According to a new market research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active bicycle telematics systems in Europe and North America will reach 3.9 million in 2028, up from 1.7 million active units in 2023.

The adoption of bicycle telematics systems has picked up speed in recent years. There are both aftermarket and OEM telematics solutions available on the market.

Martin Cederqvist, IoT Analyst at Berg Insight, said:

“The main use case for bicycle telematics systems is stolen vehicle tracking and theft prevention. Bicycle theft is a growing concern and millions of bicycles are stolen every year in Europe and North America. Telematics solutions have proved to be an effective measure for protecting bicycles”

Bicycle OEMs have also introduced services such as predictive maintenance and vehicle diagnostics, crash detection services, over-the-air software updates and connected navigation. Bicycle OEMs can use such services to differentiate their offering as well as improve the user experience. The main application for aftermarket bicycle telematics systems is stolen vehicle tracking and some solutions then also include stolen vehicle recovery services.

The market is also driven by the increasing uptake of electric bicycles, which are more costly compared to conventional bicycles. OEM telematics systems are usually integrated with the e-bike battery that can power the telematics device.

“Some insurance companies offer customers discounts on insurance premiums if the bicycles are equipped with an active telematics device with tracking capabilities. Telematics devices usually enable live tracking of the bicycle which increases the probability of finding the bicycle again if stolen, which is the reason why insurance companies are ready to offer lower premiums”, said Mr Cederqvist.

There are numerous of bicycle OEMs offering connected services today. Examples of such companies include Ampler Bikes from Estonia; Canyon Bicycles, Riese & Müller and Urtopia from Germany; Cowboy and Stella from Belgium; Gaya from France; Gazelle, Sparta, Urban Arrow and Van Moof from the Netherlands; as well as QuietKat from the US. The leading telematics service providers are based in Europe. Those include Comodule, Conneqtech, IoT Venture, Velco and PowUnity. Other providers serving the market include Bosch, Haveltec, BikeFinder, Trackap, Tracefy, Boomerang Bike, Leopard Tech, ConnectLab and Boréal Bikes.

“Many telematics service providers offer a combination of OEM and aftermarket solutions while some focus on one of the segments. Telematics service providers moreover provide different forms of telematics solutions ranging from relatively simple tracking services to full telematics systems enabling a wide range of features”, concluded Mr Cederqvist.

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Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market study covering the video telematics market.

The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is a massive trend in the fleet telematics sector. Berg Insight’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of camera-based solutions deployed in commercial vehicle fleets either as standalone applications or as an added feature set to conventional fleet telematics. The frontrunning North American video telematics market is more than three times the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK.

Berg Insight estimates that the installed base of active video telematics systems in North America reached almost 4.9 million units in 2023. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.0 percent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach 11.7 million units in North America by 2028. In Europe, the installed base of active video telematics systems is estimated to almost 1.4 million units in 2023. The active installed base in the region is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 18.0 percent to reach 3.1 million video telematics systems in Europe by 2028.

The video telematics market is served by a number of different types of players, ranging from specialists focused specifically on video telematics solutions, to general fleet telematics players which have introduced video offerings, and hardware-focused suppliers offering mobile digital video recorders (DVRs) and vehicle cameras used for video telematics. Berg Insight ranks Streamax, Lytx and Samsara as the leading video telematics players in their respective categories.

“Streamax is the leading hardware provider, having over 2.9 million mobile DVRs installed in vehicles globally to date, and the company also offers software dashboards which are widely used together with its devices”, said Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight. He adds that Lytx has the largest number of video telematics subscribers, having surpassed one million vehicles under subscription.

“Samsara stands out among the general fleet telematics players with a significant number of camera units deployed across its subscriber base”, continued Mr. Andersson. Additional sizeable players include the fleet management player Motive, the channel-focused brand Sensata INSIGHTS (including the acquired video telematics company SmartWitness) and the hardware-focused video telematics company Howen, all having estimated installed bases of several hundred thousand units.

“The remaining top-10 players are Netradyne, Nauto and VisionTrack, which all have a primary focus on camera-based solutions specifically, as well as the fleet management provider Solera Fleet Solutions”, said Mr. Andersson.

Solera acquired the commercial vehicle telematics pioneer Omnitracs including the video safety specialist SmartDrive. Other noteworthy players competing in the video telematics space include video-focused solution providers such as LightMetrics, SafetyDirect (Rand McNally), Idrive, SureCam, Waylens, Seeing Machines and CameraMatics; fleet telematics players including Trimble, Radius Telematics, MiX by Powerfleet, Matrix iQ, Forward Thinking Systems, Azuga, ISAAC Instruments, Microlise, Trakm8, AddSecure Smart Transport and EROAD; as well as the hardware-focused supplier Pittasoft (BlackVue).

“These players have all reached estimated installed bases in the tens of thousands”, concluded Mr. Andersson.

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Berg Insight estimates that the global installed base of active off-highway vehicle telematics systems reached 7.9 million units in 2022.

This includes connected units deployed on various off-highway vehicles across the construction, mining, agriculture and forestry sectors. The construction sector accounts for the largest share, driven by OEM telematics systems offered by heavy equipment manufacturers. Agriculture and mining moreover each account for a similar number of connected units deployed on machines and vehicles used in agricultural and mining operations respectively. The remainder is represented by the forestry sector including telematics systems fitted to various forestry equipment. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.1 percent, the active installed base of off-highway vehicle telematics systems across all sectors is forecasted to reach 14.6 million units worldwide in 2027.

“The top-10 equipment manufacturers offering telematics together account for around 70 percent of the total number of off-highway vehicle telematics systems in use across the construction, mining, agriculture and forestry sectors globally”, said Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight. Berg Insight ranks Caterpillar as the leading off-highway vehicle telematics provider.

“Far from surprising, the leading equipment manufacturer by market share is also by far the top player when it comes to the number of off-highway vehicle telematics subscribers”, said Mr. Andersson.

He adds that this is a natural development in an industry where telematics has increasingly been included as standard with the machine purchase, gradually covering more models and equipment categories.

“Caterpillar was the first to surpass the milestone of 1 million connected assets across all segments and the company now has more than 1.4 million units”, said Mr. Andersson.

The runners-up are SANY and Komatsu. Other major manufacturers with estimated installed bases of more than 100,000 units include Volvo Construction Equipment, Deere & Company, XCMG, Hitachi Construction Machinery, JCB, HD Hyundai and Doosan Bobcat.

“Additional players having estimated installed bases of off-highway vehicle telematics units in the tens of thousands include CNH Industrial, Liebherr, Terex, JLG Industries, AGCO, CLAAS Group and Tadano”, concluded Mr. Andersson.

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Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, has in a new market research project found that the global installed base of active construction equipment (CE) OEM telematics systems reached 6.2 million units in 2022.

Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.0 percent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach 11.0 million units worldwide in 2027. This includes all CE telematics systems marketed by construction equipment OEMs, either developed in-house or provided by the CE manufacturers in partnership with third-party telematics players.

The European market accounted for around 0.9 million active construction equipment OEM telematics systems at the end of 2022. The North American market is estimated to be somewhat larger than the European. The Rest of World moreover represents more than half of the global installed base of CE telematics systems provided by construction equipment OEMs.

“Most major construction equipment OEMs have introduced telematics offerings for their customers either independently or in collaboration with telematics partners”, said Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight.

