. DriveSync by IMS delivers a suite of intelligently connected car services that transform driving into a truly intelligent experience, making you more productive and saving you time and money, with safety remaining at the core, with new services introduced on a regular basis! Forget about smart cars, this is about a smarter you. Get complete peace of mind on your journey with roadside assistance that intelligently works for you, with no ongoing fees or memberships to ever pay! If you need a tow or are locked out of your car, or you're running out of gas, or have a dead battery or flat tire, simply use DriveSync’s roadside assistance when you need it. DriveSync intelligently shares your location, vehicle type, and mobile phone number to ensure you get immediate roadside assistance from a nationwide network of operators. -
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Mojio
Mojio
Our Telematics Engine is at the core of our platform. It’s what’s ‘under the hood’, powering high-performance connected car services at scale, while addressing critical concerns around data privacy, security and reliability. Telco-grade and proven to support hundreds of thousands of simultaneously connected vehicles across multiple regional jurisdictions, our Telematics Engine delivers best-in-class latency with three nines uptime. Helping your customers take better care of their cars is an essential value proposition for every connected car service. Mojio collects, enhances and translates rich diagnostic data related to vehicle health and performance. When it comes to driving styles, there are professionals, beginners and everything in between. Mojio collects and interprets key indicators, such as speeding, accelerating, braking and more, to shape a clearer understanding of the trips we make. -
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OpenText Connected Vehicle Platform
OpenText
The evolution of technology has created unprecedented change in the Automotive industry. Consumer transportation preferences have shifted towards electrification, global connectivity, diverse mobility and autonomous driving. As connected vehicles become platforms for customer experience, the digital driving experience will heavily influence consumer loyalty and brand preference. Controlling the in-vehicle user experience is paramount. Consumers expect a connected vehicle experience similar to that of their connected experience at home, work and via their smartphone device. Vehicles without the right kind of connectivity to accommodate mobile lifestyles will quickly fall off the consumer’s consideration list. OpenText™ Connected Vehicle Platform is a cloud-based environment that offers an identity-centric approach to improving the vehicle ownership experience. Secure IoT data across the connected supply chain. -
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Sibros
Sibros
Enable deep OTA software updates, edge data collection and diagnostic commands for any vehicle architecture on a single platform built for OEMs & the software-defined vehicle era. Accelerate product launch, mitigate recalls and delight customers with an award-winning connected vehicle platform that scales with you. Optimize fleet health, improve next-generation product designs, mitigate recalls and innovate new connected services with the Sibros Deep Connected Platform. Send safe and secure software updates to every ECU to fix code defects, reduce recall costs or upgrade vehicle functionality and performance anytime, anywhere with OTA Deep Updater. Optimize fleet health and enable new revenue-generating connected services by collecting deep, high-quality and actionable vehicle data from every ECU with OTA Deep Logger. Streamline maintenance processes and enrich connected services by triggering secure user or diagnostic commands to any ECU. -
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Otonomo
Otonomo
The Otonomo Platform provides secure data management and gives drivers granular controls over how their personal automotive data is shared. Patented technology performs data blurring for use cases requiring blurred data. Many mobility services can’t operate well without data from multiple automotive manufacturers (OEMs). Yet individual OEMs lack incentives to consolidate each others’ data. As a neutral third party, Otonomo aligns OEMs and the multitude of valuable apps and services that use car data. Third-party apps and services gain easy data access, while OEMs maintain control over which services can access their data. Our platform uses patented technology to cleanse, normalize, and enrich automotive data so that it is immediately usable by our ecosystem partners. We build enriched datasets that incorporate third-party sources and aggregated events and metrics for key use cases to save time and cost in development processes. -
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Platform Science
Platform Science
