A mobile application that allows you to get more from the car

Original author: Ryan Lawler
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Recently, the topic of developing applications for cars has become quite relevant. The market is rapidly responding to such signals, and reviews of applications aimed specifically in this direction are increasingly found on the network.

One such application is Automatic (iOS). It consists of two parts - a hardware dummy plug that connects to the on-board computer of the car, and the application itself on the device. The whole set will cost the car owner $ 70, and will allow you to transfer data from the car to the phone via Bluetooth.



How it works: the application analyzes the received data and starts acting as a smart driving assistant. The application analyzes all your trips and provides the user with tips on how to drive more carefully, how to reduce fuel consumption and how to generally increase the life of the car. In addition, Automatic also calculates the average fuel consumption for a particular trip.

The main goal of the application is so that the driver can look at his car in a new way. In addition, there were some game mechanisms that are now fashionable; the application has “driver scores”. Points are calculated based on various parameters, for example, the number of sudden braking during a trip or speeding.

One of the most interesting features of the application is the “timeline” (almost one in one repeating the implementation of the timeline in Path), which records all your trips, their duration, fuel consumption, route on the map, in general, almost any information on a particular trip. The more such information the driver has, the easier it will be for him to optimize his routes and subsequently save his time and money.


The second no less interesting, and most importantly useful feature is a decryption of problems. Instead of dragging the car into the service as soon as the “check engine” icon lights up, you can just see what is wrong in the application. If a breakdown occurred during an accident, then Automatic sends the coordinates of the car to emergency services.

Also, the application allows you to save the location of the car in the parking lot. When the user shuts off the engine, Automatic records the location of the last connection to the hardware part of the product.

In general, the main goal of the project is to teach smarter driving. For example, driving at a speed of 110 km / h instead of 130
km / h reduces fuel consumption by 15%. According to the creators of the application, such moments over time reduce the cost of a car many times over.

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Would you buy this app for $ 70?

  • 36.1% Yes 190
  • 32% No, too expensive 168
  • 31.8% No, it is useless to me 167

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