New partnership will allow users to conveniently search for, reserve and pay for parking, with access to Approximately 2.7 million garage on-street parking spaces – European launch planned.
With the acquisition of an interest in the Park Mobile International Holding, the BMW Group is strengthening its commitment in the field of innovative mobility services from BMW i. Park Mobile has approximately 10 million customers in more than 600 international cities of the world’s leading provider of mobile, on-demand payment systems for parking spaces on public roads. The partnership leads to a significant expansion of the power spectrum, the customers, the premium parking service ParkNow BMW i for convenient searching and booking of parking spaces in urban areas, including the cashless payment of parking fees available. In the US, the users of the Website or Smartphone App of ParkNow receive future access to around 2.7 million garage and street parking in hundreds of cities.
ParkNow is the first network that enables its customers to ensure easy access to both parking spaces in car parks and on public roads. “With this new commitment, we take the next step on the way ParkNow to become the world’s leading premium parking service,” says Joachim Hauser, Vice President Business Development BMW Mobility Services. The expansion of the ParkNow network is another example of the systematic strengthening of modern mobility services from BMW i, which include, for example, the successful in the US city of San Francisco and in the meantime seven European cities Premium Car-Sharing Service and Hamburg. An extension of the ParkNow bid on European markets is planned for the near future.
Reserve by app or computer, cashless payments and from a distance the parking time extend
the premium parking service ParkNow BMW i can across brands, that is to be used with vehicles of all car manufacturers. It relieves the driver of the especially in urban areas is often time-consuming search for a free parking space and thus contributes also to avoid unnecessary noise and exhaust emissions.If the customer wants to park his vehicle near his destination in a parking garage, it can already be pre-booked the place via a computer or smartphone. On the website or app all the ParkNow network owned garages, graded according to availability, distance and price displayed. Also pitches including charging station for electric vehicles can be found and booked in a convenient way. Alternatively, it will allow ParkNow soon also make bookings while driving on the navigation system. The location data of the selected car park can already be transferred to the navigation system, on arrival the access to reserved parking space is provided using an electronic ticket.
Also stop by the roadside, thanks to ParkNow convenient and customer-friendly than ever. The driver does not need change for the ticket machine or parking meter, he may instead enter even before disembarking via app or navigation system, the number of the selected parking zone to start the parking operation. ParkNow then provides automatic billing and also offers another plus in comfort: Expires the selected period of time for parking, the customer will be informed via mobile phone signal.If the maximum duration has not been reached, he may extend the parking time remotely if necessary.The additional fee is then also automatically billed.
