A partnership between Canadian company Geotab and German car maker Volkswagen is providing fleet operators with telematics and connected mobility, all ready to use without retrofitting.

Geotab, a specialist in connected transportation, is combining data from Volkswagen’s multi-brand vehicle fleets with the Geotab platform.

If fleet customers consent, built-in sensors will collect vehicle generated data from Volkswagen fleet vehicles. Upon request, these data can be transferred to the Geotab platform via an API. The Geotab platform streamlines data collection and conversion, enabling data analysis and actionable insights while ensuring data privacy and security.

Furthermore, the integration ensures all data are transmitted and stored within a secure Geotab database so they are under the control of the fleet owner. These intelligent data help fleets in vehicle leasing and rental, last-kilometre delivery, enterprise and utility, and mobility operator companies make near real-time decisions on productivity and compliance.

“With the Volkswagen Group Info Services partnership, we are able to reach out and cater to a wider customer base who are in search of fleet management via native telematics,” said Christoph Ludewig, vice president at Geotab. “Integrations with famous brands from the Volkswagen portfolio enables us to further strengthen customer trust. But Geotab isn’t the only one winning: The Volkswagen Group Info Services integration offers many advantages for both OEMs and customers alike as OEMs do not have to build and maintain their own technology stack for data processing, analysis and visualisation. Instead, the customer seamlessly feeds their data into the telematics platform via the cloud-to-cloud using APIs. Customers still receive all OEM-specific data points including those from other OEMs in the context of a multi brand fleet, optimally processed and integrated with other fleet data to provide a 360-degree view of their fleets.”

The MyGeotab platform now integrates vehicle generated data from various manufacturers, including Volkswagen (VW, Audi, Škoda, Cupra and Seat), BMW-Mini, Renault, Dacia, Ford, Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz, among others, as well as data from Geotab’s own telematic device. Additionally, analytics contribute to sustainability efforts as well as CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) reports.

For example, fleet operators can optimise routes, increase fuel efficiency, identify electrification potential, encourage better safety and reduce idling times. MyGeotab processes data into comprehensive insights, providing fleet managers with a better understanding of fleet performance.

“We are excited to partner with Geotab to deliver advanced telematics to fleet operators across Europe,” said Patricia Stich, chairwoman of VW Group Info Services. “By integrating vehicle generated data from Volkswagen produced vehicles with Geotab, we empower fleet managers to improve efficiency, safety and sustainability, enabling near real-time decisions without extra hardware.”

The Geotab-VW integrated service is available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Geotab (www.geotab.com) provides vehicle and asset tracking to more than 50,000 customers in 160 countries. With over four million subscriptions and processing more than 75 billion data points a day, the firm helps users make better decisions, increase productivity, have safer fleets and achieve their sustainability goals.

Volkswagen Group Info Services (drivesomethinggreater.com) was founded in 2019 as a subsidiary of Cariad and has been on the market in its current form since 2021, based in Wolfsburg, Germany. It acts as a central point of contact and contractual partner for cross-brand data products from Volkswagen as well as a driving force and partner for software providers in the development of their own data-based business models and process improvements relating to the group’s vehicles. Static and dynamic vehicle data from Volkswagen passenger cars and commercial vehicles – Seat, Cupra, Skoda and Audi brands – are bundled for scalable use and made available in standardised form on a data hub.