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Strategic-Technological Analysis of LinkedCar: European IoT Mobility Data Platform and Dual-Use Potential
How does LinkedCar's blockchain-based mobility platform turn cars and e-bikes into connected data platforms that give owners control of their vehicle data?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-08-18
European defense planners are paying close attention to a quiet revolution on the roads of Belgium. In Hasselt, a small spin-off company called LinkedCar is transforming ordinary cars and even e-bikes into smart, connected data platforms. Founded by a veteran of the European automotive CRM sector, LinkedCar began with a simple frustration: drivers have no access to the rich data their vehicles generate .
Today this startup offers a blockchain-based mobility platform that hands control of vehicle data back to the owner, allowing them to decide who can access it and even earn rewards for sharing . Behind this vision lies a strategic motive that resonates far beyond consumer convenience.
This analysis answers: How does LinkedCar's blockchain-based mobility platform turn cars and e-bikes into connected data platforms that give owners control of their vehicle data? How mature is its IoT mobility-data technology and what is its dual-use or defence potential? Who are its partners and customers, and how does its data-sovereignty model create value? What capability gaps and dependencies affect this Hasselt-based Belgian spin-off?
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- Today this startup offers a blockchain-based mobility platform that hands control of vehicle data back to the owner, allowing them to decide who can access it and even earn rewards for sharing .
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In Hasselt, a small spin-off company called LinkedCar is transforming ordinary cars and even e-bikes into smart, connected data platforms.
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Behind this vision lies a strategic motive that resonates far beyond consumer convenience.
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