The connected vehicle

The data source no rented tool can reach.

Every dealer competes on the same DMS and CRM exports. CarConnective adds the one input nobody else has: the vehicle itself — owner-consented telemetry read straight from the car, across 40+ automakers, with no hardware and no stored credentials. It's the foundation every one of our modules fires on, and the moat that compounds the longer you run it.

40+ automakers, one connection289M / 42M US / UK vehicles on the roadZero hardware or donglesISO 27001 + 27701 certified data layer
The moat

The car tells you what it needs — before the customer asks.

A dealership's richest data source drives off the lot the day of delivery — and goes dark. Connected-vehicle data changes that: with the owner's consent, the car itself reports in. Oil life crossing a threshold books the service visit. Mileage velocity projects a lease overage weeks early. An equity position turning positive surfaces the trade to sales. A recurring, per-vehicle signal no aftermarket tool can replicate — owned through your customer relationship, not bought from a data broker.

Live vehicleLive
Connected vehicle · VIN ···4821
Odometer41,230 mi
Engine oil life18% · service due
Tire pressureAll OK
Battery82%
DiagnosticsNo codes
Trade-ready in ~2 months — surfaced to sales
How it works

Consented in. Acted on. Provable.

01

The owner connects

The customer authorizes their own vehicle through an explicit consent flow — the same pattern as linking a bank account. They see every permission, per vehicle, and can disconnect any time. No credentials stored, nothing installed, no dongle.

02

The signals stream

Odometer, oil life, tires, battery, diagnostics — read directly from the vehicle across 40+ automakers, software-only. Each reading lands on the customer's fused record, next to their deals, ROs and history.

03

The right action fires

The brain turns each reading into the right move at the right moment: a service booked when it's actually due, a lease overage caught early, a trade-ready owner surfaced to sales — automatically, consent-gated.

The signals

What the vehicle reports.

OdometerVerified, tamper-proof mileage
Engine Oil LifeRemaining oil-life percentage
EV Battery & ChargeState of charge and range
Tire PressurePer-tire status, live
DiagnosticsFault codes the moment they trip
Fuel LevelTank percentage and refuel timing
LocationLast-known vehicle coordinates
VIN & Service HistoryIdentity plus dealer records
Signal → action

What every department does with it.

The same live vehicle, read once — turned into a different win in every corner of the store. That's what one fused record makes possible.

Sales

Equity turns positive + mileage velocity

A trade offer reaches the owner before they ever start shopping.

Service

Oil life crosses its threshold

The appointment is booked at the moment the work is actually due.

Marketing

Ownership and usage signals

Retention outreach timed to the vehicle's real life — not a calendar blast.

Reception

Vehicle-in-shop status + open recalls

Every caller is known before hello — history, recalls, lease position.

Operations

Every read, every consent event

Appended to a tamper-evident evidence trail — provable on demand.

F&I

Factory-warranty expiry window

A protection conversation with a real repair-cost number, at the right time.

See all 36 modules it powers
Trust & consent

Consent is the feature, not the fine print.

The customer connects their own car, sees every permission, and can disconnect in one tap. Data minimization by design — on infrastructure that's independently certified before a single vehicle is ever connected.

What's read

  • Odometer, oil life, tire pressure, battery, diagnostics
  • The signals that predict a service need or a trade window
  • Only what the owner explicitly authorized

What never is

  • Conversations, contacts, or anything from the cabin
  • Owner PII beyond what the relationship already holds
  • Anything after the owner disconnects — one tap, any time
SOC 2 Type 2Independently audited
ISO 27001Information security
ISO 27701Privacy management
AES-256Encrypted at rest

Certifications shown are held by the connected-vehicle data layer CarConnective reads through. Full detail — including our own SOC 2 program — in the Trust Center.

Coverage

One connection. 40+ automakers.

Mainstream to luxury to EV, across the US, UK and Europe — from a parc of 289 million vehicles on US roads and 42 million in the UK.

ToyotaHondaFordChevroletNissanJeepHyundaiKiaSubaruBMWMercedes-BenzAudiVolkswagenLexusTeslaVolvo
MazdaGMCCadillacRamBuickChryslerDodgeAcuraPorscheMINILand RoverJaguarInfinitiLincolnMitsubishi
See it on a real car

Watch a vehicle report in, live.

Book a demo and we'll connect a real vehicle in front of you — signals in, action out, evidence logged. Then we'll map what the layer does across your book.