Continuous vehicle diagnostics · VW Group 2008+

The warning light comes too late.

Soraka stays plugged into your car and lets you know on your phone when a part is getting weaker.

A small device stays in your OBD port and measures hundreds of manufacturer-specific values on every drive — against factory reference ranges and your car's own learned baseline. Deviations become a trend you can see, weeks before the warning light.

VIN never leaves the car · hosted in Germany · data never sold

At a glance

As of July 2026

  1. 01Plug in. Into the diagnostic socket under the steering wheel — once, no tools.
  2. 02Drive. Hundreds of readings straight from the car, every drive.
  3. 03Watch the trend. Every value against factory reference and learned baseline.
131models in the factory-data catalog
894,000reference points
1,114signals mapped on the test car
dailytest fleet on the road
Difference
Carly, OBDeleven and VCDS show one moment. Soraka shows the trend — the weeks before. Details
Vehicles
VW · Audi · Škoda · SEAT · 2008+ · 131 models. More brands to follow.
Hardware
ESP32-C6 · TCAN4550 (Bosch M_CAN) · K-Line. Not an ELM327 clone. Details
Privacy
VIN never leaves the car · Hetzner Falkenstein · data never sold. Details
Price & date
Price at launch, ship date when we can keep it. First 1,000: price advantage + Anchor status. Details

Snapshot vs. trend

Like blood pressure: a single reading tells you little, the pattern over weeks tells you a lot.

Carly, OBDeleven and VCDS are excellent snapshot scanners — built for the moment. A single point in time shows no direction. Soraka doesn't replace a scanner; it sees the weeks before.

One scan. One moment.

Every drive. One trend.

Measurement

Scannersone point in time
Sorakaevery drive, automatically

Manufacturer-specific values

Scannerson demand, app-dependent
Sorakahundreds, manufacturer-specific

Brands

Scannersoften tied to one brand or licence
Sorakaone device · first wave: VW Group

Output

Scannersa momentary value
Sorakaa trend against factory reference + baseline

An example, not a promise

Wear announces itself. Soraka measures it.

Components rarely fail without warning. They drift — a few millivolts a week — and the warning light only comes on once a threshold is breached. Those weeks are exactly where Soraka works. One example:

Watch a car battery lose strength week by week — long before it finally dies.

Trend chart: battery example Trend chart of the battery example: four normal weeks, from week 5 the value falls 0.1 V per week, in week 6 it exits the factory range, projection critical in about six weeks. Factory range critical threshold · 11.3 V −0.1 V/week W1 W6 W10 W16
  1. Weeks 1–4The resting voltage sits inside the factory range. The baseline learns what's normal for this car.
  2. Week 5The value starts falling: 0.1 V per week. Each reading looks harmless on its own. The line doesn't.
  3. Week 6 · deviationThe line leaves the reference band. Soraka flags the deviation — with the trend and a projection: critical in about 6 weeks.
  4. Your moveA workshop appointment next week instead of a dead battery on a cold morning.

Weeks before the warning light.

Hardware

Not an ELM327 clone.

Built to live in your car: it measures as you drive and sleeps when parked.

A trend is only as reliable as the measurement behind it — which is why Soraka measures through an automotive CAN controller (Bosch M_CAN), not an ELM327 clone.

Processor
ESP32-C6
CAN
TCAN4550 · Bosch M_CAN
K-Line (older vehicles)
L9637D
Parked
deep sleep
Updates
OTA — over the air
Transport
encrypted

Your drives belong to you.

What your car measures stays private: stored in Germany, never sold to anyone.

  • Your VIN never leaves the device.The vehicle identification number is processed locally only.
  • Hosted at Hetzner in Falkenstein, Germany.GDPR with no exceptions — your data lives on German servers, not in the US.
  • You pay for a product — not with your drives.Your data is never sold. To anyone.

Frequently asked questions

Answered honestly.

Which cars does Soraka support?

First wave: VW, Audi, Škoda and SEAT, model year 2008 and newer. The factory-data catalog currently covers 131 models (as of July 2026). More brands will follow — the hardware already includes a K-Line interface for older vehicles.

I already own Carly, OBDeleven or VCDS. Why Soraka?

Keep them — they're excellent snapshot scanners. They show what's true right now. Soraka stays in the car and shows where a value is heading over weeks. A single scan reads a value that looks fine on its own; only the trend reveals it's losing 0.1 V every week.

Will Soraka drain my battery?

No. The moment you park, Soraka drops into deep sleep. It measures while you drive; parked, it stays quiet.

What happens to my data?

Your VIN never leaves the device. Measurements travel encrypted and are stored at Hetzner in Falkenstein, Germany — GDPR, German data center. Nothing is sold: you pay for a product, not with your drives. Details in the privacy policy.

What will Soraka cost?

We'll announce the price at launch — not before, because then it's a number we can stand behind. The device is yours; the core function is not locked behind a subscription. What's fixed today: the first 1,000 on the waitlist get a launch-price advantage and permanent Anchor status in the app — a permanently visible place as a first-hour supporter.

When do you ship?

Honest answer: we'll name a ship date when we can keep it. Not before. The test fleet is on the road every day, and the numbers on this page are the real state of things. The waitlist is non-binding — you'll be the first to know.

Waitlist

The first 1,000 get Anchor status.

Joining is free with no strings attached — you'll be the first to know when we launch.

Permanent Anchor status in the app and a launch-price advantage — that's what the first 1,000 on the list get. That is all the scarcity you'll hear from us.

Only Soraka updates — never shared, unsubscribe with one click. Details in the privacy policy.

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