OEM telematics systems are today commonly factory-installed as standard at least for heavier machines and increasingly also for compact equipment.

“Berg Insight ranks Caterpillar as the clear leader in terms of the number of construction equipment OEM telematics systems deployed worldwide”, continued Mr. Andersson.

He adds that Caterpillar – which is also by far the leading construction equipment manufacturer by market share – has well over 1 million connected assets in the construction equipment segment specifically. Based in the US, Caterpillar’s largest markets for its telematics offerings are North America and Europe.

The runners-up are SANY and Komatsu based in China and Japan respectively, both major players on the respective domestic markets. Komatsu also has relatively large shares of its telematics units in China, North America and Europe.

“Other major players with several hundred thousand active CE telematics units include Sweden-based Volvo Construction Equipment, XCMG in China, JCB headquartered in the UK and Japan-based Hitachi Construction Machinery”, said Mr. Andersson. Deere & Company, HD Hyundai and Doosan Bobcat are also estimated to have reached the milestone of 100,000 units.

“Additional players having installed bases of construction equipment telematics units in the tens of thousands include Liebherr, Terex, JLG Industries, CNH Industrial and Tadano”, concluded Mr. Andersson.

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According to a new research report by IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of users of carsharing services worldwide is forecasted to grow from 123.4 million people in 2022 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.9 percent to reach 269.4 million people in 2027.

Berg Insight forecasts that the number of vehicles used for carsharing services will grow at a CAGR of 11.2 percent from 575,000 at the end of 2022 to 979,000 at the end of 2027. The carsharing fleet grew 8.7 percent worldwide in 2022 and membership grew an impressive 43.8 percent worldwide.

“The number of people using carsharing services has increased rapidly in recent years, especially in Europe and Asia-Pacific”, said Martin Cederqvist, IoT analyst at Berg Insight.

Other markets that show promising signs are the South American and Middle Eastern markets. North America has struggled in recent years, but partly recovered in 2022, when the total fleet size and membership increased by 7.9 percent and 9.1 percent respectively.

CarSharing Organisations (CSOs) offer members access to a fleet of shared cars 24/7 from unattended self-service locations. Usage is billed by the minute/hour and by distance driven, with rates that include fuel, insurance and maintenance.

Today, most CSOs use station-based networks with roundtrip rental. This operational model requires members to return a vehicle to the same designated station from which it was accessed.

Another model that is rapidly gaining in popularity is free floating carsharing, which enables members to pick up and drop off cars anywhere within a designated area.

In recent years, a number of CSOs have also experimented with hybrid models of roundtrip rentals and free floating carsharing.

Mr. Cederqvist, said:

“Free floating carsharing has become increasingly popular and is expected to become the most common operational model in Europe in the coming years in terms of both membership and fleet size.”

A connected fleet and specialized software platforms are today necessary to run a carsharing business covering operational activities ranging from management of in-vehicle equipment, fleet management, booking management, billing, as well as operations supervision via dashboards and data analytics.

While some CSOs are using in-house developed hardware and software solutions for their operations, the majority sources these kinds of products and services from specialised technology vendors. Some of the vendors offer an end-to-end solution including both telematics equipment and software platforms while other vendors focus on one of the areas.

Leading vendors of hardware and software platforms include Invers, Convadis, Continental, Humax, Vulog, Ridecell, Optimum Automotive Group, Mobility Tech Green, OCTO Telematics, Targa Telematics and Glide.io.

Carsharing services are offered by specialist carsharing companies, car rental companies, carmakers, as well as public transport operators. Examples of leading CSOs backed by carmakers include Free2Move (owned by Stellantis), Volvo On Demand (owned by Volvo Cars), Zity (partly owned by Renault), Wible (owned by Kia) and Kinto Share (owned by Toyota).

“In recent years, a few carmakers have exited the carsharing market. BMW and Mercedes-Benz left the market when they sold their joint venture Share Now to Stellantis in 2022. Similarly, Volkswagen left the market in November 2022 as the carsharing service WeShare was acquired by the German CSO Miles. Stellantis now runs the leading carsharing operator in the car OEM segment Free2Move where Share Now is now incorporated”, said Mr. Cederqvist.

Sixt Share (owned by Sixt), Zipcar (owned by Avis Budget Group) and e-GO! Drivalia (owned by Leasys) are examples of carsharing companies owned by car rental and leasing players. Specialist CSOs include Times Car Plus (owned by the Japanese parking lot operator Park 24), Socar in South Korea, EvCard and Liandong Cloud in China, Enjoy (owned by the Italian energy company Eni), Mobility Carsharing in Switzerland, Miles, Stadtmobil and Cambio in Germany, Citiz in France, Communauto in Canada and GoGet in Australia.

“The top 30 carsharing service providers accounted for about 80 percent of the carsharing members and managed close to 64 percent of the carsharing fleet worldwide at the end of 2022”, concluded Mr. Cederqvist.

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The Internet of Things (IoT) has been a game-changer in countless industries, and one area where its impact has been particularly profound is in telematics. Telematics, the integration of telecommunications and informatics, is the technology behind vehicle tracking, monitoring, and management. With the infusion of IoT, telematics has undergone a remarkable transformation, providing enhanced capabilities and ushering in a new era of connected transportation and beyond.

Telematics: A Brief Overview

Telematics has been a critical component in industries such as fleet management, logistics, and automotive. It involves the use of sensors, GPS technology, and telecommunications to monitor and collect data about vehicles, their locations, driver behavior, and engine performance. Telematics systems use this data to offer valuable insights into vehicle operations, which can improve safety, efficiency, and reduce costs.

Traditionally, telematics systems were based on proprietary hardware and software, often limiting their scalability and adaptability. However, the incorporation of IoT has disrupted this landscape, offering a wide array of new possibilities.

The Role of IoT in Telematics

IoT is the natural evolution of telematics, bringing connectivity, scalability, and intelligence to vehicle tracking and management. By incorporating a wide range of IoT devices and connectivity options, telematics applications have become more versatile and valuable. Here are some key ways in which IoT is transforming telematics:

1. Real-time Data

IoT-enabled telematics systems provide real-time data on vehicle location, speed, and status. This information is critical for monitoring fleets, responding to emergencies, and improving operational efficiency.

2. Remote Diagnostics

IoT sensors can continuously monitor a vehicle’s health and performance. When anomalies are detected, such as engine issues or low tire pressure, the system can alert the driver or fleet manager in real-time. This early diagnosis prevents breakdowns, reduces maintenance costs, and keeps vehicles on the road.

3. Predictive Maintenance

Predictive maintenance is one of the significant advantages of IoT-enabled telematics. By analyzing data from various sensors and the vehicle’s performance history, the system can predict when maintenance is needed. This ensures that maintenance is performed exactly when it’s required, reducing downtime and saving costs.

4. Driver Behavior Monitoring

IoT-powered telematics can monitor driver behavior, promoting safer driving practices. The system can track speed, acceleration, braking, and other behaviors, providing data that can be used for training and safety improvement. This not only reduces accidents but also lowers insurance premiums.

5. Fuel Efficiency

IoT telematics systems can monitor fuel consumption and provide insights into improving fuel efficiency. This is crucial for fleet management, as even a small increase in fuel efficiency can result in substantial cost savings.