As your fleet and its needs evolve over time, our platform’s scalability, flexibility, and functionality help you stay in control. Our integrated devices and applications compute your fleet’s data in real-time, right at the source, your vehicles. Transform your vehicle into an IoT hub and unify all of its mobile devices on a single data plan. Keep your drivers connected on the go with an easy-to-use interface designed to help them with their daily workflow. With all your fleet’s networks combined, your vehicles will always have a strong signal anywhere the road takes them. Each vehicle on our platform is equipped with 4G LTE to ensure a reliable wireless connection. As mobile hotspots, your vehicles automatically pair with devices using WiFi within 330 feet. Sharing data is simple with automatic Bluetooth pairing within 115 feet of your vehicles. Our connected vehicle platform combines on-vehicle apps with cloud-based solutions to keep your fleet running with real-time data. -
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Pony.ai
Pony.ai
We are developing safe and reliable autonomous driving technology globally. Having accumulated millions of kilometers in autonomous road testing in complex scenarios, we have built a solid foundation to deliver autonomous driving systems at scale. Pony.ai was the first to launch Robotaxi service in December 2018, allowing passengers to hail self-driving cars via the PonyPilot+ App to start a new, safe and enjoyable journey. The service is currently available in Guangzhou, Beijing, Irvine, CA, and Fremont, CA. We have launched autonomous mobility pilots in multiple cities across the US and China, serving hundreds of riders every day. These pilots have enabled us to build a strong technical and operational foundation to further expand and improve our service. We have come together to tackle the biggest tech challenges in mobility. We are making concrete progress every day toward our vision of autonomous mobility everywhere. -
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Wipro AutoInsights
Wipro
AutoInsights is Wipro’s homegrown, end-to-end connected vehicle platform that uses telematics devices to capture data from automobiles, crunches data in the custom-built analytics engine, and offers a wide range of benefits to vehicle and fleet owners, telecom providers, device vendors, insurers, vehicle service stations, car resellers, transportation departments, law agencies, and the wider automobile ecosystem players. AutoInsights is built on open-source tools, with best-in-class cloud and digital technologies from the market’s leading product vendors. Launched in October 2017, AutoInsights offers 40,000 vehicles, including cars, bikes, trucks, buses, and off-road vehicles (electric and combustion engine) in seven countries around the globe. AutoInsights comprises six innovative products; two patented and three commercially deployed in the market. The vision is to “maximize the lifetime value” by connecting vehicles to the cloud through IoT devices. -
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Faurecia
Faurecia
Mobility is at a turning point. Connected vehicles, autonomous driving, ride-sharing and electrification will radically alter what we want and expect from time spent on the move. Faurecia’s Cockpit of the future and sustainable mobility innovations focus on providing a safer, more comfortable, and personalized journey and helping ensure cleaner, more environmentally-responsible transportation. Faurecia supports automakers with complete Hydrogen Storage System integration for different vehicle architectures that match the industry requirements with just-in-time delivery of end-of-Line tested turnkey systems. Optimized in carbon fiber to reduce weight and fuel consumption, our homologated tanks ( 350 and 700 bar) will be produced at Faurecia’s new center of expertise for Hydrogen Storage Systems in Bavans, France. Faurecia has already gained major contracts, for the production of Light Commercial Vehicles and for a large-scale heavy-duty commercial vehicle project. -
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Luxoft Autonomous
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company
We co-create smart solutions that empower clients to make the transition to sustainable mobility and enable the automotive world to move forward. Driven by the convergence of new technologies, AI, IoT, connected infrastructure, digitization, electrification, we’re rapidly advancing toward a revolutionized automotive future. An exciting time, providing the ultimate freedom with zero accidents, zero emissions and zero ownership. This is a great prospect for society, the economy and the environment. We enable automakers to innovate across vital areas of advanced automotive and mobility technology. Combining the agility, energy and speed of a startup with the reach, positioning and manpower of an enterprise, we deliver highly complex solutions, at speed, in critical environments. Meet your current and future software needs in the age of autonomous driving. Differentiate with highly personalized and intelligent in-vehicle experiences. -
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CerebrumX AI Powered Connected Vehicle Data Platform - ADLP is the industry’s first AI-driven Augmented Deep Learning Connected Vehicle Data Platform that collects & homogenizes this vehicle data from millions of vehicles, in real-time, and enriches it with augmented data to generate deep & contextual insights. ADLP provides a plug-in to manage and maintain Data Privacy, Anonymization and Consent Management at the source, to ensure that any personal information is treated based on the user consent. CerebrumX takes pride in bringing privacy to everything it does, going beyond just compliance with its white-label app and web solution.
