The datasets behind Sell Automotive Data to AI
3 datasets, sourced page by page and read again on a timetable, most recently 2026-10-28.
| Dataset | Headline figure | Sources | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who takes an automotive supplier's engineering data | 6 of 9 buyers | 9 of read | 2026-10-28 |
| What carmakers' purchase terms say about a supplier's designs | 7 of 10 carmaker documents | 10 of read | 2026-10-28 |
| Automotive software data terms | 4 of 8 vendors | 8 of read | 2026-10-28 |
How the data is gathered
First comes the question and the list of pages worth reading. Then each page is fetched and the figure is captured in the source's own sentence, linked and dated.
Nothing counts until a reviewer has accepted the sentence, and every rejection is noted with its reason. One figure per source feeds the median, or one for every breakdown a source prices. Silent sources are recorded as such, and later reads reveal what has changed.
Who takes an automotive supplier's engineering data
6 of 9 buyers whose pages we read license data from the business that holds it, read 28 October 2026.
The way the buyer takes data, by buyer: licenses data from the business that holds it 6 of 9, runs a marketplace where holders list data 3 of 9 (9 buyers, read 28 October 2026).
What carmakers' purchase terms say about a supplier's designs
In 7 of 10 carmaker documents we read, the carmaker owns what the supplier develops under an order, read 28 October 2026.
Who owns work the supplier does under an order, by carmaker document: the carmaker owns it 7 of 10, the supplier keeps it 2 of 10, the supplier keeps it and the carmaker takes a licence 1 of 10 (10 carmaker documents, read 28 October 2026).
Automotive software data terms
4 of 8 automotive software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 28 October 2026.
Who owns the business's data, by vendor: not stated 6 of 8, the business 2 of 8 (automotive software terms, read 28 October 2026).