ADAXO
With these plans, the OEMs wants to convince the EU Commission not to overload vehicles with new technical requirements (e.g. S-OTP) again and again in view of the numerous regulatory plans, but to serve all data wishes with one solution. Cars could thus produce data like a smartphone, which would then be marketed centrally.
So far, there is no legal framework for the countless data that are generated in a vehicle and that can be linked to the vehicle owner. Only the technical data for repairs and maintenance are regulated. The industry itself wants to be the trustee for all data, specifically the German Association of the Automotive Industry. However, potential data users such as the ADAC, the insurance industry and independent car repair shops are mobilising against this. They are calling for a legal framework to safeguard competition.
Mobility data – the billion € business
Car manufacturers and suppliers alike sense a big business that they do not want to leave to third parties. Adaxo, “automotive data access, extended and open”, is the name of the VDA’s technical solution. It is an industry-owned data platform into which all relevant data from vehicles in operation flow. It is about a comprehensive data offer that is supported by all vehicle manufacturers across all models and with which “new business models” are to be created.
Sector-specific legislation is urgently needed
It is of vital importance that the Commission brings forward its proposal by October 2022 at the latest to ensure enough time is available to conclude a thorough Ordinary Legislative Procedure before the next European Parliament elections in May 2024. Any further delay would mean that the vehicle manufacturers and “hyperscalers”, with whom they are already closely cooperating, will gain an unfair and artificial head-start in the market for services around the connected vehicle.
