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CLIENT CASE STUDY • AUTOMOTIVE

Developing Volkswagen's Connected Car Platform

Volkswagen needed to build a connected car platform to enable remote vehicle management, predictive maintenance, and in-car digital services for their global fleet.

Volkswagen project team

PROJECT SUMMARY

A partnership built for measurable momentum.

Volkswagen needed to build a connected car platform to enable remote vehicle management, predictive maintenance, and in-car digital services for their global fleet.

2+

Engagement length

8

Specialists assigned

automotive

Industry

Dedicated team

Engagement model

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge worth solving.

Volkswagen needed to build a scalable connected car platform that could handle millions of IoT events per second while providing real-time vehicle diagnostics and remote control capabilities.

Our experience with IoT platforms and high-throughput event processing made us the right technology partner.

Building a connected car platform that processes 10M+ IoT events per second across a global fleet of 10M+ vehicles.
Collaborative product planning

THE SOLUTION

A solution designed to move faster.

We provided a dedicated team of React Native, Go, and IoT engineers to build the connected car platform. Our team implemented real-time event processing, predictive maintenance algorithms, and a cross-platform mobile app.

About Volkswagen. Volkswagen Group is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, with a global fleet of over 10 million connected vehicles. Their digital services platform enables owners to manage their vehicles remotely.

RESOURCES & TECHNOLOGIES

All technologies used.

8Dedicated developers, QA and delivery specialists
React NativeGoAWS IoTKubernetesTimescaleDB
WatchHow delivery team

THE OUTCOME

What we built together.

Over our 2-year engagement, we:

What we builtHow the client benefited

Built the connected car platform serving 10M+ vehicles globally.

Reduced predictive maintenance false positives by 45%.

Achieved sub-100ms latency for real-time vehicle commands.

Enabled OTA update deployment across the entire fleet.

Reduced predictive maintenance false positives by 45%.

Built the connected car platform serving 10M+ vehicles globally.

Enabled OTA update deployment across the entire fleet.

Achieved sub-100ms latency for real-time vehicle commands.

TimescaleDB capability integrated into the delivery roadmap.

Reduced predictive maintenance false positives by 45%.

React Native capability integrated into the delivery roadmap.

Enabled OTA update deployment across the entire fleet.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Case study FAQs.

We provided a dedicated team of React Native, Go, and IoT engineers to build the connected car platform. Our team implemented real-time event processing, predictive maintenance algorithms, and a cross-platform mobile app.
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KIND WORDS

WatchHow has been a great business partner, providing quality development resources to augment a high-performing and fast-moving development team. Their IoT expertise was invaluable.
VP of Digital ServicesVolkswagen

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