Automotive
Private MPLS and SD-WAN for plants, V2X/EV telemetry connectivity, edge compute, and OT security for connected vehicles.
Why Automotive chooses Clevertek
A modern vehicle is a data centre on wheels — generating telemetry, receiving OTA software updates, transmitting remote diagnostics — and a modern plant is equally instrumented, running OT infrastructure that was never designed for internet connectivity. Both the product (the connected vehicle) and the production environment (the plant) generate data whose value depends on real-time movement, and both are only secure if the connectivity path is deliberate rather than accidental. Clevertek gives automotive one operating model across the plant and the vehicle: private MPLS and SD-WAN between manufacturing sites for deterministic latency between PLCs and MES systems, edge compute close to both the production line and the vehicle telemetry aggregation point, IoT infrastructure that ties plant-floor sensors and fleet telematics into a single operational picture, and OT security that protects the factory-floor attack surface and the connected-vehicle surface without interrupting either. The connected feature and the production line are managed as one estate by one operational team rather than becoming two separate vendor relationships that argue across the organisational boundary.
How Clevertek helps Automotive on its journey
A modern car is a data centre on wheels generating continuous telemetry, and a modern plant is equally instrumented with OT that was never designed for internet connectivity. Both produce data whose value depends on real-time movement, and both are only secure if the connectivity is deliberately architected rather than accidentally exposed.
We give automotive one operating model across plant and product: private MPLS and SD-WAN between sites for deterministic latency between PLCs and MES, edge compute near the line for real-time quality decisions and near the telemetry aggregation point for OTA and diagnostics processing, IoT that unifies plant-floor and fleet data into one view, and OT security that protects both environments without stopping production.
The connected feature and the production line are not two vendor arguments — they are one estate managed by one team. Telemetry flows without aggregation delays, software updates reach vehicles without dealer visits, and a compromised endpoint in the fleet domain cannot pivot into plant control systems.
What Automotive teams are working on
Automotive technology spans two very different estates that share one supply chain. These are the four areas where the plant and the connected vehicle meet, and where the connectivity decisions carry the most consequence.
Plant-to-plant determinism
PLCs, MES and quality systems exchanging data between sites need predictable forwarding. Private MPLS with traffic-engineered label-switched paths keeps that exchange inside a known latency envelope rather than a best-effort one.
Over-the-air update delivery
Software updates, calibration files and remote diagnostics move under strict bandwidth and integrity constraints. We carry fleet traffic on a path separate from plant control traffic, so a large update campaign does not disturb a production shift.
OT security without a line stop
Passive monitoring observes plant traffic and flags deviation from normal behaviour without placing inline inspection in the control path. Segmentation contains a compromised device to its own cell instead of the wider plant network.
Telemetry at the aggregation point
Vehicle and fleet data lands in-country, where edge compute normalises it before it reaches analytics platforms. Retention policy decides which records are kept and for how long, which keeps the estate inside its data commitments.
Solutions that serve Automotive
Each product is delivered as a managed service and scoped to your environment.
Frequently asked questions
How do you connect plants and connected vehicles on one model?
Private MPLS and SD-WAN link plants, DCs, and back-office sites with deterministic latency, while edge compute and IoT infrastructure carry telemetry from both the production line and the vehicle fleet into a single operational visibility pane. Plant and vehicle estate are managed as one domain rather than two separate technology stacks.
Can you support OTA updates and remote vehicle diagnostics?
Yes. The connectivity and edge layer is engineered to carry V2N telemetry, OTA update payloads, and remote diagnostic queries reliably, so software fixes and health checks reach the vehicle without requiring a dealer visit.
How do you secure the plant and the connected-car surface?
OT security applies passive monitoring and network segmentation to protect plant-floor systems where availability is primary, while the connected-vehicle surface is segmented so a compromised telematics endpoint cannot pivot into plant control networks. Security controls are sized for each environment rather than applied as a generic IT template.
What happens to production if a site link fails?
Diverse, resilient connectivity with automatic failover reroutes around a failed link. Plant production continues and telemetry data keeps flowing without interruption while the failed circuit enters the carrier fault-management process.
Can edge compute sit close to the line and the vehicle?
Yes. Edge compute nodes located near the production line and near the vehicle-telemetry aggregation point keep real-time decisions local — anomaly detection, local closed-loop control, faster telemetry processing — instead of routing every signal through a distant central data centre.
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