Geotab Partners with BMW Group for Turnkey Connected Mobility

Geotab, a global supplier of connected transportation solutions, announced its partnership with car manufacturer BMW Group for turnkey connected mobility. The combination of BMW Group's data and the Geotab platform provides fleet operators with a turnkey connectivity solution. Fleets, leasing and rental companies, car sharing and ride-hailing organizations all benefit from intelligent data to make near real-time decisions on fleet performance. This includes productivity, compliance, and driver safety.

In addition, valuable analytics can feed into sustainability efforts as well as the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) report, which will be mandatory for certain companies in the EU from 2024 onwards. For example, fleet operators can use the Geotab platform to help optimize routes, increase fuel efficiency and identify electrification potential, and reduce idling times based on their vehicle data. The platform processes the collected data sets into useful information, providing fleet managers with all the insights they need to better understand the performance of their fleet.

Integrated telematics functions of BMW Group vehicles* can now be combined with the MyGeotab platform's advanced tools. Users benefit from first-hand, high-quality OEM data - aggregated in the powerful, manufacturer-neutral platform, through which they can manage their entire fleet. The partnership provides fleet operators with a single point of access to make informed decisions and provide connectivity solutions for fleets of all sizes. Activation is contactless via remote access and requires no workshop visit, saving time and costs.

The MyGeotab platform can now integrate proprietary OEM data from a range of manufacturers, including BMW, Renault, Ford, Peugeot, Citroen, Opel / Vauxhall, DS, and Mercedes-Benz, among others, as well as data from Geotab's own retrofitted telematic device.

The software integrates fully electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrids (PHEV) as well as conventional internal combustion engines (ICE) and takes the relevant data points for each powertrain into account. Depending on their needs, users can choose between different plans for data access. Geotab customers can choose from various pre-configured rate plans.

This allows for a consistent picture of the entire fleet, across all brands, model years, and drive types. This way, the data from different sources is not only integrated and synchronized, but also brought together and presented to the fleet managers in a uniform, overarching manner.

The Geotab and BMW OEM agreement is available from September 2023 across 30 European countries.