AutoKnow Mobile Car App
This mobile app helps Uber drivers
maintain their vehicle's health and tracks vitals like tire pressure, oil temperatures, fluid levels, battery health, amber alerts, and more.
These features are for drivers using gasoline powered vehicles, offering another layer of safety and peace of mind for drivers in unfamiliar
communities.
It works with Google Maps and can communicate with various authorities, authorized third parties, and selected friends and
family to ensure safety. Intended to be used as another tool to keep drivers informed and to protect from fraud and harm.
The Problem
Uninformed drivers are not aware of their car’s basic vital stats
and are victim to industry upsell and overcharging during Auto Repair & Maintenance visits. This creates an adverse effect
on the owner’s maintenance and discourages actionable critical care when the car first shows signs of trouble.
Uninformed drivers can jeopardize the safety of others and themselves when they neglect basic maintenance.
Exposing this information easily for all users will empower drivers, improve & reduce road service calls, reduce accidents,
prolong the lifespan of the auto, and inform healthy auto maintenance.
AutoKnow has the potential to reduce the
imbalance of services charged to informed/uninformed drivers.
Responsive Safety Features
Currently, there’s are no options on the market for combustible engine vehicles with the features built into the AutoKnow app. It requires consumer access to similar technologies currently utilized by mechanics, dealers, and garages. To work, the user must pair the app with the car and keep it updated via bluetooth.
In February 2021, A DoorDash delivery driver left his running car to deliver a meal in San Francisco with his two babies in their car seats asleep in the back. When he returned moments after getting out of his car, someone was in the driver’s seat and driving off into the night with his children.
An Amber Alert quickly flooded the area and with the public’s help, the babies were found safe and unharmed.
This App integrates the Amber Alert into its Alerts and provides real-time updates if opted in and within a geographic area. Quick action by citizen awareness made this a good ending. They were able to locate the babies, still asleep in their carseats, because of social media and crowd-sourcing the investigation.
Solution
- An App that’s easy to use.
- An App that’s easy to understand the vitals the car is reporting.
- An App that’s easy to find a solution or help if an issue requires help of some kind.
User Research
User Stories
As a User I want to use this app to measure, view, compare & be able to share the following information on my vehicle.
- Oil Level, Last Oil Change, Filter Status
- Tire Pressure
- Fluids
As a User I want to be able to teach my child the ‘art of auto maintenance’ from afar. With accurate data, we can bond over the steps to take when the tires need to be swapped.
As a Parent, I would like the templated data shared to be easily integrated into my normal workflow. I appreciate the comfort knowing the tires aren’t running low and the fluids are topped off.
User Personas
Assumptions
- User has a smart phone, the app and access to the internet.
- User has digital literacy skills to install and connect app to car with LDAP credentials and maintains app integration credentials with the car over time.
- User has access to a car with a combustible engine. The car’s tech and app are compatible and can easily provide data to the app.
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