Connectivity Meets AI:
The Evolution of Modern Vehicles

From the designer to the developer, from engineering to product delivery, from the manufacturer to the customer, Synadia improves the driving experience with today’s highly connected and AI-ready vehicles – quality, performance, safety and enjoyment.

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Drivers

Ensuring driver confidence and pleasure with simplified critical communications - car operations, safety and entertainment - instantly via car and mobile devices

Fleet managers

Optimizing fleet usage, availability and security with constant updating of vehicle tracking, guidance and journey planning for every kind of driver

Factory managers

Monitoring vehicle quality during manufacturing and enabling tip-top performance with real-time, accurate KPIs and metrics for brand manufacturers and component suppliers

Architects

Delivering secure and reliable driver experiences with data and applications built on an open-source cloud-native platform, safely connecting global and local teams, business units, partners and drivers from the cloud to the multi-site edge

Developers

Accelerating the development of distributed, intelligent applications leveraging a cloud-to-edge native dev platform, managed self-hosted support, SDKs in multiple languages and real-time diagnostics and debugging for distributed fleets and vehicles

Operators

Rapidly resolving issues and deploying improvements and updates for vehicle reliability and performance with remote data syncs, real-time alerts and remote expert resolution before a problem escalates

Go deeper on how NATS thrives in the Software-Defined Vehicle

Real-Time Telemetry with Synadia and Google Cloud Bigtable

A step-by-step look at moving software-defined vehicle telemetry from edge to cloud with NATS and Google Cloud Bigtable
Real-Time Telemetry with Synadia and Google Cloud Bigtable
"We use Synadia Platform to run NATS with multiple interconnected clusters around the globe. This setup allows us to achieve high availability, low latency, and compliance with data regulatory rules and data residency requirements."
Max Arndt
Max ArndtSenior DevOps Engineer, Schaeffler

The future of transportation is connected AI-ready vehicles

Synadia leads this transformation, providing seamless connectivity and powering AI applications to enhance safety, performance and the driving experience. As the automotive industry evolves, Synadia's technology is crucial for innovation and preparing vehicles for tomorrow.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the best architecture for vehicle-to-cloud telemetry with low latency and high throughput?

NATS runs as a single small-footprint binary embedded directly in the vehicle. A leaf node connection to the cloud cluster provides low-latency telemetry streaming, while JetStream enables store-and-forward during cellular dead zones. JetStream replays buffered data when connectivity resumes, minimizing data loss. Learn more about NATS leaf nodes

How do I build a real-time command and control system for a distributed vehicle or robot fleet?

NATS request-reply pattern over leaf nodes enables low-latency command dispatch to fleet vehicles. Queue groups distribute workload evenly across fleet segments for load-balanced processing. This enables bidirectional command and telemetry on the same connection without a separate control channel. Learn more about NATS request-reply

How do I build an OTA update orchestration system for connected vehicle fleets?

NATS JetStream consumers track delivery state per vehicle with acknowledgment-based confirmation. Subject-based targeting such as fleet.region.model enables canary rollouts to specific vehicle segments. Failed deliveries retry automatically through JetStream consumer redelivery policies. Leaf nodes with JetStream can buffer updates locally during connectivity gaps for delivery when the vehicle reconnects. Learn more about JetStream consumers

What happens when my NATS client disconnects?

NATS clients detect disconnects and automatically attempt to re-establish a connection by choosing a random server URL from the pool — both client-provided URLs and server-gossiped URLs are considered. It is good practice to specify multiple URLs on initial connection for redundancy. Once reconnected, the client library restores all subscriptions transparently without application-level intervention. When using JetStream, consumers resume from their last acknowledged position, so messages published during the disconnect window are not lost. For connected vehicles entering dead zones, leaf nodes with JetStream can buffer messages locally and forward them when connectivity returns. Learn more about JetStream consumers

What are my options for large payloads in NATS messages?

NATS has a default maximum payload size of 1 MB, with a recommended maximum of 8 MB. For payloads exceeding this — such as firmware images or software updates — there are two approaches. First, store the large asset in separate storage (S3, a file server, etc.) and include a reference URL in the NATS message. The receiving vehicle downloads the asset directly from storage. Second, use the NATS object store API, which automatically chunks the payload across a sequence of JetStream messages and reassembles it on the consumer side. Object store is well-suited for OTA update delivery where you want the reliability guarantees of JetStream — acknowledgments, redelivery on failure, and replay — applied to the full binary payload. Learn more about NATS object store

Last updated: March 2026

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