Car rental companies have the opportunity to pivot slightly and adapt their fleet and operations to embrace the growing concept of sharing cars. There is a growing demand for more mobility options and car rental companies are well positioned to meet this need.
Having sold Saab in 2009 and then quit Europe altogether in 2017 when GM Europe sold its Opel and Vauxhall brands to the PSA Group (now Stellantis), GM Europe is nosing its way back to Europe.
From state-of-the-art onboard sensors to wireless telematics and more, Microsoft Azure is going to help Enterprise scale its fleet to a 350,000+ vehicle connected force by the end of the year. A fully connected worldwide fleet may be just five years away.
The U.K.-based vehicle hire service is now part of the Free2Move Connect Fleet, digitally linking its 8,000 vehicles to the network.
The telematics provider, which claims the Swiss Enterprise Holdings franchise as a client, enables access to advanced vehicle data and next-generation predictive maintenance. The company recently opened an office in Knoxville, Tenn.
As car theft continues to become more prevalent in New Zealand, Scotties Car Rentals has installed $20 GPS trackers to help locate its stolen vehicles.
The virtual conference presented deep dives on how data is fostering intelligent fleets. The seminars, panel discussions, and networking sessions covered connected cars, electrification suitability, OEM-embedded modems, telematics market trends, the rise of third-party data integrators, the migration to 5G, and video telematics.
The partnership will help drive new mobility business models for Localiza such as a subscription-based car rental program.
The partnership continues Zubie’s expansion of its partnership network that includes rental and dealer loaner software providers and a vehicle recovery company.
European-based telematics company Ruptela is expanding its global presence to North America with the release of its telematics platform to the U.S. market.
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