6. Route Optimization

By analyzing traffic and road conditions in real-time, telematics systems can optimize routes for vehicles. This reduces travel time, lowers fuel consumption, and improves delivery times.

7. Asset Tracking

IoT telematics goes beyond just vehicles. It can also track valuable assets and cargo, ensuring their safety and security during transport.

8. Compliance and Reporting

Telematics systems are essential for compliance with regulatory requirements. IoT technology simplifies reporting and record-keeping, helping businesses meet their obligations more efficiently.

Telematics in Various Industries

The applications of IoT-powered telematics extend beyond the traditional fleet management and automotive sectors. Here’s how it is making a difference in various industries:

1. Logistics and Transportation

The logistics industry has been one of the primary beneficiaries of IoT-enabled telematics. Real-time tracking and data analysis help logistics companies streamline their operations, optimize routes, and enhance customer service.

2. Construction and Heavy Equipment

IoT telematics is being used to monitor the health and usage of construction equipment. This ensures that machines are maintained promptly, reducing downtime and improving productivity.

3. Agriculture

IoT telematics solutions are used in agriculture for tracking farm equipment, monitoring soil conditions, and optimizing crop management. This data-driven approach improves crop yields and resource utilization.

4. Healthcare

In healthcare, IoT-enabled telematics is used for patient transportation and the delivery of medical supplies. It ensures timely and secure transportation, which is crucial in healthcare settings.

5. Public Transportation

Public transportation systems use IoT telematics to improve the efficiency of bus and train services. Real-time tracking allows passengers to plan their journeys more effectively.

Challenges and Considerations

While the integration of IoT into telematics brings numerous benefits, it also presents challenges and considerations:

1. Data Security

IoT telematics systems collect vast amounts of data, including sensitive information about vehicle locations and driver behavior. Protecting this data from cyber threats and unauthorized access is of paramount importance.

2. Standardization

IoT telematics solutions must adhere to common standards and protocols to ensure interoperability and compatibility across devices and systems.

3. Privacy

Users and drivers should have control over their data. Transparency in data usage and privacy policies is crucial.

4. Cost

While the long-term benefits of IoT telematics are significant, the initial cost of implementing the technology can be a barrier for some businesses, particularly small ones.

The Future of IoT in Telematics

As technology continues to evolve, the future of IoT in telematics looks promising. Here are some trends and developments to watch for:

1. Enhanced Connectivity

The rollout of 5G networks will provide faster and more reliable connectivity for IoT devices, enabling even more real-time data transmission and analysis.

2. Autonomous Vehicles

IoT-enabled telematics is a critical component in the development of autonomous vehicles. These vehicles rely on a multitude of sensors and data streams for navigation and decision-making.

3. Smart Cities Integration

IoT telematics will become an integral part of smart city initiatives, improving traffic management, reducing congestion, and enhancing urban transportation.

4. Advanced Analytics

The future of IoT in telematics will feature more advanced analytics, including machine learning and AI, to gain deeper insights and make predictive recommendations.

Conclusion

IoT has revolutionized the telematics industry, transforming the way vehicles are tracked, managed, and maintained. The integration of IoT into telematics systems provides real-time data, predictive maintenance, and insights into driver behavior, among many other benefits.

As the technology continues to advance, IoT in telematics will play a crucial role in making transportation safer, more efficient, and more sustainable. Challenges related to data security, standardization, and privacy must be addressed to ensure that the benefits of IoT telematics are fully realized. In the coming years, IoT-powered telematics will continue to drive innovation in transportation and numerous other industries, making our world more connected and efficient.

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Berg Insight, the world’s leading IoT market research provider, today released new findings about the vehicle telematics hardware market.

More than 47.2 million aftermarket telematics devices were sold worldwide during 2022, corresponding to a market value of € 2.4 billion. The performance of the market was still affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the following supply chain crisis, but the market has shown recovering signs in 2023. Until 2027, annual shipments of aftermarket telematics devices are forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5 percent to reach 77.6 million at the end of the forecast period.

Berg Insight estimates at the same time that global shipments of OEM telematics hardware for passenger cars, light trucks and commercial vehicles reached close to 58.4 million units in 2022 corresponding to a market value of € 8.4 billion.

A combination of commercial and regulatory drivers now encourages a broader set of carmakers to expand availability of connected car services across geographies and market segments.

There are also numerous OEM telematics offerings from commercial vehicle manufacturers. The attach rate of embedded telematics devices among passenger cars, light trucks and commercial vehicles is forecasted to increase from about 72 percent in 2022 to 93 percent in 2027.

Martin Cederqvist, IoT Analyst at Berg Insight, said:

“Berg Insight ranks Teltonika as the market leader in the aftermarket telematics hardware segment reaching telematics hardware sales of € 139 million.”

Other vendors that hold significant market shares are CalAmp, Queclink, Jimi (Concox) and ERM Advanced Telematics. These five vendors generated together approximately € 483 million in annual revenues from the sales of aftermarket telematics devices. CalAmp has transformed from a pure hardware provider to an end-to-end solution telematics provider. The company is however still a major supplier of hardware telematics and shipped 1.5 million units during 2022, corresponding to sales of € 105 million.

“Other significant aftermarket telematics hardware vendors include Sensata Insights, Positioning Universal and Danlaw from North America; Suntech International, Gosuncn RichLink, Neoway Technology, Gosafe, Kingwo, ATrack and iTriangle from Asia-Pacific; and the European vendors Meta System, Ruptela and Munic”, continued Mr. Cederqvist.

The design and development of OEM telematics systems is complex as these have to integrate with vehicle systems, fulfil strict quality standards and ensure performance during the long lifecycle of a vehicle model. The suppliers of OEM telematics equipment are generally established automotive suppliers that develop their solutions in cooperation with car manufacturers.

“Shipments of OEM telematics hardware for passenger cars and light trucks amounted to about 50.3 million in 2022, representing more than 86 percent of the total OEM telematics hardware shipments.”, said Mr. Cederqvist.

The leading OEM telematics hardware vendors in terms of unit shipments are therefore found in the passenger car and light truck segment. Examples of leading automotive suppliers of OEM telematics hardware include LG Electronics, Continental, Harman Marelli, Denso, Valeo, Actia, Lear, Bosch, Hyundai Mobis, Visteon and Aptiv.

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active aftermarket car telematics units will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.7 percent from 92.2 million at the end of 2022 to 160.7 million worldwide at the end of 2027.

Berg Insight’s definition of an aftermarket car telematics solution in this report comprises both cellular/GNSS and RF-based solutions. Aftermarket car telematics solutions are useful in a number of application areas including stolen vehicle tracking and recovery (SVT/SVR), vehicle diagnostics, Wi-Fi hotspot, convenience applications and usage-based insurance. Vehicle diagnostics allow service providers such as dealers and workshops to improve service offerings to car owners. Dealers and finance companies can moreover leverage telematics for internal fleet management and manage the customer lifetime value. Aftermarket car telematics services are offered by a wide range of players.

“Examples of leading telematics companies selling services via third parties or directly to consumers include Octo Telematics, Spireon, Procon Analytics, StarLine, Targa Telematics, Vodafone Automotive, Ituran, Tracker Connect, SareKon, PassTime GPS, iMetrik, Mojio, CalAmp (LoJack), Verizon and Viasat Group”, said Martin Cederqvist, IoT Analyst at Berg Insight.

