Self-Sovereign Identity and Blockchain applications for the automotive sector
Marta Lucrezia Alessandria, Alessandro Vizzarri
Abstract
The possible applications of the blockchain to the automotive industry are countless to date. Where there are issues of incomplete or inconsistent or repudiated information, or data privacy, it comes into play by not making it possible to add, delete or modify data that has already been validated within a blockchain. The paper presents a possible application of blockchain technologies to the automotive sector. The authors analyze the main critical issues that a driver and his respective insurance company face following an accident, a situation in which an abundant amount of data is exchanged by all parties involved. The objective of the paper is to find a way to manage the situation after a car accident in the fastest and most effective way possible, recording all sensitive data and ensuring an efficient transfer to the insurance companies, without the possibility of fraud, using the blockchain. The main result obtained was to design a software application that, running on smartphones, would allow the driver to fill in the CID (Amicable statement of accident, also known as knock-for-knock agreement). In order to solve the typical criticalities mentioned before, the application will exploit Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) credentials and the car's digital passport, both blockchain-based technologies that will be exposed in this paper.