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I am the cofounder of https://Smartcar.com. The talking point being used to suggest that "it's not possible to comply because such a solution doesn't exist" is just completely false.

This is exactly what we've built at Smartcar over the past 5+ years. Thosuands of developers have built apps on our platform to let consumers access their own car data and bring it into the apps of their choice.

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Unless I'm missing something, you have your own API, SDK, Service Fees/Pricing, and overall business. Certainly it's good for you if people standardize on your platform, but I'm not sure thats realistic. It's also not exactly the same as an open standard that can be applied globally. i.e. an extension of ODB-II access to the CAN bus I guess? That standard will probably need to come from the manufacturers themselves.

Smartcar.com is super cool, but I don't think it meets the requirements -- which is a standardized, open data-sharing platform. Do such open standards exist?

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