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Automotive software developmentFrom the forecourt to the workshop, connected.

Buying, servicing and managing vehicles involves many hands and many systems. We build the software that connects them, and vision systems that see what inspectors see.

Talk through an automotive product

What gets in the way in automotive.

  • Operations run on disconnected tools

    Inventory, sales, finance and after-sales each have their own system, and none of them agree.

  • Inspection is slow and inconsistent

    Damage assessment and quality checks depend on who is looking and how much time they have.

  • Customers expect to do it online

    People want to browse, configure, book and pay digitally, then pick up where they left off in person.

  • Vehicle and workshop data goes unused

    Valuable signals about usage and maintenance are collected but rarely turned into decisions.

What gets built for automotive.

Common products in this sector, and the discipline that leads each one.

  • Dealer and inventory platforms

    One system for stock, pricing, leads and sales across locations.

    Web

  • Vehicle inspection and damage detection

    Photos analysed for damage and condition, consistently and in seconds.

    Computer Vision

  • Service booking apps

    Scheduling, reminders and status updates in the customer's pocket.

    Mobile

  • Fleet dashboards

    Vehicle status, usage and maintenance in a single operational view.

    Web

  • Predictive maintenance

    Models that flag likely issues before they become breakdowns.

    AI & ML

What to weigh before you build.

General guidance, not legal advice. The specifics for your organisation are settled with you during Discover.

  • Inspection models live or die on real conditions

    Rain, dusk, reflections on paint and a dirty lens all change what a camera sees. A vision system has to be tested on images from your own yards and bays, not on clean sample photos.

  • Dealer and finance systems set the pace

    Inventory, finance and parts platforms are usually third-party and slow to change. The realistic plan is to integrate with them cleanly instead of expecting to replace them.

  • Staff use it standing up

    Workshop and forecourt software is used on a phone or tablet, with gloves, between other tasks. That changes the interface more than any feature list does.

What each discipline brings to automotive.

Frontend
  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
Backend
  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • .NET
Mobile
  • Flutter
  • React Native
  • Native iOS
  • Native Android
AI / ML
  • Python
  • AI APIs
  • Machine learning models
  • Computer vision
Cloud & Infrastructure
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Firebase
  • Supabase
How we choose technologyHow a project runs

Questions about automotive software.

Can computer vision assess vehicle damage from photos?

It can detect and locate visible damage consistently, and flag what a person should look at more closely. How well depends on capture: guided photo flows in a mobile app improve results more than a bigger model does.

Can you integrate with our dealer management system?

In most cases, through the interfaces the vendor provides. We check what is actually available before scoping features that rely on it.

Do you build customer-facing apps as well as internal tools?

Yes. Booking, service status and ownership apps for customers, and inspection, inventory and workshop tools for staff, often on the same backend.

Related work.

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