TetherX for Automotive
Protect the forecourt, settle the handover, watch every branch.
Catalytic converters and wheels walk off the compound after midnight. A hire customer swears the scratch was already there. A key goes missing and nobody knows who took it. TetherX puts verified after-hours alerts, the check-out and check-in clip and the key-cabinet audit on one login - so the night shift, the rental desk and the dealer principal all see the same picture.
Verified alerts and audio talkdown - the keyholder is not woken for a fox.
Handover damage disputes settled from the clip tied to the booking, not a he-said.
Quoted, fitted and supported by a TetherX-accredited installer who knows automotive.
Accreditations across the TetherX installer network
TetherX partners hold the accreditations security-procurement buyers and insurers filter on. Coverage varies by partner.
Counts reflect partners currently in the TetherX directory holding each accreditation.
The compound at 2am and the handover at 9am - both covered.
Theft happens after close; disputes happen at the desk. TetherX is built around both: a verified alert with audio talkdown when something moves on the compound overnight, and a check-out and check-in clip tied to the booking when a customer questions the damage. Operators like Dale Hire and group1auto run the same workflow across every branch.
Verified after-hours alerts, not false alarms
On-device AI tells a person on the forecourt from a fox crossing it, so the keyholder is woken for the real thing. 90% fewer false alarms means the 2am call actually means something - catalytic-converter cutting, wheels off a bay, a vehicle being moved towards the gate.
Audio talkdown ends most intrusions
Trigger a live or recorded challenge through compatible camera speakers - "you are on a monitored vehicle compound, this is being recorded" - the moment after-hours motion fires. Most walk off before a guard or the keyholder rolls out.
Handover damage disputes, settled from the clip
The single biggest win for a hire operator. The check-out and the check-in footage sit on the same timeline as the booking - so "it was already scratched" is answered from the clip, not a clipboard. No goodwill write-off, no argument the desk staff can't win.
Key-cabinet and showroom audit
A named audit of who took which key and when, tied to the camera that saw them at the cabinet. Test-drive accountability, showroom and key-store access control, and a leaver revoked in one click across every branch.
Book-out, key event, plate read, book-in - one timeline.
Every hire and every test drive leaves a trail. TetherX stitches it together: the book-out clip when the vehicle leaves, the key-cabinet event that released it, the plate read at the gate, and the book-in clip when it returns - all tied to the booking reference, all on one screen the rental desk can open in seconds.
Check-out and check-in clips
A timestamped walkaround clip at hand-over and at return, tied to the booking. When a customer disputes a scratch, a kerbed alloy or a panel dent, the desk pulls both clips side by side and the dispute is over in a minute - not a goodwill credit.
Key-cabinet access events
Integrate the key cabinet so every release is a named event - who took which key, for which vehicle, at what time. Pair it with the camera that saw them at the cabinet, so a missing key or an after-hours grab is traceable, not a mystery on Monday.
Plate read at the gate
ANPR on the compound gate logs the plate in and out against the booking. Cross-reference a late return, an unexpected vehicle on the lot, or a known-offender plate on a watchlist - all on the same timeline as the handover clips.
From a single forecourt to a dealer group
TetherX is open by design: the cameras already on the forecourt and in the showroom keep working, and the group keeps one platform across every branch - not a different recorder login per site.
Keep The Cameras Already On The Forecourt And In The Showroom
TetherX is open by design. The TetherBox bridge connects to 1,000+ integrations and any ONVIF device, so the cameras on the forecourt, in the showroom and over the compound keep working - no rip-and-replace, no capital write-off across a dealer group. Add cloud, AI, ANPR and audio talkdown to the kit your last installer left behind.
- Works with the cameras already fitted - 1,000+ integrations and ONVIF
- TetherBox bridge installs in 5 min per site - no group-wide shutdown
- Per-camera and per-disk health monitoring across every branch in the group
The Dealer Principal, The Branch Manager And The Night Shift
A dealer group does not watch its sites from one desk. The principal wants oversight across every branch; the branch manager wants their forecourt and showroom; the rental desk wants the handover timeline; the night shift wants the compound. TetherX scopes per-branch, per-role, per-camera - one login, the view each person needs, the rest hidden.
