Smartdriverclub gives used cars the connectivity of new cars

Smartdriverclub, the connected car service which launched last summer by entrepreneur Penny Searles from her offices in Southampton and now being rolled out across used car dealer networks across the UK and direct to motorists, aims to give motorists more control over their motoring costs. Smartdriverclub works through a plug in device under the dashboard that connects the car to Smartdriverclub and gets it talking to identify emerging technical faults, show if the driver’s been in accident so that emergenc
April 28, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

Smartdriverclub, the connected car service which launched last summer by entrepreneur Penny Searles from her offices in Southampton and now being rolled out across used car dealer networks across the UK and direct to motorists, aims to give motorists more control over their motoring costs.

Smartdriverclub works through a plug in device under the dashboard that connects the car to Smartdriverclub and gets it talking to identify emerging technical faults, show if the driver’s been in accident so that emergency services can be contacted, track the car if it’s been stolen, find the car if it’s broken down.  This, along with a whole range of other cost saving services including competitive insurance for safe drivers, can be viewed and managed on a smartphone app or online via a secure online portal.

Motoring expert and TV presenter Mike Brewer has become a brand ambassador for Smartdriverclub, which he described as a ‘genius idea’, giving used car drivers the connectivity that enables all the services that are becoming standard in new cars.

Related Content

  • November 2, 2016
    Prevention is better than cure says Antaira’s David Zaveski
    Antaira’s David Zaveski looks at how to improve the resilience of Ethernet systems. Detection and monitoring, and the subsequent management of transport systems, is becoming ever more sophisticated and also integrated as ITS spreads wider across cities and along highways and rail corridors.
    Read More
  • January 14, 2013
    AT&T shows connected car of the future
    AT&T is joining the connected car market, with the unveiling of its connected car program at the recent Consumer Electronics Show. According to AT&T mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, analysts expect more than 20 million connected cars will take to the road in the next three years, and AT&T wants to be at the forefront of this emerging market. The company demonstrated its intentions in a video showing the kind of technologies that can be expect its vision of the future connected car, including biometric sensors
    Read More
  • March 31, 2017
    Smartphone solution for parking performance
    Automated parking offers optimised space utilisation and fewer damage complaints as David Crawford discovers. As cars become smarter, technology designed to make parking them more straightforward is developing in parallel. In turn, it is becoming clear that the places where vehicles spend much of their time will need to respond – more comprehensively than by supporting established aids such as smartphone-based parking location and reservation, or payment for time used.
    Read More
  • March 31, 2017
    Smartphone solution for parking performance
    Automated parking offers optimised space utilisation and fewer damage complaints as David Crawford discovers. As cars become smarter, technology designed to make parking them more straightforward is developing in parallel. In turn, it is becoming clear that the places where vehicles spend much of their time will need to respond – more comprehensively than by supporting established aids such as smartphone-based parking location and reservation, or payment for time used.
    Read More

Highlighted Content