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# Vehicles
## Overview
The **Vehicles page** lists all vehicles registered to your organization, organized into vehicle groups.
Select a vehicle to view its **detail page**, including health status, flight summary, and maintenance information.
## Where to find common vehicle actions
| Action | Vehicle List (All vehicles) | Vehicle Overview (Single vehicle) | Manufacturer |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------: | :-------------------------------: | :----------: |
| [**Register**](#register) | ✔ | | |
| [**Create**](#create) | | | ✔ |
| [**Group**](/vehicle-operation/auterion-suite-fleet-management/fleet-management/vehicles/groups.md) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| [**Rename**](#rename) | | ✔ | |
| [**Identity**](#identity) | | ✔ | |
| [**Update**](#update) | | ✔ | |
| [**Archive**](#archive) | ✔ | ✔ | |
| [**Restore**](#archive) | ✔ | ✔ | |
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Contact your Auterion Suite Administrator if any of the above options are not available.
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## Activate a Vehicle
Activating your vehicle will connect it to Auterion Suite. This enables you to access cloud features and manage your vehicle remotely.
**To activate a vehicle:**
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If you are starting with a **Skynode Evaluation kit**, refer to [powering your Skynode](https://docs.auterion.com/hardware-integration/skynode/evaluation-kit/powering-skynode) for steps on how to power your Skynode.
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1. Power your vehicle.
2. Connect your vehicle to your computer via USB-C.
3. Navigate to the WebUI `10.41.1.1`.
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To activate a vehicle make sure your vehicle is connected to the Internet using Auterion Mission Control > Connectivity tab.
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2. Click **Activate now** or **Scan the QR code**.
3. You will be directed to Auterion Suite, where you'll see this pop-up window to activate your Skynode.
4. In Auterion Suite, select **Activate** in the pop-up window. Your vehicle will appear under **Fleet Management** → **Vehicles**.
## Rename a vehicle
1. Select a vehicle from the All Vehicles list.
2. Click **Rename vehicle** in the the toolbar next to the vehicle name.
3. Enter the new vehicle name in the pop-up and click on **Rename Vehicle** to confirm the change.
## Vehicle Identity
A vehicle consists of multiple components: an airframe, a Skynode, a flight controller, and more. Together, these components make up the vehicle's identity.
To view component serial numbers and IDs, click the **Vehicle identity** icon in the vehicle header.
This will open up a window that shows all of the IDs of the components that make up the vehicle in the Suite. Each ID controls a specific component. For example, the flight controller ID is how the logs coming out of a flight controller as associated with the vehicle page in the Suite.
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Manufacturers can use the vehicle identity modal to **modify** a vehicle's identity. This is useful when adding values during the manufacturing process or when building prototype hardware.
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## Update a vehicle
1. Select a vehicle from the Vehicle List.
2. Click on the Software tab.
3. You'll find the available firmware versions for your Skynode.
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Do not deploy updates to vehicles that are currently or scheduled to be deployed. Update in advance and in accordance with your particular drone program's guidelines.
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## Archive / Restore
Archive and Restore are organizational tools for keeping the vehicle list focused on actively used vehicles.
**To archive a vehicle:**
1. Select a vehicle from the Vehicles list.
2. Click the **Settings** button (top right) and select **Archive**.
**To restore a vehicle:**
1. Navigate to **Vehicles** → **Vehicle Groups** → **Archived Vehicles**.
2. Select the vehicle you want to restore.
3. Click on Restore.