The Current Landscape of Connected Car APIs

API Days June 14, 2014

Liz Slocum Jensen CEO, Road Rules

Agenda

About Me

5 Styles of Connected Car APIs

API Endpoints

Current Status of APIs

About Me

Liz Slocum Jensen CEO, Road Rules

Driven: A platform that talks to any connected car in the cloud

3rd Party Application

Driven API

Auto Maker 1

Auto Maker 2

Auto Maker 2

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Road Rules: Automation for the Road

2013 2014

5 Styles of Connected Car APIs

• Vehicle Embedded Modem

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• After Market Device Modem

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• Tethered Mobile Phone

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• Cloud!

• Mobile Phone!

• Head Unit

Connectivity API Access Points

Connectivity: Embedded Modem API: Cloud

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Vehicle with built in data modem

Automaker or Telematics Provider

API Endpoint

Web Application

Automaker Developer Apps

Mobile App

Remote

Connectivity: After Market Modem API: Cloud

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Vehicle with aftermarket OBDII dongle

Web App

Device Maker

OBDII

Device Maker

Developer Apps

API Endpoint

Mobile App

Connectivity: Tethered Mobile Phone API: Cloud

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Mobile Apps

Vehicle with aftermarket OBDII dongle

Device Maker Servers

OBDII

Device Maker

Developer Apps

API Endpoint Web App

Connectivity: Tethered Mobile Phone API: Mobile Phone SDK

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Vehicle with tethered via Bluetooth

Automaker

Developer Apps

Web App

Mobile App

SDK

Connectivity: Embedded or Tethered API: Head Unit API

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IVI

Web App

Automaker Developer

IVI Head UnitPlatform

Head UnitApp

Connected via embedded data modemor tethered phone

data modemor tethered phone

API

API Endpoints

Commands

After Market

Climate Control

Doors

Honk

Start Vehicle

Automaker

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Vehicle Status

Automaker After Market

Ambient Light/Temp

Brake

Door

Engine

EV Charging

Headlights

Internal Component Temp

Speed

Steering Wheel

Transmission

Tires

Wipers

AccelerationBattery Info

Diagnostic CodesEngine

FuelGPS

HeadingOdometer

SpeedTrip Info

Vehicle Info

Events

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Current Status of APIs

API Availability

Not Publicly Available

Research & Tinkering

Ready for Developers

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…more to come!

What’s Not Working

• Frequency of data - limited by bandwidth cost!

• OEM API’s lack support!

• Unresolved: Who’s going to pay for connectivity? !

• Unresolved: Who owns the data?

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What’s Working

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• After Market Device APIs!

• Event based APIs - no polling!

• OAuth

Wish List

• Automakers release more data points !

• More automakers release APIs !

• More affordable and faster data bandwidth

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liz@roadrules.co @WhatLizTweets @RoadRulesApp