Liz Slocum Jensen, CEO of Road Rules, discussed 5 styles of connectivity and API integration for connected cars, including vehicle embedded modems, tethered mobile phones, after market devices with modems, cloud connectivity, and mobile phone SDKs. She outlined the types of vehicle data points available through automaker and after market APIs, such as status, commands, and diagnostic information. Currently, most automaker APIs are not publicly available, while after market and research APIs are available to varying degrees. More adoption and improved support is still needed to fully realize the potential of connected car APIs.