- Multi-site oversight - every branch on one login, no VPN per site
- Per-branch and per-role scope - desk staff see the handover, not the whole group
- Native iOS / Android apps - the duty manager sees the compound from the phone
The rest of the forecourt, in one block
Once the compound and the handover are covered, the workshop manager, the parts store and the group IT lead want the rest: red-diesel and parts theft, watchlists at the gate, damage-in-service evidence, plain-English search and where the footage lives.
Fuel, red-diesel & parts-store theft
A camera and a verified alert on the fuel pump, the red-diesel tank and the parts store turn slow shrink into a named event. Pair the pump or store-door camera with an access event so a drum walking out becomes evidence, not an unexplained dip in the stock count.
ANPR watchlist on the gate & compound
Every plate in and out of the forecourt and compound gate gets read. Whitelist staff and regulars, watchlist known offenders, and cross-reference a late hire return or an unexpected vehicle on the lot against the camera that saw it - in the same view.
Workshop H&S and damage-in-service
When a customer car picks up damage in the workshop, or a lift incident raises an H&S question, the footage is already on the timeline tied to the job. Settle the customer dispute and answer the H&S record from one clip, not a hunt across a recorder.
Search the lot with smart filters
Smart video search filters every camera across every branch by object, colour, zone and time - a white vehicle at the compound gate after 11pm on Saturday - instead of scrubbing recorders site by site. The audit log captures the query and the named user.
Audio talkdown to deter compound theft
Trigger a live or recorded challenge through compatible camera speakers the moment after-hours motion fires on the compound or forecourt. Most would-be thieves leave at the challenge - so the converter stays on the car and the keyholder stays in bed.
Cloud, on-prem or hybrid - your choice
Store on the TetherBox at the branch, in UK-region cloud, or both for redundancy. The bridge keeps recording locally if the site broadband drops, then syncs once it is back. AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2+ in transit; cloud infrastructure is ISO 27001 / SOC 2 attested at the infra level via Wasabi.
Operators like Dale Hire and group1auto run TetherX across their branches.
Every revenue surface on one platform
Every revenue surface, end-of-day coverage.
Showroom, forecourt and service-bay under one platform.
Automotive platform brief
Get the automotive platform brief by email.
What TetherX is, how the handover-evidence and compound-alert workflows run, what it replaces across a dealer group or hire fleet, and what a per-site rollout looks like. PDF, in your inbox before you go.
No sales call; your email stays with us. We route serious enquiries through accredited local TetherX installers.
How TetherX stands out for automotive
Forecourt, workshop and compound on one platform - across one site or a dealer group.
One platform, one bill
Video, ANPR, access control and intruder alerts on one dashboard, one app, one bill - not separate systems per site.
Records through any outage
The TetherBox records full-rate on-site. A site-broadband drop never loses footage - it syncs when the link returns.
Your retention, full 4K
Set retention per camera at full 4K - long on forecourt and compound cameras, short elsewhere. No pricing-band retention cap.
Keep your own ARC
Connect your existing monitoring station for out-of-hours response - Immix, Sentinel, CONXTD, MASterMind, Bold Patriot Manitou, Stages and others. Any ARC software can connect via a generic link - no special integration required. No forced SOC switch.
Built in the UK and Australia
Built in the UK and Australia. Local representatives in Canada and India. EU, North America and APAC supported. Your data stays in your region (UK, AU, CA, IN, EU, NA, APAC).
Ringfence legacy cameras
Existing cameras (including Hikvision and Dahua) stay reachable behind the TetherBox, off the public Internet - phase NDAA-compliant replacement on your budget cycle. NDAA-ready options include Hanwha Vision, Axis, Avigilon, Pelco, Bosch.
What dealerships and hire operators ask before they switch
Writing off a handover dispute because nobody can prove the scratch was already there?
Pull the check-out and check-in clip tied to the booking - the dispute is over in a minute.
A TetherX-accredited local installer scopes your site or group and quotes one project price.
Ready to scope your forecourt or group?
Tell us roughly how many sites, gates and cameras you have. We route your enquiry direct to a TetherX-accredited installer who knows automotive - no central sales call.
We reply by email, usually within within 1 business day.
