WirelessCar is a connected-vehicle software business founded in 1999 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where it originated as a joint venture between Ericsson, Volvo and Telia. The company is now owned by Volkswagen Group. It develops and operates connected vehicle services and cloud-based API products for automotive OEMs, working across telematics, vehicle data access and management, digital key management, EV routing, journey intelligence and shared mobility.
The engineering scope covers several distinct product lines: connectivity services, call-centre safety and security services, digital key management, vehicle data access, position and journey management, EV routing, journey intelligence, shared mobility, and discovery and professional services that help OEMs launch and operate digital mobility solutions.
The scale of the platform is substantial. WirelessCar supports 18,331,189 connected vehicles and processes 2.5 million messages per minute across 105 markets. Nine named OEM customers work with the company: Audi, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Polestar, SEAT, Škoda, Subaru, Volvo and Volkswagen.
WirelessCar employs more than 700 people, with a workforce drawn from over 30 countries. The company states its purpose as creating safe, smart and sustainable mobility through connected-car technology.
