Nobody-named-Olli
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This was released last night:
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www.fabucar-shop.de
Scan tool is made in partnership with Launch.
I watched the release live stream last night, and the (maybe) interesting feature is that they use their extensive amount of data from users using their two communities/ Apps FabuCar (accessible for everyone), FabuCar Pro (accessible for professional/licensed techs only)
Additionally there is also accessibility to repair/information bulletins from “Elektro Partner” through a feature called FabuCar Expert. As far as I understand “Elektro Parter” is a danish company, but also pretty big in the UK. ( https://www.elektropartner.com/en )
I’m in no way affiliated with any of these companies, products or services!
I just found it pretty interesting being a long time subscriber to their other partner, the “Die Autodoktoren” YouTube channel, not knowing what yesterday’s livestream would be all about. Had I known, I hadn’t watched it - as it is not my field of expertise. (The FabulaFilms/FabuCar people are the producers behind both the YouTube channel, as well as the mainstream TV segments that started as part of a car specific show on German TV broadcaster VOX)
I must say, thinking about it, what I do find a little bothersome is that they are now obviously making money with data that people provided free of charge to help one another out. Be it the FabuCar DIY community, where I was helped by an actual tech once as well, or the FabuCar Pro community were it is only licensed techs/shops helping each other. If I remember correctly there was some sort of internal reward program, but I don’t think that would truly count as type of payment/ reimbursement - given the scale this is on now.
But then again, those are just my thoughts after sleeping over it - I wish neither harm nor ill upon them.
I think overall it is interesting, having access to successfully closed cases that the “AI” will find based on the trouble codes the scanner gets from the car. Opens up lots of possibilities I guess, I can see how that can make repairs faster and/or help with finding a new angle to resolve a problem that one encounters because you can pick so many “brains“ now at once. Not just your colleagues or a befriended shop on the other side of town.
Interesting times.
As this is all pretty specific for Germany currently, I’m wondering if there are US based companies doing comparable research/ have comparable products already out?
Kind regards,
Olli
FabuCar DOC PRO - Das Diagnosegerät
Das neue DOC PRO Kfz-Diagnosegerät wurde von FabuCar gemeinsam mit den Autodoktoren entwickelt. Fahrzeugdiagnose für Profis & Anfänger.
www.fabucar-shop.de
Scan tool is made in partnership with Launch.
I watched the release live stream last night, and the (maybe) interesting feature is that they use their extensive amount of data from users using their two communities/ Apps FabuCar (accessible for everyone), FabuCar Pro (accessible for professional/licensed techs only)
Additionally there is also accessibility to repair/information bulletins from “Elektro Partner” through a feature called FabuCar Expert. As far as I understand “Elektro Parter” is a danish company, but also pretty big in the UK. ( https://www.elektropartner.com/en )
I’m in no way affiliated with any of these companies, products or services!
I just found it pretty interesting being a long time subscriber to their other partner, the “Die Autodoktoren” YouTube channel, not knowing what yesterday’s livestream would be all about. Had I known, I hadn’t watched it - as it is not my field of expertise. (The FabulaFilms/FabuCar people are the producers behind both the YouTube channel, as well as the mainstream TV segments that started as part of a car specific show on German TV broadcaster VOX)
I must say, thinking about it, what I do find a little bothersome is that they are now obviously making money with data that people provided free of charge to help one another out. Be it the FabuCar DIY community, where I was helped by an actual tech once as well, or the FabuCar Pro community were it is only licensed techs/shops helping each other. If I remember correctly there was some sort of internal reward program, but I don’t think that would truly count as type of payment/ reimbursement - given the scale this is on now.
But then again, those are just my thoughts after sleeping over it - I wish neither harm nor ill upon them.
I think overall it is interesting, having access to successfully closed cases that the “AI” will find based on the trouble codes the scanner gets from the car. Opens up lots of possibilities I guess, I can see how that can make repairs faster and/or help with finding a new angle to resolve a problem that one encounters because you can pick so many “brains“ now at once. Not just your colleagues or a befriended shop on the other side of town.
Interesting times.
As this is all pretty specific for Germany currently, I’m wondering if there are US based companies doing comparable research/ have comparable products already out?
Kind regards,
Olli
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