General Motors is partnering with Telogis, Inc. to provide fleet customers a one-of-a-kind telematics solution that provides actionable data to help control costs, increase safety and enhance fleet operations.
Telogis is integrating its location intelligence platform with GM’s OnStar’s proprietary application program interfaces, or APIs, to provide information about vehicles to fleet customers. Through the new offering, commercial fleets can make decisions relating to vehicle location, odometer, fuel consumption and other maintenance information on their GM connected vehicles.
“The combination of OnStar’s industry-leading, unique infrastructure and the Telogis platform will allow fleet managers to keep their vehicles running smoothly on the road,” said Ed Peper, U.S. vice president, GM Fleet and Commercial. “This is the next step in expanding our connected vehicle service offerings to help fleets operate more efficiently and identify cost savings.”
On properly equipped GM fleet vehicles, OnStar technology is integrated into the vehicle during assembly. It is covered under GM’s standard bumper-to-bumper limited warranty and can be serviced at any of GM’s 4,300 U.S. dealers.
“By leveraging GM’s OnStar connected services infrastructure, we make it easier for customers to access our comprehensive location intelligence platform directly through any GM OnStar-equipped commercial vehicles,” said Susan Heystee, executive vice president, worldwide sales at Telogis. “GM customers have easy access to powerful analytics and connected intelligence that will transform the way their business is done outside the four walls.”
Telogis provides a comprehensive cloud-based location intelligence platform for companies that require route optimization, real-time work order management, commercial navigation, telematics and mobile integration services for their workforces on the road.
Information from the field is transmitted from the vehicle using OnStar technology The system requires no additional hardware or third-party installation costs making it an attractive and cost-effective solution for commercial fleets to access location and vehicle intelligence, assisting fleets in lowering their total cost of ownership.
Telogis recently secured a $93 million institutional financing round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Telogis is using the investment to further capitalize on the market and focus on providing innovative technologies and solutions that enable enterprises and organizations to make the most of managing their mobile assets, including better data collection and analysis.
The Telogis platform is the first set of commercial applications to use OnStar’s proprietary APIs since GM and OnStar announced in early 2013 an online portal at http://developer.gm.com/. The portal allows developers to work with GM in a secure and controlled manner to design, test and deliver relevant, customizable and seamlessly integrated automotive apps and services.
The Telogis fleet telematics solution will be available in spring 2014.
