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Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

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Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#33

Post by adityaketkar »

orliesaurus wrote: post #32

Congrats on your launch! What was the process of reverse engineering the APIs like?

It definitely had a learning curve to it, the first few being the hardest. But it's a pretty standard process using standard / OSS tools (charles proxy majorly).

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#35

Post by Zhenya »

abhishek9925 wrote: post #29
Zhenya wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you are creating a translation layer between OEM APIs and thirdparty service and giving the owner of the car to connect those pipes using your service?

Exactly, we act as a bridge between the EV owner and the third party apps. We rely on the EV owner's consent to share their data with a service of their choice.

What’s your business model?

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#36

Post by abhishek9925 »

kposehn wrote: post #34

Very cool. Do you have plans to add other manufacturers like Lucid and Rivian anytime soon?

Yes, we are developing integrations for both of these brands. Could you please share your email address so that I can keep you updated once we've built them?

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#37

Post by abhishek9925 »

Zhenya wrote: post #35
abhishek9925 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly, we act as a bridge between the EV owner and the third party apps. We rely on the EV owner's consent to share their data with a service of their choice.

What’s your business model?

Currently, we charge $0.25 per EV connected per month with upto 10,000 API calls allowed per month.

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#38

Post by quadcore »

adityaketkar wrote: post #17
quadcore wrote: post #15

What tech do you use to make this website?

Hi Aditya here, co-founder at Telematica. Our landing page is built on Webflow and the product demo is built on NextJS, using Chakra UI for react components and hosted on Vercel.

Congrats on the launch for whats it's worth I think youre gonna make a great company.

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#39

Post by jmartin2683 »

I can see how there might be a use case for large fleets, but as an electric car owner for personal use I have to say that your two "problems" (range anxiety and charging management) are actually the two things I found to not really be problems. You plug it in at night.

Re: Launch HN: Telematica (YC W22) – Plaid for Electric Vehicles

#40

Post by whistlecow »

This is an ooof. to straighten the timeline of events as i monitor the connected car space --

- 2016 YC invests in Smartcar.

- 2019 Otonomo lost lawsuit to Smartcar after stealing/copying them. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19719380

- 2021 YC decides to invest in Enode which cloning Smartcar. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26468448

- 2022 YC decides to invest in Telematica which cloning Smartcar.

I give this another 12 months for YC to invest in the next clone.

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