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# Sustainable Mobility – Giravolta

Waiting five seconds for a vehicle to unlock in the rain destroys user trust. Discover how SEAT:CODE engineered Giravolta's resilient IoT architecture to guarantee sub-two-second hardware latency.

- **Speakers:** Jordi Abad
- **Event:** World Congress 2022
- **Published:** June 15, 2022
- **Duration:** 32:49
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/480-sustainable-mobility-giravolta

## Summary

SEAT:CODE, a development hub for the Volkswagen Group, shifts from building isolated projects to creating Giravolta, a scalable, multi-tenant mobility-as-a-service platform. Designed to promote sustainable transportation and optimize fleet operations, Giravolta operates under an agnostic "if it moves, we connect it" philosophy, seamlessly managing cars, mopeds, kick scooters, and bicycles. By functioning as a holistic, multi-brand digital key interface, the platform eliminates physical keys and accommodates free-floating, station-based, and scheduled bookings for municipalities and corporate enterprise fleets.<br><br>Under the hood, Giravolta relies on an AWS-backed infrastructure built with Kotlin for the backend, TypeScript for the frontend, and rigorous infrastructure as code principles to maintain operational stability. The IoT architecture manages thousands of connected devices across a dozen hardware providers by dynamically mapping connectivity to specific use cases. While TCP sockets provide continuous real-time data flow, alternative protocols prevent critical single points of failure. For example, Bluetooth stacks ensure users can still unlock vehicles in cellular dead zones like underground parking garages, while LoRa networks open doors for long-range, low-power regional fleet deployments.<br><br>A defining measure of Giravolta's platform success is user experience latency during physical hardware activation. Extensive field research revealed that a five-second delay is the absolute threshold before a user experiences immediate friction—such as waiting in the rain for a car door to open. By carefully architecting their cross-platform integration pipeline, engineering teams streamlined the TCP command execution loop to consistently achieve sub-two-second latency. This intersection of resilient backend tooling and intent-driven IoT reliability allows the platform to continuously expand global mobility operations without compromising daily user trust.

**Keywords:** mobility-as-a-service platforms, multi-tenant fleet architecture, digital key infrastructure, multimodal transportation solutions, IoT device connectivity, TCP socket communication, bluetooth fallback operations, LoRa network deployments, system latency thresholds, infrastructure as code, cloud backend scalability, hardware provider integration, micro-mobility hardware, sustainable fleet optimization, agile software delivery

## Chapters

1. **Mission and organizational structure of a software subsidiary** (00:05) — Expanding automotive boundaries by building digital products and new business models for the target enterprise.
1. **Core features of the multitenant mobility platform** (03:41) — A multitenant, multi-vehicle mobility solution optimizes fleet costs and eliminates legacy physical keys.
1. **Target markets and rollout verticals for platform expansion** (06:59) — Applying the scalable mobility platform across diverse sectors from smart cities to corporate operational fleets.
1. **Successful deployments across global municipal and corporate environments** (08:14) — Launching customized multimodal sharing services across diverse environments including factory facilities and full island ecosystems.
1. **Technical architecture and automated cloud infrastructure components** (12:04) — Managing high-volume data transactions directly requires robust infrastructure as code and modern cloud deployment pipelines.
1. **Data gathering and third-party hardware interface integration** (14:03) — Handling high-frequency telemetry and command execution across multiple specialized external hardware providers establishes reliable data streams.
1. **Evaluating network connectivity for mobile hardware interfaces** (17:40) — Combining different network technologies ensures continuous remote vehicle control even in offline isolated locations.
1. **Minimizing command execution latency for seamless user experience** (23:10) — Keeping real-world command execution times under two seconds directly prevents mobile end-user frustration.
1. **Agile platform timeline and end-to-end cloud security** (30:00) — Launching platforms from scratch involves rapid agile iteration balanced alongside strict cloud-based security measures.

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