Distributing services and products through third parties is the most common go-to-market strategy for aftermarket car telematics solution vendors. Important sales channels include insurance companies, dealers and importers as well as direct-to-consumer channels such as mobile operators and online retailers. Aftermarket services targeting a specific customer group can furthermore gain an advantage in specialisation compared to OEM telematics services that are developed for a wide range of use cases. Dealers is an example of a customer group that aftermarket service providers serve successfully as the telematics offering can be adjusted to fit their business needs.

“Even though OEM telematics systems are becoming more common, many dealers are interested in aftermarket telematics systems for customer management as well as lot management. Aftermarket car telematics hardware enables dealers to access data in an actionable format across car brands and trim levels. Telematics service providers close the gap between automotive OEMs and dealers by aggregating data and providing actionable insights.” continued Mr. Cederqvist.

Regional market conditions such as a high level of vehicle crime influence the demand for stolen vehicle tracking and have made SVT solutions popular in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, China, Israel, Russia and South Africa.

Mr. Cederqvist, said:
“The number of dedicated active aftermarket SVT units in use is forecasted to reach 88.7 million in 2027, up from 55.1 million at year-end 2022.”

Today, there are many different form factors applicable for aftermarket car telematics ranging from professionally installed hardwired blackboxes to self-installed OBD dongles and battery-powered devices. Solutions aimed at dealers and vehicle finance institutions in the US mainly use LTE -M devices and LoRaWAN has become a connectivity option for asset tracking and SVR in Latin America, North America and Europe.

Mr. Cederqvist concluded:

“Albeit aftermarket car telematics services face competition from smartphone-only and OEM solutions, it still has a dominant position on the market in many parts of the world. Even in markets with high adoption rates of OEM telematics services, aftermarket telematics services are expected to be increasingly popular in the coming years.”

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.1 percent from 202.3 million subscribers at the end of 2022 to 426.4 million subscribers at the end of 2027.

Moreover, Berg Insight forecasts that shipments of embedded car OEM telematics systems worldwide will grow from 50.3 million units in 2022 to reach 77.3 million units in 2027, which represents an attach rate of 94 percent at the end of the forecast period.

New passenger car and light truck registrations increased 0.3 percent to 69.7 million worldwide in 2022. Performance was highly affected by the semiconductor shortage in several markets. Berg Insight still anticipates high growth of OEM telematics subscribers in the next years as connected car services become ubiquitous in all major car markets.

Carmakers are still experimenting with business models for connected car services as renewal rates for telematics subscriptions after the initial free period still remain relatively low. Competition and local regulations will likely lead to that a growing number of brands will offer free basic services such as safety and diagnostics for the lifetime of the vehicle. Carmakers are expected to offer connected car services through a modular sales approach where customers can order services individually and thus generate revenues on value-added services built on top of basic telematics services.

Carmakers have also begun selling premium features and enhancing car performance via OTA updates. BMW for example offers a range of vehicle functions in the form of digital after-sales services in the ConnectedDrive store. Other carmakers offering similar services include Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Porsche. The increasing adoption of the Android Automotive OS and Google Automotive Services (GAS) is moreover a trend in the automotive industry and will likely have an effect on the connected car value chain in the future. Traditional vehicle-based platforms have also faced intense competition from portable and nomadic devices and have had a severe disadvantage in the longer development cycles.

“Connected car services have evolved from being a differentiating factor to a commodity. To offer more attractive digital experiences, carmakers increasingly focus on incorporating third-party apps into infotainment systems, providing access to the same apps that drivers have in their smartphones”, said Martin Cederqvist, IoT Analyst at Berg Insight.

Android Auto and Apple Carplay have been a way to incorporate third-party apps, but carmakers are more and more focused on providing access to the apps directly through the car infotainment system, without the need for smartphone connectivity. The increasing adoption of Google Automotive Services (GAS) has been a popular mean to achieve this.

General Motors had more than 21.0 million connected cars at the end of 2022 and BMW had about 20.0 million connected cars. Toyota Motor Group, Stellantis and Volkswagen make up the remaining top five carmakers in terms of embedded OEM telematics subscribers.

Mr Cederqvist, concluded:

“As many volume brands now offer connected services for free in their main markets it is expected that such players will constitute a large part of the growth of connected car subscriptions in the coming years.”

Additional automotive OEMs with more than 10.0 million active connected cars at the end of 2022 include Ford, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.

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Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market study covering the video telematics market.

The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is a massive trend in the fleet telematics sector.

Berg Insight’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of camera-based solutions deployed in commercial vehicle fleets either as standalone applications or as an added feature set to conventional fleet telematics.

The frontrunning North American video telematics market is more than three times the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK. Berg Insight estimates that the installed base of active video telematics systems in North America reached almost 3.9 million units in 2022. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.0 percent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach 8.8 million units in North America by 2027.

In Europe, the installed base of active video telematics systems is estimated to over 1.1 million units in 2022. The active installed base in the region is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 17.9 percent to reach 2.5 million video telematics systems in 2027.

The video telematics market is served by a number of different types of players, ranging from specialists focused specifically on video telematics solutions, to general fleet telematics players which have introduced video offerings, and hardware-focused suppliers offering mobile digital video recorders (DVRs) and vehicle cameras used for video telematics.

“Berg Insight ranks Streamax, Lytx and Samsara as the leading video telematics players in their respective categories”, said Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight. He adds that Streamax is the leading hardware provider, having more than 2.4 million mobile DVRs installed in vehicles worldwide to date. The company also offers software dashboards which are widely used together with its devices.

Mr. Andersson continued:

“Lytx has the largest number of video telematics subscriptions, while Samsara stands out among the general fleet telematics players with a significant number of camera units deployed across its subscriber base.”

Additional sizeable players in this space include the new channel-focused brand Sensata INSIGHTS (including the acquired video telematics company SmartWitness), the fleet management player Motive (formerly KeepTruckin), the hardware-focused video telematics company Howen, and the fleet management provider Solera Fleet Solutions (which acquired the commercial vehicle telematics pioneer Omnitracs including the video safety specialist SmartDrive).

“The remaining top-10 players are Netradyne, Nauto and VisionTrack which all have a primary focus on camera-based solutions specifically”, said Mr. Andersson. Other noteworthy players competing in the video telematics space include video-focused solution providers such as Bendix (SafetyDirect by Bendix CVS), Idrive, SureCam, LightMetrics, Waylens, Seeing Machines and CameraMatics; fleet telematics players including Trimble, Matrix iQ, MiX Telematics, Forward Thinking Systems, Radius Telematics, ISAAC Instruments, Azuga, Microlise, Trakm8 and AddSecure Smart Transport; as well as the hardware-focused supplier Pittasoft (BlackVue). “These players have all reached estimated installed bases in the tens of thousands”, concluded Mr. Andersson.

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Demonstration illustrates successful integration of data traffic mapping to carriers.

Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT solutions provider, showcased its middleware solution for Dual SIM Service at MWC Barcelona utilizing the Qualcomm® telematics software framework.

This framework provides access to next generation connectivity and telematics solutions based on Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.’s extensive expertise in 5G, C-V2X, location, telematics, automotive, functional safety, hypervisors, and security.

