Automotive Software Development

Usually. The major DMS platforms expose APIs or scheduled data exports, though what is available varies considerably by vendor and contract tier. Older on-premise systems often mean database-level extraction or file exchange instead. We establish what your specific installation exposes during discovery rather than assuming from vendor documentation, because DMS integration access is frequently narrower than the API reference suggests.

It depends on the source. OEM telematics APIs give you what the manufacturer chooses to expose, usually with rate limits and a commercial agreement attached. Aftermarket OBD devices give you more control and hardware responsibility. Fleet telematics providers sit in between. Each has different latency, granularity and cost, and the choice shapes the product, so we resolve it before design rather than during build.

Accurate enough to triage and estimate, not to settle unseen. Models identify panel damage, severity and likely repair operations from images, which speeds up claims and trade-in valuations considerably. Structural damage, mechanical faults and anything behind a panel still need physical inspection. We build it as a first-pass assessment with a human decision on anything above a value threshold.

All three, and the constraints differ sharply. Manufacturers bring long programme cycles, supplier ecosystems and strict validation. Dealer groups need systems that work across sites with central control and local flexibility. Aftermarket and parts businesses are closer to complex commerce, with fitment data and trade pricing tiers the hard part. The engineering discipline is shared; the timelines are not.

We support programmes rather than build autonomy stacks. That means data pipelines, annotation tooling, model evaluation infrastructure and the engineering around perception work. Building a production autonomous driving system is a different undertaking requiring safety certification and domain specialism we do not claim. If that is what you need, we will say so.

For a defined scope we target a working MVP in 30 days and a core production build in 90. Automotive extends when OEM data access agreements, DMS vendor approval or hardware integration are involved, and manufacturer programmes run on their own validation cycles. We flag which apply during the free solution architecture.