About – Car Connectivity Consortium

About Us

Who is Car Connectivity Consortium?

The Car Connectivity Consortium® (CCC) is a cross-industry organization advancing technologies for smartphone-to-car connectivity solutions. The CCC represents a large portion of the global automotive and smartphone industries, with more than one hundred member companies. The CCC member companies consisting of smartphone and vehicle manufacturers, automotive tier-1 suppliers, silicon/chip vendors, security product suppliers, and more. The Board of Directors of CCC includes individuals from charter member companies Apple, BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Volkswagen.

Our Mission and Vision

The CCC is a cross-industry standards organization with a vision to create sustainable and flexible ecosystems that standardize the interfaces between vehicles and smartphones. CCC aims to provide a consistent user experience across all vehicles and mobile devices by increasing interoperability and reducing market fragmentation.

The mission of CCC, representing the majority of the global automotive and smartphone industries, is to bring together all the relevant industries to develop solutions for the future of vehicle-to-smartphone connectivity. CCC facilitates the coordination of mobile Device OEMs and Vehicle OEMs to build products with ease of use, convenience, security and privacy protections, and extensive capability.

CCC MirrorLink™, a standard for controlling handsets from the dashboard or steering wheel, enables consumers to access certified apps and other content from a familiar, ‘projected’ interface across certified cars and smartphones.

CCC Digital Key, a standardized ecosystem that allows consumers to easily and confidently use their mobile devices to access vehicles. Along with robust capability and convenience, CCC Digital Key enables mobile devices to store, authenticate, and share digital keys for vehicles in a secure, privacy-preserving way that works everywhere, even when the smartphone’s battery is low.

Through its well-developed certification programs, CCC rigorously evaluates and certifies devices, cars and apps for their compliance and interoperability.