Study of the Patterns of Automatic Car Washing in the Era of Internet of Things

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is overturning traditional business models. IoT and Internet of Cars compose the internet of vehicles, which is creating driverless car times. Automotive aftermarket including maintenance, washing, car care, insurance and automobile finance, represents a whopping 60% of the overall auto market. Car wash is the most frequent one of all the service items, attracting internet enterprises. This paper proposes the Internet of Things-based concept about automatic car washing mode and expounds its development from the following three aspects: the deficiency of the current car wash, customers' attention to car wash and technology maturity forecast about IoT. By the IoT, this mode creates Car-wash Cloud, integrates the operators on this cloud, the car washer and excellent manufacturers of automatic car washer and reconstructs the chain of automatic car washing mode. At the same time, the paper analyzes the advantages of this mode, that is, customers-focused. Wherever the car is, the driver can drive to the nearest car wash to enjoy automatic car washing then make a judgment on its service. Automatic car washing mode is a new format of automotive aftermarket, which needs not only the consensus of service industry after manufacture but government guidance and market capital.