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# Vehicles
The vehicle's page shows all vehicles that have been associated with your company organized into vehicle types:
Click on a specific vehicle to open up a more detailed overview containing information on the vehicle's health, vehicle summary, recent flights and more data points:
## 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 Suite Administrator if any of the above options are not available
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## Activating a Vehicle
Activating your vehicle will connect it to Auterion Suite. This will allow you to access cloud features and manage your vehicle remotely.
**To activate a vehicle:**
1. Power your vehicle, 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.
2. Connect your vehicle to your computer via USB-C.
3. Navigate to the vehicle's 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 on **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. Click on Activate and your vehicle will be visible under **Fleet Management** > **Vehicles**.
## Rename a vehicle
1. Select a vehicle from the All Vehicles list.
2. Click on Rename vehicle in the top bar.
3. Enter the new vehicle name and click on Rename Vehicle.
## Vehicle Identity
A vehicle is a collection of parts. An airframe, a Skynode, a flight controller, and more. These various pieces of the vehicle make up the complete "vehicle identity."
To view the serial numbers and IDs of the components associated with a given vehicle, click the "fingerprint" button near the vehicle's name on the *Vehicle Page*.
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
Archiving and restoring vehicles is purely an organization mechanic to keep the main vehicle list clean, and focused on the drones that are actively being used.
**To archive a vehicle:**
1. Select a vehicle from the Vehicles list.
2. Click on the Settings button of the vehicle in the top right corner and then select the Archive option.
**To restore a vehicle:**
1. You'll find the archived vehicles under the Vehicles > Vehicle groups > Archived Vehicles.
2. Select the vehicle you want to restore.
3. Click on Restore.