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CarPal
CarPal Enterprise Incorporated
CarPal App is a user-friendly mobile application that provides real-time insights into vehicle health, performance, and driving behavior, enhancing the overall driving experience and safety. CarPal Connect enables advanced vehicle connectivity, offering remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and data-driven insights for optimized fleet management and maintenance. FleetPal is a comprehensive fleet management platform that empowers businesses with real-time tracking, driver behavior monitoring, and maintenance scheduling, improving fleet efficiency, reducing costs, and enhancing overall performance. InsurPal utilizes vehicle data and driver behavior analytics to provide personalized insurance solutions, enabling insurance providers to accurately assess risks, tailor coverage, and incentivize safe driving. FixPal is an online marketplace connecting drivers with trusted repair shops and services, offering convenience, transparency, and quality service for all automotive repair needs.Starting Price: $12 user/month -
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ARGUS
Argus Cyber Security
Connected vehicles now outpace the growth in both mobile phones and tablets. While connectivity can increase road safety and improve the transit experience, the more vehicles become connected, the more vulnerable they are to cyber attacks. No longer the realm of science fiction, recent events have shown that cyber threats transcend vehicle make and model to include all cars and commercial vehicles equipped with embedded or aftermarket connectivity. Given the potential for physical harm to motorists, passengers and property in case of a breach, Argus’ mission is to maintain road safety and to prevent costly vehicle recalls. Today, motorists, truckers and fleet operators expect advanced services without giving up their safety, security or competitiveness. Argus, the global leader in automotive cyber security, provides comprehensive and proven solution suites to protect connected cars and commercial vehicles against cyber-attacks. -
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Airlinq
AIRLINQ
Airlinq is accelerating the development and deployment of large scale connected applications around smart mobility and ecosystem monetization for automakers, mobile network operators and consumers around the world. Airlinq powers the next generation enterprise-grade cloud and edge platform to handle complex AI and IoT use cases for the new breed of connected assets like cars, autonomous pods and drones. This highly scalable, globally available platform is ready to support millions of connected assets and vehicles with mission-critical latency, security and reliability. Open your connected infrastructure, be it a car or a wearable, to third party service providers. Enable them to target and deliver hundreds of contextual and personalized digital services directly to the consumers. Create a wow experience with seamless service provisioning, consent, payment and billings. -
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables automotive manufacturers and suppliers to build serverless IoT applications that gather, process, analyze, and act on connected vehicle data, without having to manage any infrastructure. With AWS IoT, customers can connect vehicles and devices to the AWS Cloud securely, with low latency and with low overhead. To help customers more easily develop and deploy a wide range of innovative connected vehicle services, AWS offers a connected vehicle solution that provides secure vehicle connectivity to the AWS Cloud, and a framework that helps customers integrate AWS IoT and AWS Greengrass into the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) software stack. The connected vehicle solution includes capabilities for local computing within vehicles, sophisticated event rules, and data processing and storage. The solution is designed to provide a framework for connected vehicle services, allowing you to focus on extending the solution's functionality.
