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OpenCar, Inc. is an American software company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. OpenCar produces an application platform for connected car IVI systems.

History
OpenCar was founded in 2011 and is self-funded through customer deals with automakers.

On January 7, 2014 Mazda announced its partnership with OpenCar at International CES 2014. OpenCar demonstrated the OpenCar SDK and application certfication process used to produce concept applications for a future Mazda Mazda3 car.

OpenCar Products and Services

 * OpenCar Connect – an HTML5 application development platform for automotive applications.
 * OpenCar InsideTrack – an application certification service for qualifying applications for showcasing to Mazda and other automakers.

Features
OpenCar Connect provides vehicle-specific profiles to integrate apps with automakers' safety and HMI requirements. Rather than developing one vehicle-specific application, the developer can create a "universal" application and switch profiles to retain their application logic while transforming the application to meet different automaker and vehicle requirements.

Stable release date
Version 1.0 of the OpenCar SDK and OpenCar Connect platform was released June 28, 2013.

Operating systems
The OpenCar SDK supports Apple OSX version 10.7 ("Lion") or higher, and OpenCar Connect applications require the Google Chrome web browser (Version 25) or higher.