Dual SIM Service enables applications to steer data traffic utilizing the dual SIM connectivity based on OEM choice of carrier, Quality of Service (QoS), and billing. The demonstration features a Snapdragon® Auto Modem-RF chipset from Qualcomm Technologies, with a Quectel module AG-553-EU, highlighting the use of Dual SIM Service on telematics software from Qualcomm Technologies.

“We’re pleased to be demonstrating the Dual SIM service at MWC Barcelona with Qualcomm,” said Manfred Lindacher, VP Sales Automotive International, Quectel Wireless Solutions.

“It underlines our commitment to providing global automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers with the most advanced connectivity options available, enabling them to tackle the issues of low connectivity with dual sims in their applications.”

“The Dual SIM Service demonstration at MWC Barcelona showcases the close collaboration we have with Quectel,” said An Chen, Vice President, Engineering, Qualcomm Incorporated.

The Technology Value Added Services (Tech VAS) program, developed by Qualcomm’s Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) division helps enable advanced technology solutions to be optimized on Qualcomm® hardware platforms. As part of the Tech VAS program, the Dual SIM Service feature will be made available through a software package that will improve vehicle connectivity, throughput, and reliability.

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Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global IoT and automotive solutions provider, today announces the launch of its new AG18 module, one of the next generation of Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) modules.

Featuring PC5 direct communications, the module enables vehicles to effectively communicate with one another and with their surroundings, ensuring improved safety and traffic efficiency.

The AG18 supports vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) communications on the unified 5.9GHz intelligent transportation system (ITS) band without the need of a (U)SIM, cellular subscription, or network assistance.

In addition to superior C-V2X communication capabilities, the AG18 module features flexible positioning service options including L1+L5 dual frequency GNSS, Qualcomm Dead Reckoning (QDR3) and high-precision PPE (RTK) technologies, ensuring that global automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can leverage location technology appropriate to their application requirements.

Norbert Muhrer, President and CSO of Quectel, said:

“C-V2X has been accepted worldwide as a core technology to support high level ADAS and autonomous driving. The AG18 module will enable the large-scale commercial deployment of C-V2X around the globe.”

“It provides enhanced PC5 direct communications and positioning capabilities while significantly reducing the total build cost. The AG18 has already been recognized by several well-known car brands and been selected for critical automotive applications in their next generation vehicles.”

Based upon the AEC-Q100 qualified Qualcomm SA415M chipset, the AG18 complies with the international IATF 16949:2016 automotive quality management system. It is designed for use in extremely harsh environments and provides superior ESD/EMI protection performance.

The AG18 is pin-to-pin compatible with Quectel’s previous-generation C-V2X module AG15, allowing existing OEM customer devices to migrate seamlessly and upgrade through a simple drop-in replacement that will greatly reduce their design cost and development time. Additionally, the AG18 includes multiple interfaces including PCIe, USB 3.0/2.0, SPI, I2C, UART, GPIO, ADC and 1pps, enabling customers to develop a wide range of applications including Telematics Control Unit (TCU), Telematics BOX (T-BOX), Virtual Box (V-BOX) and Roadside Unit (RSU).

As a global supplier of automotive solutions, Quectel has developed a rich C-V2X portfolio for automotive-related applications, including the C-V2X module AG18/ AG15, the C-V2X AP module AG215S, the AG52xR series of LTE-A + C-V2X modules as well as the AG55xQ series of 5G + C-V2X modules, which ensures technological continuity for future customer plans for intelligent cars and transport systems.

Together with C-V2X modules, Quectel also offers a variety of high-performance C-V2X antennas, already in use in the autonomous car market. The C-V2X antenna can be mounted on the upper side of front and rear windshields of the vehicle or hidden inside the shark fin antenna. Besides, Quectel’s C-V2X antenna can achieve two-way compensation for antenna signal loss, bringing excellent performance even when the harness length is more than 4 meters.

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Company’s emissions reduction targets approved and aligned with 1.5°C ambition.

Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”), a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced that it is the first dedicated telematics company to have its emissions reduction targets validated and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Geotab’s targets meet the criteria required to keep the global temperature rise limited to 1.5°C, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.

Geotab published its inaugural Sustainability Report in 2021, committing to take climate action and moving the world toward a more sustainable future. Validated by SBTi, Geotab commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 from a 2019 base year. Geotab also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions by 50% within the same timeframe.

Neil Cawse, CEO and founder of Geotab:

“At Geotab, we don’t just believe in sustainability; it is the very core to our purpose. We are proud to be the first dedicated telematics provider to receive SBTi validation.”

“We are committed to transparent measurement of our own carbon emissions, while supporting our customers and suppliers on their own journey. Together, we can make smarter decisions and do better for our planet.”

Guided by its mission to help companies accelerate their rate of carbon reductions and to scale their sustainability efforts, Geotab provides access to a full suite of tools powered by the largest dataset for real-world EV performance, including the EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA), Green Fleet Dashboard, Temperature Tool for EV Range and the EV Battery Degradation Tool. Through its technology, Geotab instills confidence and helps companies make intelligent and sustainable decisions that are in the best interest of their organization, the broader community and the planet at large.

Committed to safeguarding the future, SBTi defines best practices in setting science-based targets to help mobilize companies toward a low-carbon economy. In 2019 the organization launched, The Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition. The campaign is an urgent call to action for companies to set targets in line with 1.5°C and a net-zero future to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Berg Insight, the world’s leading IoT market research provider, today released new findings about the vehicle telematics hardware market.

Close to 42.0 million aftermarket telematics devices were shipped globally during 2021, a market valued at approximately € 2.2 billion. The performance of the market was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the supply chain crisis, but the setbacks are expected to be temporary. Until 2026, annual shipments of aftermarket hardware are forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12 percent to reach 72.8 million at the end of the forecast period.

Berg Insight estimates at the same time that global shipments of OEM telematics hardware for passenger cars, light trucks and commercial vehicles reached close to 53.0 million units in 2021 corresponding to a market value of € 7.8 billion. A combination of commercial and regulatory drivers now encourages a broader set of carmakers to expand availability of connected car services across geographies and market segments. There are also numerous OEM telematics offerings from commercial vehicle manufacturers. The attach rate of embedded telematics units among passenger cars, light trucks and commercial vehicles is forecasted to increase from about 64 percent in 2021 to 85 percent in 2026.

Martin Svegander, Senior Analyst at Berg Insight, said:

“Berg Insight ranks Jimi/Concox as the market leader in the aftermarket telematics hardware segment reaching sales of around 6.0 million units in 2021.”

Other vendors that hold significant market shares are Queclink, CalAmp, Teltonika and Meta System. These five vendors generated together approximately € 630 million in annual revenues from the sales of aftermarket telematics hardware. Queclink has grown rapidly during the past couple of years and sold more than 4.0 million telematics devices in 2021. “Other significant aftermarket telematics hardware vendors include the North American companies Xirgo Technologies (Sensata), Danlaw and Positioning Universal; the Asian vendors Gosuncn, Neoway, Suntech International, GoSafe, Sinocastel and ATrack and the European vendors Ruptela, Munic and Vem Solutions”, continued Mr. Svegander.

The design and development of OEM telematics systems is complex as these have to integrate with vehicle systems, fulfil strict quality standards and ensure performance during the long lifecycle of a vehicle model. The suppliers of OEM telematics equipment are generally established automotive suppliers that develop their solutions in cooperation with car manufacturers. “Shipments of OEM telematics hardware for passenger cars and light trucks amounted to about 49.0 million in 2021, representing more than 92 percent of the total OEM telematics hardware shipments”, said Mr. Svegander.