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BlackBerry IVY
BlackBerry
BlackBerry IVY™ is poised to advance the auto industry to deliver the most innovative driving experience. With its scalable, cloud-based software platform, improved operations and valuable data, BlackBerry IVY helps you unlock your connected vehicle’s full potential. Access critical vehicle data to speed the development of new in-vehicle customer experiences. Propel growth with new revenue streams. Expand ecosystems and community of app developers. Reduce computing costs with edge data processing. Improve operations with data visibility. BlackBerry IVY is a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that’s poised to give developers and automakers a reliable and secure way to share vehicle sensor data. With data normalization, partners will be able to discover actionable insights on board and in the cloud. BlackBerry IVY is built with the benefit of our expertise in automotive software and the broad portfolio of AWS capabilities, including IoT and machine learning. -
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Cerence
Cerence
The most powerful, most intelligent AI assistant solution for global mobility, Cerence offers a robust portfolio of products, services, toolkits, and innovations that brings tomorrow’s user experience to today’s mobility ecosystem. As the car of the future takes hold, Cerence leads the way with a new era of in-car assistants, a multi-modal, deeply integrated, proactive companion that accompanies drivers throughout their daily journeys, delivering effortless interaction that keeps drivers safe, comfortable, productive, and informed. Cerence Co-Pilot is a first-of-its-kind, multi-modal driving experience that transforms the automotive voice assistant into a proactive, intuitive, AI-powered companion that can support drivers like never before. Cerence Co-Pilot runs directly on a vehicle’s head unit, with advanced AI deeply integrated with car sensors and data to understand complex situations both inside the vehicle and around it.
Connected Car Software Guide
Connected car software is a type of technology that connects vehicles with the internet. It enables cars to communicate with other vehicles, services, and even roadways, using wireless communication such as Bluetooth, 3G/4G cellular networks, and satellite signals. With this technology cars can access real-time traffic updates, digital navigation maps and route information, weather forecasts, emergency notifications and alerts, roadside assistance services, vehicle diagnostics information sharing, remote diagnostics for car maintenance scheduling and much more.
Connected car software has revolutionized the way we drive and travel. Using cloud computing technology connected car systems are able to process large amounts of data from external sources in order to provide drivers with personalized recommendations based on their location or destination. Intelligent algorithms are used to learn about driver’s preferences and behavior so that a vehicle can offer personalized services tailored to individual needs—such as suggesting nearby restaurants or attractions when a user nears their destination or providing speed limit warnings when approaching school zones or residential areas.
In addition to its entertainment capabilities, connected car applications also focus heavily on safety measures such as automated collision avoidance systems which use cameras and radar sensors to detect objects in the vehicle's path. These measures help reduce the risk of collisions by warning drivers of imminent danger ahead of time. Connected car software also uses ‘smart braking’ technologies in order to alert drivers if they are driving too closely behind another vehicle or if they fail to recognize obstacles ahead of them while braking too late.
Ultimately connected car software is aimed at creating an intelligent transportation network that optimizes mobility while increasing safety standards. This technology is already being deployed in modern luxury cars but will soon be available for all vehicles within the coming years allowing us all to benefit from a smarter tomorrow on the roads today!
Features of Connected Car Software
- Remote Start/Stop: This feature allows drivers to start or stop their car remotely from a mobile device, providing added convenience and security when managing vehicle operations.
- GPS Tracking: Connected car software can track the exact location of a vehicle in real-time, often using built-in GPS technology. This feature is especially useful for monitoring teenage drivers or ensuring that employees are following company routes.
- Proactive Maintenance Alerts: Proactive maintenance alerts notify drivers about upcoming service needs based on collected data from the vehicle’s engine diagnostics system. This allows for preventative care, which saves money in the long run and prevents potential breakdowns.
- Fuel Management: Utilizing fuel management features, drivers can keep tabs on how much fuel their vehicle has left at any given time as well as receive automated notifications when it reaches certain levels of depletion. This feature also helps monitor efficiency and usage patterns over time.
- Parking Assistance: Having trouble finding parking spots? Connected car software can help by providing users with an up-to-date map of nearby parking locations that are available or full. It can even help you estimate the cost of various spots in order to save you money.
