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information right on your mobile device
Tracking a car’s location or rating a driver is what we do when riding in an Ola or an
Uber. What if we told you that your own car can do the same and even rate you on your
driving skills?
As cars get smarter every day, a lot of telemetry data is recorded in a car that makes
diagnostics of cars easier when one goes to a service center. While not all data is shared
with the owner, the new connected cars share a lot of vital information to the driver.
Volkswagen’s Connect Edition car range is one of them. These cars are fitted with an
onboard diagnostics (OBD) unit that records data from the car and relays that
information to the car owner’s mobile device.
The OBD device in the car talks to the VW Connect app via the Bluetooth interface
and shows off important information like the vehicle’s identification number (VIN),
mileage, fuel tank level, battery level, oil service and so on.
To make things easier and a one-stop app for everything related to the Volkswagen
car, the app lists service centers based on the car’s location and acts as a digital logbook
that tracks all the trips, distance travelled and even a visual representation on the map
along with the last location of the parked car.
That’s not all though. VW Connect rates your driving skills as well. The app rates your
overall driving based on the engine speed, acceleration, braking and speed. This kind of
assessment helps to know where you have committed a mistake on the road and
improve it.
AGE OF SMART CARS