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An automotive master plan that outlines a vision for the future of the next generations of car is taking shape. Connecting all the vehicles that drive around with us is now universally believed to be the future of mobile transport. A vehicle payments platform will be multi-layered and include passenger vehicles, heavy duty trucks, buses, integrating parking, tolls, fuel/ charging, maintenance, car washes, the drive-through fast food outlet. And already some have access to a digital assistant that helps with booking reservations, hotels, etc, alleviating the need for the driver to find and locate a credit, or debit card, or other form of payment platform. Not needing to read the numbers over the phone in turn reduces driver / passenger interaction with many service providers whilst on the move.

A vehicle payments platform is beginning to take centre stage, which is why many automotive companies are already working on this, however no one has fully developed an effective integrated seamless model yet. First up is to further expand the electric vehicle product line to support all major segments. The development of a selfdriving capability that is many times safer than manual driving via fleet adaptive learning is fast approaching. Then watch an on-call vehicle hire system be on offer, which allows you to make money from your self-driving car when you are not using it. Then tie it all in with an operating system that allows your car to pay for things using a of digital payments platform.

With this technology on hand, an automated payment economy coupled with the use of an electric autonomous vehicle such as a self-driving car, providing valuable spare time while on route. This leaves plenty of opportunity to plan, shop and make purchases heading to your destination. No wonder the rest of the automotive world including Ford, Honda, Mercedes,

BMW etc are looking to integrate Android and Apple payments and other platforms may take centre stage whilst working on autonomous electric cars. Wouldn’t a multi-access vehicle and personal payments platform make sense?

To make an in-vehicle payment system better and encourage usage, the user experience must be simple, secure and safe. Integrating customer needs with functionality and simplicity will go a long way to direct which vehicle payment platform method will be the preferential choice. Using market research and test markets, these types of design and usability preferences should be easily determined through a welldesigned user experience research programme.

The value proposition of including an in-vehicle payments platform may be lost on consumers today, but soon it may be as common as your visa pay wave, much like cruise control and blue tooth capability.

Before vehicle manufacturers can proceed to connect the vehicle across complex multi-platform systems any payments platform must also be safe from hacking and potential safety and component malfunction. Steps are being taken to protect the multiple gateways and networks controlled by Gateway security systems.

Building vehicles with electronic gateways which are devices that enable secure and reliable communications between the vehicle’s electronic systems. Security and system integrity has become a priority in the automotive manufacturing industry. An increasing number of electronic systems contribute most of today’s modern vehicle innovations functions and features. This exponential growth is transforming complex vehicle network architectures with automotive gateways that provide direct seamless communications between vehicle networks and data speed & bandwidth, security, and safety. All connected cars are potential targets for remote attacks, and hacks without gateway security protection, just like your home computer or smart phone they can become compromised. Potentially resulting in theft of data, or worse the loss of control possibly resulting in serious injuries or death, which could lead to extremely negative outcomes for all concerned. Fortunately developing automotive gateway security technology reduces the risk of cyber hacks and protect driver / passenger safety when required, as well as preventing vehicle theft and loss of intellectual property. An automotive gateway has a critical role for vehicle security, performing data transfer and routing functions via vehicle-wide applications and for those professional automotive providers who are looking for something to add to their workshop technology using Intelligent Diagnosis we have new diagnostic solutions coming soon that can assist with these new gateway security protocols.

All our LAUNCH scanners are NOT OBD code readers posing as scanners, like some other scanners on the market. Call us to find out more details and of course we can provide finance for the cost of what you would make from one diagnostic scan per week. Based on finance on a Launch X431 PRO3S+ V4.0 2021 set over two years. It just makes sense.

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