This is really actively used in fleet management domain today. Mostly for utilization analytics, fuel usage, idling detection, driver behavior etc. It is amazing how many efficiencies can be found in the data...
Basically there is a way to gather fuel usage, fuel levels, speed, Mass Air Flow Rate, rpm, etc etc. Adding accelerometer and GPS to the mix pretty much gives you a decent start to the vehicle analytics platform.
On heavy vehicles or if you want more data on light duty, tapping into CAN is the only way, but that can get very manufacturer specific...
Some of these are massively overpriced, but they are useful looking.
If I had a bit of cash I'd consider putting a 7" Android tablet into the dash (you'd need a double DIN slot) and install the torque app, with a custom moulded surround to make it look stock. Live engine data to satisfy your inner nerd!
Wow,the price is really steep, but I also could not find info on the hardware they use to interface with OBDII for Dashcommand. I think there is most likely additional cost for a wifi enable d device that plugs in to OBDII and forwards this data to the mobile app.
Yes, I noticed this too. It really hard to invest time with such a restrictive license. Do you know by any chance if Odometer value is a real odometer or distance since MIL or something else. Odometer is not a standard PID and I was curious to see if Ford opened that up.
OpenXC had a really easy to way to get odometer readings, otherwise according to [1] "For a Ford vehicle, the odometer can be read via a mode $22 PID of $6180 for km clusters, and $6182 for mph clusters.". [2] Also talks a bit about reading Odometer. Shame there isn't a standard for reading it.
This article is really helpful. One of the statements at the end talks about starting to work on a problem or idea immediately if it is possible(vs jotting it down). What is bizarre is that sometimes NOT staying focused on a specific task list yields extraordinary results.
It's interesting that a $ 2 Billion infrastructure project of this nature might be less relevant with self driving car projects. The amount of cars on the road, carpooling, distance between cars and many other factors will really impact the current approach to this problem.
Interesting. So in a sense focal points are areas of expertise that are aligned with your company metrics and individual goals. Can you elaborate on a single metric (app installs or other) that you defined for your company? How did you choose it? What was the process? Was it hard to stick to only one metric?
