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Overview

Light motor vehicles( Cars, SUV, MUV, etc) have become the indivisible part of human life. In spite of their extensive usage, the majority of the users are unaware of the subtle knowledge of the car which needs to be monitored with a particular interval basis. And this can be easily understood if one observes his/her vehicle keenly.

But most of the users don't take an effort to understand these things and finally end up reaching the service station which is a waste of time as well as money.

On the other hand the Auto enthusiasts in the system are very particular about the in and outs of their machines and would love to know the qualitative analysis of their favorite machine’s data and performance.

Need

Provide parameters which need to be taken care of and cater the users with enough statistics of their machine.

Goal

To come up with a solution that will bridge the gap between the users and regular parameters and statistics of their Vehicle.

Design Process

Research

Understanding the problem

& Finding the opportunity

Ideation

what is there any problem?

Why is it happening?

Online findings

User surveys

Finding the appropriate set of features

User Behaviours

SWOT analysis

Prototype

Develop the prototype

Insights from the Survey

A survey was conducted on group of 30 Vehicle enthusiasts and users of different age group and professionals and following were the obtained data

More than 68% of the people participating in the survey forget to check the air pressure.

More than 66% of the people tend to forget to recharge their fastag.

More than 84% of the people opted to have provision to check their vehicle status when they are out of home

84% of them keep a manual track on their vehicle’s fuel consumption.

Apart from the surveys, few qualitative studies have been made where it's found that few of the users don’t take consideration of these parameters since they are busy in their work, or someone else takes care of them. For example, father, brother, husband, driver etc..

Reminders of tyre pressure,
Emission Certificate,
Fastag
Track on Car Health
Fuel consumption data
Other consumable data

Strength

Weakness

All the features work only with cars released with OBD2 ports.
Cars' infotainment system without display might not enjoy the whole experience.
Smartphones should be connected to the cars with a multimedia cable.

Opportunity

Car health data shared with the car makers will help them to reduce commonly found problems of particular models of car and help fix them in upcoming models
Promoting good driving habits in later stages
Sharing these data with RTO authorities will ultimately lead to save energy and road traffic as well as accidents.