Features
12 Feb 19

TomTom and new mobility go hand-in-hand

TomTom is focusing on fleet management solutions. TomTom Telematics, the navigation specialists’ B2B business unit, is now offering solutions that improve both the comfort of individual drivers, and the ease with which fleet and mobility managers can operate their vehicle park. 

Founded in 2000, TomTom Telematics focuses on fleet management, vehicle telematics and connected-car services. Starting from that expertise, the business unit has developed a range of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for both small and large corporates, to improve the performance of their vehicles, save fuel, support their drivers and increase the overall efficiency of their fleets.

Broad range of solutions

That sounds like a broad range of solutions – and it is, says George de Boer, Leader of TomTom’s Connected-Car Initiatives. He explains that TomTom Telematics users can pick and choose their own KPIs, irrespective of whether they’re the drivers, their mobility managers or the lease company supplying the fleet. 

“What corporate drivers want most of all is to be able to plan their day as efficiently as possible. They want to know if stopping at a petrol station will make them late for their next appointment, for instance. Fleet owners for their part want clear and easy overviews, of corporate mileage and fuel use, among other things.”

Convenience and reliability

The information is all in the system. You can mine it for whatever you need. That’s how to look at it, Mr De Boer explains. TomTom Telematics connects more than 861,000 vehicles across the globe. Drivers and corporate customers use its solutions in more than 60 countries, each with their own local support network and a range of sector-specific applications. 

The key values are convenience and reliability. “Our world is increasingly transparent,” Mr De Boer stresses. “TomTom Telematics’ connected-car solutions links up the vehicle with its environment. This has a host of interesting consequences.”

Easy and attractive

Let’s take just one example: you’re a corporate car user arriving for your meeting. You won’t need to worry about paying for parking: the connected car takes care of logging on and off, and automatically invoices the company. You don’t need to collect and declare parking tickets anymore. 

HR managers can use that same ease of connectivity to implement environmental certification (ISO14001) and offer a more attractive mobility budget to their young employees.

Tailor-made assessments

For each sector and every individual user, TomTom Telematics creates a new set of options for its application. This enables leasing companies, car rental companies, importers and dealers, insurance companies and drivers each to make their own, tailor-made assessments. 

For instance, a company with a field service will want to monitor the productivity of its external staff and keep a close eye on fuel cost. Or parcel services will want to keep their customers informed about the progress and expected time of their deliveries. 

Rapidly changing ecosystem

Says Mr De Boer: “Mobility is a rapidly changing ecosystem. Self-driving cars are no longer as far-fetched as they once were. Soon the car you drive into work could then serve as a shared car for your colleagues or your neighbours.” 

“TomTom Telematics offers the level of connectivity that will prove indispensable in those near-future scenarios – while TomTom itself will provide the technology for those first self-driving cars.”

More info at: telematics.tomtom.com/connectedcar