“We looked at everything from scratch and where the company could add value,” said Brooks. It began delivering maintenance data on CD-Roms 15 years ago, and offered CDs online a decade ago.Ī business review revealed there was a huge market for automotive data, prompting the firm to begin the move to online data services. The project follows a multimillion-pound investment by the company in open source software, which has allowed it to open up its data to garages, parts manufacturers and car comparison websites.Īutodata began life 40 years ago, producing printed maintenance books for car mechanics. “The control system will be able to use our data and send an alert to the driver to say their next service is due next week, for example, and it will cost £100 and take 1.5 hours.”
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The company plans to combine its technical databases on cars, vans and motorcycles with service data from garage workshops to alert drivers and mechanics when their vehicles need servicing.Ĭars and commercial vehicles will be able to send their mileage electronically to a control system, which will analyse the service data of similar vehicles and alert drivers to potential problems, said Autodata CTO Neil Brooks.
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