The leading OEM telematics hardware vendors in terms of unit shipments are therefore found in the passenger car and light truck OEM telematics segment. Examples of leading automotive suppliers of OEM telematics hardware include LG Electronics, Continental, Harman, Marelli, Denso, Bosch, Aptiv, Visteon and Actia.

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of active aftermarket car telematics units will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6 percent from 87.4 million at the end of 2021 to 151.6 million at the end of 2026.

Berg Insight’s definition of an aftermarket car telematics solution in this report comprises both cellular/GNSS and RF-based solutions. Aftermarket car telematics solutions are useful in a number of application areas including stolen vehicle tracking and recovery (SVT/SVR), vehicle diagnostics, Wi-Fi hotspot, convenience applications and usage-based insurance.

Vehicle diagnostics allows service providers such as dealers and workshops to improve service offerings to car owners. Dealers and finance companies can moreover leverage telematics for internal fleet management and manage the customer lifetime value. Examples of convenience applications enabled by aftermarket telematics devices include remote control of certain vehicle functions such as door lock/unlock and finding the last parking position.

Aftermarket car telematics services are offered by a wide range of players. “Examples of leading telematics companies selling services via third parties or directly to consumers include Octo Telematics, Targa Telematics, Spireon, Procon Analytics, Ituran, SareKon, PassTime GPS, Mojio, CalAmp (LoJack), Viasat Group and Vodafone Automotive”, said Martin Svegander, Senior Analyst at Berg Insight.

Distributing services and products through third parties is the most common go-to-market strategy for aftermarket car telematics solution vendors. Important sales channels include insurance companies, dealers and importers as well as direct-to-consumer channels such as mobile operators and online retailers. A growing number of telematics solution vendors also explore new business models enabled by making connected cars part of the larger IoT ecosystem where data can be shared with third parties.

“Stolen vehicle recovery and security-related telematics applications are mature aftermarket car telematics applications whereas aftermarket other car telematics solutions have more recently started to emerge”, continued Mr. Svegander.

Regional market conditions such as a high level of vehicle crime influence the demand for stolen vehicle tracking and have made SVT solutions popular in countries such as Brazil, Argentina, China, Israel, Russia and South Africa.

Mr. Svegander continued:

“The number of dedicated active aftermarket SVT units in use is forecasted to reach 82.4 million in 2026, up from 53.1 million at year-end 2021.”

The technology environment for aftermarket car telematics solutions has evolved significantly during the past years. Implementations in the early days of telematics relied on professionally installed hardwired blackbox devices, making the deployments relatively costly. Today, there are many different form factors applicable for aftermarket car telematics ranging from professionally installed hardwired blackboxes to self-installed OBD dongles and battery-powered devices.

“Improvements in battery technology, software and network technologies enable telematics industry players to offer new and more efficient products to the market”, concluded Mr. Svegander.

Solutions aimed at dealers and vehicle finance institutions in the US use LTE -M devices and LoRaWAN has become a connectivity option for asset tracking and SVR in Latin America, North America and Europe.

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Secure telematics data management to enhance intelligence operations and unlock monetization opportunities in V2X.

Optimizing services for secure data management in connected vehicle telematics is vital to further hone intelligence operations and unlock new IoT security monetization in V2X applications, according to a new report by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research.

“Telematics applications stand at the very core of car OEMs’ intelligence strategy, producing an ever-increasing amount of data and supporting key operations including, among others, fleet management, vehicle connectivity optimization, firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates, and predictive maintenance. While car OEMs partially adopt new security measures out of necessity due to compliance and regulatory requirements, the fact of the matter is that they do need to adapt V2X applications to meet the demands of the greater IoT ecosystems. OEMs are steadily starting to recognize the value of having a security-first approach in connected vehicles,” explains Dimitrios Pavlakis, Senior IoT Security Analyst at ABI Research.

Secure telematics data management can be tackled by adopting a more unified approach. Rather than simply “pushing” security to the cloud, secure telematics need to originate in the vehicle itself. Vehicle systems are evolving into a highly complex and interconnected network spanning multiple control/processing units, generating an ever-increasing amount of data, and funneling it into one component geared for external communications: the Telematics Control Unit (TCU).

Every single data point captured by vehicle systems and gateways, communicated through cellular networks, and analyzed in the cloud by car OEMs and Telematics Service Providers (TSPs) originates from TCU communication modules. A simple eSIM incorporated into telematics devices is enough to secure external communications for many telematics suppliers and car OEMs.

Pavlakis says:

“It is astonishing that automotive data security management rests on this unique technology when the monetization opportunity is significantly higher. The concept of “simply embedding the TCU with an eSIM” is merely a connectivity-enabler, not a scalable security approach.”

Many automotive market players rely very heavily on cloud security to ensure their customers and end-user data is properly gathered, stored, and managed. However, there are multiple value chains prior to the cloud, starting with identity issuance at the manufacturing stage for telematics devices, secure firmware installation and code issuance for software components, certificate management and proper ownership migration, provisioning, and onboarding, establishing trust with third-party services, streamlining in-vehicle network operations, privacy, and secure data management, among many others.

Pavlakis concludes, “There is no future scenario in the era of the software-defined vehicle that excludes the further investment of hardware, software, and network security options. Obtaining reliable telematics data and protecting vehicle communications directly contributes to data monetization and aligns with the future of V2X and intelligent vehicle processes.”

Companies leading in the space are offering telematics-specific eUICCs and embedded firmware solutions (Thales), embedded hardware security for V2X (Infineon), connectivity platforms and Vehicle SoCs (Ericsson), high-tier security connected vehicle network and data security (Blackberry), and software-defined vehicle and security architecture consulting services (Tata Elxi and Upstream).

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Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market study covering the video telematics market.

The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is a massive trend in the fleet telematics sector.

Berg Insight’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of camera-based solutions deployed in commercial vehicle fleets either as standalone applications or as an added feature set to conventional fleet telematics. The frontrunning North American video telematics market is three times the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK. Berg Insight estimates that the installed base of active video telematics systems in North America reached 2.9 million units in 2021.

Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5 percent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach almost 6.3 million units in North America by 2026. In Europe, the installed base of active video telematics systems is estimated to over 0.9 million units in 2021. The active installed base in the region is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 17.9 percent to reach 2.1 million video telematics systems in 2026.

The video telematics market is served by a number of different types of players, ranging from specialists focused specifically on video telematics solutions, to general fleet telematics players which have introduced video offerings, and hardware-focused suppliers offering mobile digital video recorders (DVRs) and vehicle cameras used for video telematics.

“Berg Insight ranks Streamax, Lytx and Samsara as the leading video telematics players in their respective categories”, said Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight.

He adds that Streamax is the leading hardware provider, having more than 2.1 million mobile DVRs installed in vehicles worldwide to date, and the company also offers software dashboards which are widely used together with its devices.

“Lytx has the largest number of video telematics subscriptions, while Samsara stands out among the general fleet telematics players with a significant number of camera units deployed across its subscriber base”, continued Mr. Andersson.