- Vehicle Security Alerts: Vehicle security alerts provide peace of mind by notifying users if there is suspicious activity detected while their car is parked (i.e., break-ins). They can then take action right away in order to prevent theft and property damage before it's too late.
Different Types of Connected Car Software
- In-car infotainment systems: These software systems are found in vehicles and give drivers access to a range of entertainment functions, such as audio streaming, navigation systems, and Bluetooth connections.
- Vehicle tracking software: This type of connected car software is used by fleet managers to keep track of company vehicles. It allows them to monitor the location of their vehicles in real-time.
- Diagnostic software: Connected car diagnostic software can detect errors in the vehicle’s performance and alert the driver with alerts or notifications. It also helps mechanics diagnose problems quickly and accurately.
- Autonomous driving software: This type of connected car technology enables a vehicle to drive itself without needing any input from a human operator. It is currently being developed by various companies and will be available for public use soon.
- Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS): ADAS provide features such as lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection, traffic sign recognition, automatic emergency braking and more. These features help drivers stay safe on the road and make driving easier.
- Remote access applications: This type of application allows drivers to monitor their cars remotely through their smartphone devices or tablets. They can check on things such as fuel levels or whether the doors are locked from anywhere at any time.
- Advanced telematics systems: These systems allow drivers to access a variety of features that are connected to the vehicle’s onboard computer. This includes diagnostics, information about traffic conditions, and even live-streaming video from the vehicle’s camera.
- Smart city applications: Smart city applications use data from connected vehicles in order to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion. The data is used by municipal governments and urban planners to make smarter decisions about infrastructure projects.
What are the Trends Relating to Connected Car Software?
- Increased Automation: Connected car software is making vehicles increasingly automated. Features such as adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist and the automatic emergency braking are all becoming more prevalent.
- Improved Safety: Connected car software is designed to help improve the overall safety of a vehicle by providing drivers with alerts and warnings, as well as providing additional layers of protection in the event of an accident.
- Enhanced User Experience: Connected car software is being developed to create a more engaging driving experience for users. This includes features such as voice control, gesture recognition, and other convenience technologies.
- Increased Connectivity: Connected car software is allowing vehicles to connect to the internet, allowing them to access real-time traffic data and other information. This can be used to provide drivers with better route guidance and other helpful features.
- Data Collection: The data collected from connected car software can be used to understand driving behaviors and trends, as well as giving insights into how a vehicle is performing over time. This can be used to develop better products and services for drivers in the future.
- Personalization: Connected car software is allowing vehicles to become more personalized, with drivers being able to customize their settings and preferences. This can range from climate control and entertainment settings, to personalized navigation and in-vehicle assistance.
Benefits of Using Connected Car Software
- Increased Efficiency: Connected car software helps drivers to become more efficient by providing real-time navigation assistance, traffic updates, fuel usage information, and other pertinent data while they are on the road. This can help drivers save time and money by providing them with the most efficient routes to their destinations.
- Improved Safety: Connected car software allows drivers to be alerted of possible dangers in the area that could put them at risk. The software can also provide collision detection and notification systems that alert users when an accident is imminent or has already occurred. Additionally, connected car software can provide driver fatigue warnings and other safety features designed to prevent accidents caused by driver negligence or error.
- Enhanced Experience: Connected car software enhances the overall driving experience by providing features such as music streaming services, voice recognition capabilities for hands-free calling and texting, internet access for real-time sports scores or news updates, and more. These features allow drivers to remain connected while still focusing on the task of driving safely.
- Convenience: Connected car software provides drivers with a host of convenience features including remote start capabilities that allow vehicles to be started from virtually anywhere with a smartphone or tablet—great for cold days when drivers forget to warm up their cars before heading out! It also provides automatic route planning functions that check traffic reports and suggest better routes based on current conditions in order to reduce travel time.
