Localiza has 580 rental areas and over 275,000 fleet autos in Brazil and 6 different South American international locations.
Picture courtesy of Localiza.
Localiza, the most important automobile rental operator in South America, introduced on Jan. 21 a multi-year enterprise settlement with CalAmp, a telematics and related automobile options supplier.
The partnership will leverage CalAmp’s AI-enabled related automobile know-how to develop new mobility enterprise fashions for Localiza comparable to a subscription-based automobile rental program, the businesses mentioned in an announcement.
The partnership can be supposed to cut back the barrier to entry for ride-share drivers, a key rental demographic in Brazil. Localiza and CalAmp first partnered in 2015 to put in telematics on Localiza autos.
With CalAmp’s know-how and Localiza’s fleet administration software program platform, Localiza is ready to handle autos throughout its rental fleet in real-time to higher perceive automobile standing comparable to battery well being, highway visitors, location, preventive upkeep, and servicing.
The partnership can be supposed to cut back the barrier to entry for ride-share drivers, a key rental demographic in Brazil.
Picture courtesy of Localiza.
“This multi-year partnership represents an vital milestone in our journey to constantly supply modern mobility options to our clients,” mentioned João Ávila, Operations VP of Localiza.
“This is a crucial partnership for CalAmp,” mentioned Arym Diamond, chief income officer for CalAmp. “CalAmp is devoted to worldwide enlargement and excited to extend our attain all through Latin America working with Localiza as our associate. Collectively, we’re working so as to add extra value-added telematics applied sciences for every type of fleet administration functions throughout the globe.”
Localiza, which rents automobiles by means of company and franchised areas, additionally focuses on offering autos to company and industrial fleets. The publicly traded firm has 580 rental areas and over 275,000 fleet autos in Brazil and 6 different South American international locations. In Brazil, Localiza has a market share of 32.3%, bigger than the second and third ranked opponents mixed.
Localiza and CalAmp first partnered in 2015 to put in telematics on Localiza autos.
Picture courtesy of CalAmp.
Irvine, Calif.-based CalAmp, house owners of the LoJack model, supplies Web of Issues software program functions, cloud companies, knowledge intelligence, and telematics services and products. CalAmp has been publicly traded since 1983 and has 20 million merchandise put in and over 1.3 million software program and companies subscribers worldwide.
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