This paper introduces cyber-physical vehicle tracking and the essential requirements with regard to radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. With the advent of the Internet of Things, the dissemination of RFID technology has been constantly increasing in various applications. Thus, RFID and vehicle tracking can open a broad range of opportunities for applications in the transportation and logistics domain. Therefore, this paper is a systematic consideration of specific requirements inherent to the field of vehicle tracking with the help of RFID technology as part of a cyber-physical systems approach.