- Cost Savings: In addition to increased efficiency gains, connected cars often come with various cost savings benefits such as lower insurance rates due to decreased risks associated with automated safety technology. Additionally, some connected cars come equipped with intelligent energy management systems that monitor fuel economy and provide feedback on how drivers can get the best performance possible out of their vehicles—ultimately leading to long-term savings on gas costs over time.
How to Choose the Right Connected Car Software
- Research the different types of software available: There are many different types of connected car software out there, so it's important to do your research to determine which one is best suited for you and your vehicle. Consider factors such as compatibility with vehicles, system requirements, and user reviews.
- Determine what features you need: Connected car software offers a wide range of features, such as GPS navigation, traffic data, vehicle diagnostics, emergency assistance, and more. Think about the features that are most important to you and make sure they're included in any potential software solutions.
- Check for security precautions: Security should be an important factor when selecting any kind of technology; make sure that all connected car software offers encryption and other security measures to protect against unauthorized access or data theft.
- Compare prices: Make sure to compare prices from several providers before committing to a solution; a cheaper alternative may not be worth it if it doesn't offer all the features or level of security that you need.
- Ask for customer support: Make sure that the company provides customer support in case you have any issues or questions using their product; this will ensure that someone is always available to help if needed.
Compare connected car software according to cost, capabilities, integrations, user feedback, and more using the resources available on this page.
Who Uses Connected Car Software?
- Car Owners: Those who own vehicles outfitted with connected car technology, such as dashboard displays, in-car entertainment systems, and navigation tools.
- Commuters/Travelers: Drivers who use connected car software to track routes and plan trips. This type of user may also utilize real-time traffic data, lane guidance, and other features to save time while traveling.
- Automotive Technicians: Professionals tasked with keeping a vehicle running optimally. Connected car software helps technicians quickly diagnose mechanical issues and recommend solutions.
- Insurance Companies: Insurers who use connected car software to monitor the driving patterns of their customers for risk assessment purposes. This type of user may also analyze crash data in order to assess fault or liability in the event of an accident.
- Public Safety Organizations: Government agencies that leverage connected car software for public safety initiatives such as speed monitoring, distracted driving enforcement, and emergency response coordination.
- Developers/Manufacturers: Those tasked with creating and maintaining connected car applications and hardware components for vehicles of all types (e.g., sedans, SUVs, trucks). These users help ensure the smooth functioning of the product by resolving bugs or patching security vulnerabilities as they arise.
- Consumers: Drivers who use connected car software to customize their in-car experience, view vehicle diagnostic information, and access entertainment options such as music streaming.
- Researchers: Academics and other professionals who study the effects of connected car software on safety, driver engagement, and other aspects of transportation.
Connected Car Software Pricing
The cost of connected car software varies greatly based on the features and capabilities that you are looking for. A basic system may cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on the sophistication of the software and the number of devices it is capable of connecting with. On the higher end, you could be paying tens of thousands of dollars for a more comprehensive solution that includes advanced features like remote vehicle diagnostics and automated driving systems.
When shopping for connected car software, it's important to consider your specific needs and budget to determine which option is best for you. You'll also want to evaluate the reputation and customer service record of any vendor you purchase from, as well as their return policies in case something goes wrong with your system after installation. Finally, make sure you understand all terms and conditions associated with your purchase before signing off on anything. Taking the time to research all your options can help you find the best value for your money and ensure that you get a software package that meets your needs.
Connected Car Software Integrations
Connected car software can be integrated with a variety of different types of software to provide an enhanced user experience. Some popular examples of this are navigation systems, fleet management, entertainment consoles, and diagnostic testing programs that can help track vehicle performance. Additionally, automated driving assistant and safety monitoring software may integrate with connected car software to help alert owners if the vehicle is involved in an accident or deviates from its predetermined route. Lastly, mobile applications can be developed to access data from the connected car system to improve convenience for users and enhance their overall experience.