Automotiv Exports July 2022

WirelessCar Expands Connected Vehicle
Services with New Android Automotive
OS-based Applications
WirelessCar, a leading connected car
services provider, today announced an
expansion of applications built on the
Android Automotive Operating System
(Android Auto OS), paving the way for
automakers to develop new, truly digital
services for their customers in a fraction of
the traditional development time.
WirelessCar is since this spring featuring
these new applications globally in cars
from Polestar, the Sweden-based premium
electric vehicle manufacturer. WirelessCar
made the announcement today at
AutoTech: Detroit, an influential trade show
hosted by Informa and WardsAuto.
Currently, automakers are locked into
long development cycles. It can take 12
to 24 months in order to bring hardware,
software and new in-vehicle logic to
market. Using WirelessCar’s new Android
Auto OS applications, automakers will be
able to offer new connected car services
with little or no lead time and dramatically
reduced expense. It will also be easier to
update in-vehicle apps with over-the-air
updates.
One of WirelessCar’s new applications,
Journey Log, collates and tracks details
about each ride taken in a vehicle, securely
storing the data in the WirelessCar cloud.
This application benefits consumers and
businesses who need to track mileage and
energy consumption and allows for the
categorization of trips. The service can also
be extended for Usage Based Insurance
(UBI) applications.
Another new WirelessCar Android Auto OS
application for larger businesses gathers
this same kind of trip information for fleets,
such as rental car companies. Fleet owners
will be able to monitor the usage and
availability of fleet vehicles in real time and
on a system level. For example, they’ll be
able to get alerts based on the number of
hours each vehicle is used or when it goes
out of specified geographical boundaries.
“Automakers will be one of the big winners
with WirelessCar’s next-generation
technology,” said Niklas Florén, CEO
of WirelessCar. “Car companies using
WirelessCar’s applications will be able to
analyze real-world vehicle data that will
drive better decisions about features and
engineering.”
Another advantage for automakers will
be smoother integration of new apps and
services, including third-party apps. Any
data collected in the WirelessCar cloud can
be anonymized, removing any personally
identifiable information that would
compromise consumer privacy. Instead of
merely maintaining their existing systems
with a digital veneer, automakers will be able
to offer truly digital services.
WirelessCar forecasts that 70 percent of
automakers will introduce Android Auto
OS on new models by 2025. WirelessCar is
already working extensively on Android Auto
OS, developing new in-vehicle applications to
connect the latest vehicles with WirelessCar’s
products and services, which it has designed,
evolved, and operated for numerous global
car brands over the past 20 years. By
leveraging Android Auto OS, WirelessCar will
bring automakers new ways to interact with
both their B2C and B2B customers; seamless,
real-time access to vehicle data; and built-in
privacy settings. WirelessCar’s solutions
allow auto companies to maintain full control
and ownership of the information generated
by their vehicles.
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