Additional sizeable players in this space include the video telematics company SmartWitness (owned by Sensata), the fleet management player Motive (formerly KeepTruckin), the commercial vehicle telematics pioneer Omnitracs (owned by Solera) including the acquired video safety specialist SmartDrive, the hardware-focused video telematics company Howen, and the vision-based safety platform provider Netradyne.

Other noteworthy players competing in the video telematics space include video-focused solution providers such as Nauto, VisionTrack, Bendix (SafetyDirect by Bendix CVS), SureCam, LightMetrics, Idrive, Seeing Machines, CameraMatics, Exeros Technologies, Waylens and Vision Techniques; fleet telematics players including Trimble, Matrix Telematics, Radius Telematics, MiX Telematics, Azuga, Microlise, Forward Thinking Systems, ISAAC Instruments, Trakm8 and AddSecure Smart Transport; as well as the hardware-focused supplier Pittasoft (BlackVue).

Mr. Andersson concluded:

“These players have all reached estimated installed bases in the tens of thousands.”

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Telematics technology developed in Canada will help improve deep field safety of the BAS team in the South Pole.

Geotab Inc., a global leader in IoT and connected transportation, today announced it is implementing a fleet management platform for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), an interdisciplinary research organization with research stations in the world’s polar regions.

Headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, Geotab is providing in-depth vehicle telematics data analysis for BAS’ diverse fleet of Antarctic vehicles, including snowmobiles, snow groomers, and tractors, for their latest arduous research expedition to the Antarctic this month.

A Geotab GO device has also been fitted to Britain’s new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, and is being used to plan, track and manage the progress of all of the ship’s polar research expeditions. You can track the ship’s progress through its time-lapsed webcam as it makes its journey through the Antarctic.

Often located thousands of miles away from the main research stations, the team is reliant on efficient communications to ensure safety and to promote the most sustainable use of fleet machinery during their research. On one of the most pristine, untouched continents on the planet, Antarctic research is instrumental in discovering the primary causes and effects of climate change.

In the past, BAS scientists and support teams relied on a high frequency (HF) radio in emergencies. Every time teams stopped, they would have to erect a rig to maintain communication with research stations, a complex task when faced with sub-zero temperatures, rough terrain, and unpredictable weather conditions.

Now, the BAS team is working with Geotab to provide a tailored solution to address their unique challenges and leverage the power of deriving powerful vehicle information data. The Geotab solution, with a modified GO9 telematics plug-in device, will be housed in a custom-built mounting box, ruggedized to protect it from extreme temperatures and conditions. Used in millions of vehicles every day, it includes a variety of real-time telematics functions such as monitoring and diagnostics, operator management, fuel management, staff health and safety management, and dynamic vehicle scheduling for the entire expedition.

The work of the BAS team helps governments and businesses set policies that shape their environmental commitments for the future of our planet, and forms the essential groundwork for the science behind climate conference discussions, such as the recently held COP26 in Glasgow.

With five research stations across the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic and research teams that frequently travel on deep-field expeditions for weeks at a time, it presents enormous connectivity challenges in areas that are ‘off grid’ – without any cell infrastructure and hundreds, if not thousands of miles away from the nearest sign of civilization.

By integrating the MyGeotab fleet management software with the BAS’s mapping system, every single vehicle journey can be tracked accurately, pinpointing the estimated time of departure and arrival, real-time latitude and longitude coordinates, and stops made along the way. Most importantly, the monitoring tool can also function as a distress beacon via the simple push of a button, to assist with the safety of the scientific teams in some of the harshest and remote areas of the planet.

Neil Cawse, CEO at Geotab, said:
“BAS’ commitment to excellence in science is universally recognized and respected, and this international collaboration presents an opportunity to support greater research and development across polar regions. We are delighted to provide our telematics technology and support BAS in their sustainability efforts. Their research into climate change is so important and will undoubtedly benefit governmental bodies, policy-makers, business leaders and citizens around the world.”

For BAS, an organization focused on environmental science, the solution has addressed issues surrounding fuel efficiency and refill locations to encourage more sustainable operations. It has also enabled the organization to better plan and monitor their trips, to further minimize their environmental impact in the polar region.

Ben Norrish, Head of Vehicle Engineering at BAS, said:
“It’s our primary goal to make working remotely, deep-field in the Antarctic safer, more efficient and carbon accountable going forward. Using this technology allows us to achieve all three.”

“Having the ability to live track teams on the ice is a huge asset to route planning and safety of the teams with an added benefit of peace of mind to each person on the ice knowing that if they get into trouble, a search and rescue can be deployed fast and accurately to save lives.”

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With only 15% of the planet covered by terrestrial networks, Astrocast redefines the boundaries of IoT to deliver a SatIoT service that enables all businesses to benefit.

Astrocast SA today launches its commercially available cost-effective, bidirectional satellite IoT (SatIoT) service, to connect IoT devices globally when outside of cell-based terrestrial networks at a comparable cost.

Accessibility to Astrocast’s Satellite IoT service has the potential to transform the business model for global IoT, opening the door to a raft of new, powerful applications that will accelerate change and deliver tangible value to businesses, individuals and the environment.

Utilising its own recently launched nanosatellite constellation in Low Earth Orbit, Astrocast offers affordable connectivity for all and supports applications in asset tracking, telemetry and telematics; as it fosters innovation across sectors including maritime, agriculture & livestock, environment & utilities, land, transport, freight & storage, mining, oil & gas. By default, IoT solutions implemented in many of these situations are deployed in remote locations – from mines to farmland, ships to oil platforms. Astrocast’s solution minimises the need for human intervention and repair, wherever possible, safeguarding the business case.

Device size and power consumption is key

In any remote IoT deployment, device size, power consumption and reliability are priority concerns. Astrocast’s small-sized devices offer low power consumption and long battery life (up to 10 years). These considerations become vital as organisations embark upon deploying a strategic SatIoT initiative. Just by combining good quality battery technology with an intelligent approach to data transmission, the lifecycle of an IoT solution is significantly extended.

Astrocast’s devices only transmit data when satellites are in range, instead of continuously. This radically increases battery life, especially in applications that do not require constant information updates. In addition, this reduces the price of data for end-users.

Bidirectional IoT and effective system integration is important

Bidirectional IoT has a significant role to play. The ability to send commands back to assets, rather than just receive data, is hugely powerful and enables an array of new use cases, including remote management of equipment. For example, it enables farmers to command silos to release food, open gates or manage irrigation systems, without any need for expensive and often hard-to-source human interaction. Utility companies can remotely control water management systems in line with flood prevention strategies. With information seamlessly integrated with existing analytics, AI, or machine learning solutions, organisations have the power to use this data to improve understanding, and direct actions of remote assets.

Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast says: “So far, organisations have struggled to create a business case for deploying IoT solutions that can offer comprehensive global coverage, as well as efficient and reliable connectivity.”

“There is now an opportunity to use satellite IoT to increase visibility, transparency, and control over assets globally – and the potential for use cases across an array of sectors is almost limitless. What is more, in the past, these solutions have been too complex, costly, or simply unavailable. But, thanks to developments in satellite IoT technology, this is changing; and organisations that recognise the potential of going beyond terrestrial IoT will be able to create new competitive advantages too.”

Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast
“For example, in New Zealand, there is a drive to remotely track cattle to identify individual animals that are unwell, allowing immediate intervention and removal from the herd, to reduce the spread of disease – and, in the process, minimise the need for medication. The ability to rapidly capture and analyse this information through SatIoT not only fast tracks the adoption of this model, but also provides rapid insights into the success of the approach.”

