# Smartcar

> Smartcar is the translation layer between mobility software and the proprietary cloud systems inside connected cars. Its APIs let businesses read consented vehicle signals and issue commands across more than 40 automakers without installing aftermarket hardware, turning a problem the founders first met while building their own car app into infrastructure for EV charging, insurance, rideshare, car sharing, maintenance, and small fleets.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, United States
- **Founders:** Sahas Katta (CEO and co-founder), Sanketh Katta (Co-founder and board member)
- **Products:** Smartcar API V3, Smartcar Connect, Vehicle Signals, Vehicle Commands, Webhooks and compatibility tools
- **Notable:** Raised $36 million in disclosed funding through Series B., Expanded from initial BMW and Hyundai relationships to support more than 40 automakers across North America and Europe., Reported compatibility with more than 175 million vehicles in its February 2024 product update.

## Products & services

- **Smartcar API V3** — A standardized API for connected-vehicle signals and commands, with application-level authentication, connection management, a common signal schema, and user-aware webhooks.
- **Smartcar Connect** — An OAuth2-based consent flow through which a vehicle owner links a car and grants an application specific data permissions without Smartcar storing the owner's credentials.
- **Vehicle Signals** — Normalized access to data such as odometer, location, fuel, state of charge, charging status, tire pressure, and estimated range, subject to brand and vehicle compatibility.
- **Vehicle Commands** — Remote actions including lock, unlock, start or stop charging, set a charge limit, and send a destination, where the vehicle and automaker support them.
- **Webhooks and compatibility tools** — Event delivery, retries, compatibility checks, request logs, simulated vehicles, and a dashboard for managing connections and debugging integrations.
- **SDKs and developer documentation** — Open-source SDKs for web, mobile, and backend stacks, supported by API references, guides, error documentation, and AI-assisted documentation search.

## Achievements

- Raised $36 million in disclosed funding through Series B.
- Expanded from initial BMW and Hyundai relationships to support more than 40 automakers across North America and Europe.
- Reported compatibility with more than 175 million vehicles in its February 2024 product update.
- Powered Uber's Battery-Aware Matching for eligible EV drivers.
- Released API V3 in April 2026 with one application-level token, standardized signals, unified commands, and revamped webhooks.
- Maintains public, open-source SDKs across JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, Ruby, iOS, Android, and Flutter ecosystems.
- Ranked third overall among data specialists in the 2025 Ptolemus usage-based-insurance solution-provider ranking, according to Smartcar's LinkedIn update.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Smartcar's public brand-reliability page continued to report automaker-specific incidents and maintenance, illustrating both the breadth of the platform and its dependence on upstream OEM services.
- **2026-08** — Smartcar's public GitHub organization showed active updates across its Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Flutter SDK repositories.
- **2026-04** — Smartcar released API V3 with application-level tokens, standardized signals, unified vehicle commands, updated webhooks, and a compatibility matrix based on observed platform traffic; V2 deprecation was scheduled for Q4 2026.
- **2026-04** — Smartcar announced an automaker-authorized European integration with Volkswagen Group Info Services AG for charging data and controls across multiple Group brands.
- **2025-11** — Wallbox partnered with Smartcar to bring vehicle battery information into the myWallbox charging experience.
- **2025-08** — BMW selected Smartcar as a scaled partner for access to BMW charging APIs in selected European markets.

## Links

- Website: https://smartcar.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartcar/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mysmartcar/
- GitHub: https://github.com/smartcar
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysmartcar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smartcar/

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Last updated: 2026-09-28