Leading auto manufacturer Renault has announced that it has built a blockchain-based prototype for a digital car maintenance book in collaboration with tech titan Microsoft and VISEO, a consulting and digital services firm.

With its open architecture, the new digital car maintenance book gathers all important information in one place accessible by the customer. Using blockchain technology, customers will be able to save all vehicle information to a streamlined, tamper-proof and secure digital car maintenance book.

“This digital car maintenance book will enable us to provide our customers with new services in an ecosystem alongside insurers and dealers. Blockchain technology is able to create a reliable trust protocol,” explained Elie Elbaz, Digital & Connected Vehicles Director for Groupe Renault. "Beyond this project, this technology will be a major step forward for connected vehicles and the micro-transactions and security requirements associated with them.”

According to the official release, Microsoft provided access to the Microsoft Azure Blockchain technology, while VISEO saw the overall technological implementation of the project (working closely with BitSe, a Chinese start-up) as well as the user design.

“As a continuation of our partnership in the realm of connected vehicles, we are pleased to be able to support Renault with its digital transformation and to work together to create an innovative Blockchain solution that has the potential to consolidate an entire vehicle ecosystem and ensure that the information shared by all can be trusted,” Bernard Ourghanlian, Microsoft France CTO, said.

Renault said that this collaborative approach enabled it, along with its RCI Bank and Services subsidiary, to access expertise that is not yet commonly available in the market. The collaboration enabled it to grasp the various technological options and identify business opportunities early on in the process.

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