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12/18/2023

🔐⚡Utility Empowerment Webinar: Join Us! 🚗🌐

Mark your calendars for December 19th at 9 am PST / 12 pm EST as we embark on a dynamic fireside chat: "Empowering Utilities - Ensuring Privacy and Security in EV Telematics Programs."

Thrilled to partner with Bidgely , this session promises insights into the future of energy innovation. Smartcar CEO, Sahas Katta, and Bidgely GM of Electric Vehicles & Analytics, Maria Kretzing, P.E., will delve into advancements in energy intelligence.

Key Discussion Points:
- Synergy Between Smartcar and Bidgely
- Enhanced Customer Engagement and Optimized Grid Outcomes
- Q&A on Security, Data Accessibility, and Long-Term Partnership Stability

Don't miss this chance to explore the future of energy innovation and data ownership!

🔗 Register Here: https://rb.gy/8njbas

12/14/2023

Today is the day! Join us for an insightful journey into the future of connected car apps in our : Explore the Future of Connected Car Apps: Unveiling Insights from Our 2023 State of Connected Car Apps Report!

📅 December 14th
🕚 Time: 11am PST / 2pm EST

🎙️ Meet Our Esteemed Panelists:
Dan Teeter - Director of Partnerships at Smartcar
Roger C. Lanctot - Director, Automotive Connected Mobility at TechInsights
Scott Case - Co-Founder & CEO at Recurrent

🎤 This session will be expertly moderated by Winona Rajamohan - Content Marketing Manager at Smartcar

This stellar lineup guarantees a thought-provoking discussion on the rapidly evolving landscape of automotive technology. Don't miss out – register today & mark your calendar. Stay tuned for an automotive conversation like no other! 🚗🚀

Register here: https://rb.gy/sbr8pi

11/02/2022

Tune in November 10th! 📺

Save your spot: https://bit.ly/3SWhKuC

06/15/2022

📣 Did someone say new vehicle compatibility?

We did!

Smartcar is now compatible with Kia vehicles in Europe ✨ Now your app can start onboarding one of the most popular EVs in the region today!

Check out our latest product update for more: https://smartcar.com/blog/june-2022/

06/07/2022

How will we achieve sustainable mobility?

Is it solely widespread vehicle electrification? Must we wait years for new urban planning efforts and city infrastructure?

The Energy Research and Social Science journal broke sustainable mobility down into three narratives for future policy and action: Electromobility, collective transport, and low-mobility societies 🍃

We explored how connected cars are helping sustainable mobility ecosystems make these narratives a new norm by improving access to:

📱Intuitive driver and commuter experiences
🏙 Hyperlocal services
🛤 Convenient mode shift

Read our latest blog here:

Explore how connected cars advance three sustainable mobility— electrification, collective transport, and low-mobility societies.

05/24/2022

Our Customer Success team works with businesses across industries to implement API integrations with 20+ vehicle brands. Along the way, we've learned:

➡ Best practices for implementation differ across brands
➡ How to navigate sudden vehicle API changes
➡ Common questions from vehicle owners
➡ What's needed for a frictionless go-to-market plan

From integration planning to ongoing proactive support, we're all about helping you lean on our experience and grow with our community.

Read more to learn what you can get working alongside our Customer Success team:

Smartcar's Customer Success team works with customers on our Enterprise plan to provide support for a smooth implementation.

05/19/2022

A few things that are good to know before building an app for connected cars 👇

1. What's a connected car and how many are there?

2. How many drivers use connected services accounts?

3. Where do API access tokens come into the picture?

If you haven't checked out our guide to car APIs, we cover everything you need to know! 📖

https://smartcar.com/blog/guide-to-car-api/

In this car API guide, learn how mobility companies accelerate market readiness by building automotive apps and services with a vehicle API platform.

05/11/2022

The first time Ashwin heard about Smartcar, he was at the Bay Area's first mobility hackathon.

A conversation with Smartcar's CEO, Sahas Katta, motivated Ashwin to build a Ruby SDK for our API.

Ashwin woke up to a tweet by Sahas, which led to an interview. The rest is history 😌

Over the past 2+ years at Smartcar, he's grown even more passionate about building and maintaining collaborative workplaces. He shares a few of his learnings in our latest for Inside Smartcar!

Learn how Staff Software Engineer, Ashwin, learned about the fundamentals of a great time from his very first interaction with Smartcar.

05/05/2022

The ICF Climate Center's latest report found that unmanaged EV charging could add up to 450 GW per hour to peak electricity demand ⚡

What this means for grids nationwide: Less reliability, less utilization of renewable energy sources, and more emissions to meet demand.

In our recent article on managed charging, ICF's Stacy Noblet adds that partnerships within the EV charging ecosystem allow for greater innovation in managed charging programs — like the collaboration between automakers and charging providers, hardware and software components, or utilities and emerging market entrants.

Read more to learn how vehicle telematics plays a role in this mix!

Electric vehicle telematics APIs help utilities improve data collection, customer education, and onboarding for EV managed charging programs.

04/26/2022

What do commercial auto insurance providers want to work with?

✔ More data visibility
✔ Less time spent on manual tasks
✔ Better user experiences
✔ No hardware installation

With the right APIs, that doesn't have to be a tall order.

We've partnered up with our friends at Finch to show you how you can improve data retrieval from vehicles and insured employees.

Hint: If integrations aren't already uniting your fragmented data sources, this could be useful for you!

Learn how information retrieval with APIs help commercial auto insurance providers increase revenue, quality of services, and productivity.