Digital key
Your door opener to the mobility of the future
Digital Vehicle Keys enable users to gain simple and secure access to vehicles via smartphone and smart watch, manage configuration parameters and function releases and share their Vehicle Key with third parties.
The digital vehicle key on the smartphone will replace the analog key in the future and enable new functions and business models.
- The Digital Vehicle Key is an important component of the customer's overall mobility experience.
- With our solution, you can implement the digital vehicle key in a secure, flexible and customer-friendly way.
Your partner for a future-proof Digital Key Solution
vehicle OEM server
Digital Key backend:
Our product is the CCC-compliant software part of the Digital Key to be integrated at your premises.
Reference implementation
of a Digital Key:
We already have experience with the integration of a CCC-compliant Digital Key at premium OEMs.
Almost 25 years of OEM & Mobility know how:
We know OEM backends, processes and the entire ecosystem.
Our product
We develop the backend systems that enable you to implement the Digital Key, and integrate these systems seamlessly into your existing connected mobility landscape – in accordance with the standards of the Car Connectivity Consortium.
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) defines and develops global standards for cross-industry, secure solutions for smartphone and vehicle connectivity - currently primarily for Digital Key and CarData.
Benefits and opportunities
Benefits for OEMs & suppliers
Compared to the physical key, the properties of a Digital Key can be changed at a later time by recreating the Digital Vehicle Key. This offers a high degree of flexibility.
Digital Keys are enablers for flexible subscription models, car sharing models as well as digital products around the vehicle.
A lost key can be deactivated via the smartphone or in the portal of the OEM or car sharing service provider using self-service. This not only helps the customer, but also enables manufacturers to have a much leaner and more cost-effective support process.
Fleet management is optimised by the Digital Key. Keys for a fleet can be easily created, passed on or withdrawn. The key box and a 24/7 reception desk are no longer needed.
The benefits for users
- The smartphone is an essential companion for users in everyday life. The key can no longer be forgotten or misplaced.
- Users can use the same functions of a physical key – natively and securely on the smartphone's Secure Element.
- This makes car-sharing much simpler, safer and more controllable: authorisations can be limited in time and place or revoked again at the touch of a button.
- Users can pass on their key to other people via the native messaging applications of smartphone manufacturers, even if they are far away.
- Parameters stored on the key can be transferred to the vehicle. These parameters then activate functions or authorisations such as door opening, engine start or speed limit.
CCC-compliant Digital Key solution
Together with the mechatronics specialist Marquardt, we have created a dynamic partnership from the CCC. Together, we are creating a comprehensive Digital Key System that combines hardware and software components and meets the standards of the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC). With this modular solution, we are establishing a powerful and secure product that can be quickly integrated into the vehicle market.
Creating, Using & Sharing the Digital Key
Graphic "Create"
How the “Create” use case works
1) A Digital Key is requested based on the physical key.
2) The OEM backend is the starting point for creating the Digital Key.
3) Smartphone elements are added to the digital key (cryptographic linking).
4) The Digital Key is registered in the vehicle.
5) The Digital Key is enabled for the primary user.
6) The Digital Key is now is provisioned on the secure element (SE) in the compatible smartphone (Wallet, for example) and can be used in the same way as a physical key.
Graphic "Use & Share"
How the “Use & Share” use case works
1) The primary user selects the permissions for a second Digital Key and sends the invitation to a secondary user (friend).
2) The secondary user accepts the invitation. The second key is created and registered in the secondary user’s smartphone backend.
3) The cryptographic key pair is created and signed.
4) The signed key pair is imported and registered in the secondary user’s smartphone backend.
5) Tracking of the second key: Users can get status notifications regarding the second key (key capabilities and event notifications, for example).
6) Display of the activated second key in the primary user’s Wallet.
7) Activated main and second keys can access the vehicle based on previously defined authorisations.
25 years of experience in connected mobility
doubleSlash has already successfully implemented the standards developed by the Car Connectivity Consortium at leading OEMs. Together with smartphone manufacturers, solution exploration and implementation of the backend services were carried out in an agile project environment. The worldwide rollout and the provision of support services (3rd level) were also part of the project.
We have been managing implementation projects and rollouts in the field of connected mobility for over 25 years.
How can we support you in implementing a Digital Key?
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