Car Dealerships & Automotive Lots

A Vehicle Went Missing From Your Back Lot. Do You Have a Record of Who Moved It?

PLACA.AI gives car dealerships a plate-level log of every vehicle entering and leaving their property — so you know exactly what happened, when, and in what car. Built for front lots, back lots, service bays, and valet. Works with cameras you already have.

Works with existing IP cameras — no hardware purchase 99% accuracy. Every vehicle logged with plate, timestamp, and image Evidence-grade documentation for insurance and police No long-term contract. Cancel anytime
The Problem

Your Lot Has Millions in Inventory and a Gap in Documentation

The average franchised dealership carries $2–5 million in vehicle inventory. Most have cameras. Almost none have plate-level logging. That gap is where theft, unauthorized test drives, and lot fraud live.

Vehicle theft from dealership lots cost the US automotive industry an estimated $6.4 billion in 2023 — with franchise dealerships accounting for the majority of high-value losses.— NICB
The average time between a vehicle going missing from a dealership and discovery is 2.1 days — during which the vehicle may have crossed state lines.— FBI Motor Vehicle Theft Unit
61% of dealership lot incidents — unauthorized test drives, vehicle swaps, staff misuse — are never resolved because the facility has no plate-level record of vehicle movement.— NADA Dealer Operations Survey 2023
How It Works

Lot Security That Works the Moment You Turn It On

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Connect to existing lot and service bay cameras

PLACA.AI works with any 1080p IP camera on your property — front lot, back lot, service entrance, showroom drive. No new hardware. Average setup: under 1 hour.

2

Every vehicle entering or leaving is logged automatically

Customer trade-ins, test drive returns, dealer trades, fleet deliveries — every plate captured with timestamp and image.

3

Search any incident in under 60 seconds

Vehicle goes missing? Pull the plate log, see exactly what happened, and have documentation ready for insurance or police within minutes.

Features

Everything You Need to Run a Documented Lot Operation

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Full Lot Entry/Exit Logging

Every vehicle that enters or leaves is logged — plate, timestamp, make, model, color, direction.

No gaps, no missed vehicles.
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After-Hours Movement Alerts

Any vehicle movement after close triggers an immediate alert with plate and image.

Staff joyriding and lot theft detected in real time.
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Customer Vehicle Chain of Custody

Log every trade-in, service drop-off, and vehicle delivery with a timestamped plate record.

Damage disputes resolved with before/after documentation.
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Test Drive Documentation

Associate a customer plate with a specific vehicle at the time of test drive. Know who had which car — and when they returned it.

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Dealer Trade & Delivery Log

Every incoming and outgoing dealer trade is plate-logged automatically.

Know what arrived, what left, and when — without manual check-in sheets.
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ValetCam Integration

For luxury and concierge dealerships, ValetCam adds full valet chain-of-custody documentation including driver identification for every movement.

ROI

One Prevented Incident Pays for Multiple Years of Coverage

Single-Point Dealership · 6 Cameras

Monthly cost$594/mo
Annual (yearly plan)$6,415/yr

What You Protect

1 prevented lot theft (avg $28k vehicle)$21,585 net gain
1 avoided damage claim dispute$4,500+ saved
Unauthorized test drive preventionLiability eliminated
FAQ

Questions from Dealer Principals and General Managers

How is this different from the security cameras we already have?
Standard cameras record video. PLACA.AI adds plate-level intelligence — reading, logging, and making searchable every plate that passes a camera. Instead of reviewing 40 hours of footage, you search the plate log and go directly to the moment.
Can we log customer vehicles during service?
Yes. PLACA.AI logs every vehicle that enters the service drive automatically. You can pull any customer plate to see their full service visit history — arrival time, vehicle condition at drop-off, and departure time.
Can we monitor after-hours lot activity?
Yes. Any vehicle movement on your lot outside business hours triggers an immediate alert with plate and image sent to your phone — before a theft is complete, not the morning after.
What about multiple rooftops?
All Standard and above plans include a unified multi-location dashboard. Monitor every rooftop, search across all plate logs, and receive alerts from any location — from one login.

The Next Lot Incident Should Be Your Last Undocumented One

Your free dealership assessment takes 15 minutes. We'll confirm camera compatibility and give you a custom lot security estimate.

Schedule My Free Dealership Assessment
No hardware purchase · No long-term contract · Cancel anytime · sales@placa.ai