“Even at-risk animals are playing a role in combatting climate change. Using tiny sensors attached to an array of sea creatures, including turtles, is not just providing scientists insight into the behaviour and travel patterns of the animals, but is also capturing vital information regarding sea health, including salinity. From mapping sea temperatures to the depth turtles are swimming to capturing information about seawater quality, the information provided by these creatures is automatically transmitted via SatIoT as they surface. Possibility is endless.”

Astrocast’s market-leading integration partners include Airbus, Thuraya, the European Space Agency and Wayra / Telefonica. Projects Astrocast has been involved in include: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – supporting wildfire detection, animal tracking, water monitoring and vehicle monitoring; and Wildlife Computers – enabling wildlife tracking and biodiversity management. Astrocast was recently listed on the Euronext Growth market in Oslo.

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New service makes it easier and more cost-effective for automakers to collect vehicle data and transfer it to the cloud in near-real time so customers can build applications that use analytics and machine learning to improve vehicle quality, safety, and autonomy.

The new service is part of AWS for Automotive, an initiative that provides automotive customers with purpose-built tools for connected mobility, autonomous development, digital customer engagement, product design and engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

NXP, WirelessCar, and Otonomo among customers and partners using AWS IoT FleetWise.

Today, at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced AWS IoT FleetWise, a new service that makes it easier and more cost-effective for automakers to collect, transform, and transfer vehicle data to the cloud in near-real time.

With AWS IoT FleetWise, automakers can easily collect and organize data in any format present in their vehicles (regardless of make, model, or options) and standardize the data format for easy data analysis in the cloud. AWS IoT FleetWise helps automakers efficiently transfer data to the cloud in near-real time using the service’s intelligent filtering capabilities that allow developers to reduce network traffic by selecting the data to transfer and defining rules for when to transfer it based on parameters like weather conditions, location, or vehicle type.

Once the data is in the cloud, automakers can use it for applications that remotely diagnose issues in individual vehicles, analyze vehicle fleet health to help prevent potential recalls or safety issues, or improve advanced technologies like autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems with analytics and machine learning. There are no upfront commitments or fees to use AWS IoT FleetWise, and customers only pay for the underlying services used. To learn more about AWS IoT FleetWise, visit aws.amazon.com/iot-fleetwise.

Automakers have been collecting data from standard vehicle sensors for over a decade to evaluate operational and safety indicators like engine temperature and vehicle stability. However, automakers today are building cars with new classes of advanced sensors like radar and cameras that improve vehicle safety but also generate exponentially increasing amounts of data. For example, advanced vehicle sensors can generate up to 2 terabytes of data hourly per vehicle, making the cost of transferring this type of data to the cloud prohibitive.

Automakers want to collect, standardize, and transfer this data to the cloud more cost-effectively, so they can use it to generate insights that help improve vehicle quality, safety, and autonomy. However, the ever-increasing variety of vehicle makes, models, and options that generate data in different proprietary formats creates a complex array of data across the vehicles on the road.

Collecting and transforming all of this vehicle data so that it can be analyzed in the cloud requires automakers to build custom data collection systems that standardize the data across the wide variety of data formats, which is difficult and time-consuming. Instead, automakers want to select the data to collect and transfer to the cloud in near-real time based on their specific use case, but this type of intelligent data filtering doesn’t exist today. As a result, automakers are unable to put data to work to help solve common problems like diagnosing issues with individual vehicle performance, spotting fleet-wide issues before they become a growing problem, and using the data to improve vehicle performance and autonomy.

AWS IoT FleetWise provides automakers a managed service that makes it easier and more cost-effective to collect and transfer data from millions of vehicles to the cloud in near-real time. AWS IoT FleetWise can access the unique data format of a vehicle and then structure and standardize the data so automakers don’t have to develop custom data collection systems.

Automakers start in the AWS Management Console by defining and modeling vehicle attributes (e.g. a two-door coupe) and the sensors associated with the car’s make, model, and options (e.g. engine temperature, front-impact warning, parking assist system, etc.) for individual vehicle types or multiple vehicle types across their entire fleet. After vehicle modeling, automakers install the AWS IoT FleetWise application on the vehicle gateway (an in-vehicle communications hub that monitors and collects data), so it can read, decode, and transmit information to and from AWS.

With AWS IoT FleetWise’s intelligent filtering controls, automakers can select the exact data they need for their use cases and help reduce costs by limiting the amount of data transferred to the cloud by creating conditional rules to filter the data they want to collect and analyze (e.g. sensor data from hard-braking events associated with a vehicle make and model).

Once data is transferred to the cloud with AWS IoT FleetWise, automakers can use AWS’s breadth and depth of services to extract value from vehicle data. For example, automakers can use intelligent filtering to collect camera data from vehicles traveling on newly built highways when an autonomous driving system identifies text in road signage with less than 90% confidence. When that data is sent to the cloud, automakers can label the data for accuracy to improve the machine learning models powering autonomous driving systems. Or, automakers can use intelligent filtering to collect data from electric vehicle batteries when the temperature drops below freezing and then analyze it and run simulations in the cloud to improve battery performance in cold weather.

Mike Tzamaloukas, General Manager of IoT Automotive at AWS, said:

“While automakers have collected, stored, and analyzed vehicle data for years, they are not equipped to manage the explosion of data generated by advanced vehicle safety and autonomous driving systems, nor have they had access to the near-real-time data needed to help proactively address vehicle problems.”

“With AWS IoT FleetWise, automakers can now efficiently collect this data, transform it, and gain deep, actionable insights on the condition and usage of vehicles on the road. Automakers can now use the power of AWS to help maintain millions of vehicles, increase vehicle safety, and improve customer service.”

AWS IoT FleetWise is a new service that is part of AWS for Automotive, a comprehensive offering of AWS services and AWS Partner Network (APN) solutions used by automotive and mobility customers globally to help automotive customers digitally transform their business for connected mobility, digital customer engagement, product design and engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

AWS IoT FleetWise with standard vehicle data collection is available in preview today in US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Frankfurt), with availability in additional AWS Regions coming soon.

NXP Semiconductors is the leader in secure vehicle network processors, enabling secure connections for a smarter world.

“We are driving automotive industry innovations, including our new S32G vehicle network processors for service-oriented gateways,” said Ray Cornyn, Vice President and General Manager of Vehicle Control and Networking Solutions at NXP.

“The collaboration with AWS on AWS IoT FleetWise is one that will enable smart data collection from every corner of the vehicle. With AWS IoT FleetWise and NXP’s automotive gateway solutions, OEMs will be able to leverage deeper vehicle insights to improve vehicles over time and enable compelling, new vehicle capabilities and business opportunities.”

WirelessCar has a 20+ year history of developing, delivering, and operating secure digital solutions and products for connected cars.

“As our automotive services and solutions have continued to grow and establish us as a leader in the connected vehicle industry, we continue to enjoy the scale, availability, and resilience of AWS services as a foundation of our solutions,” said Jessica Nymark, CTO at WirelessCar.

“With the arrival of AWS IoT FleetWise as an AWS for Automotive service, we look forward to a further expansion of our portfolio around efficient vehicle data collection and of our data ecosystem.”

Otonomo is a mobility intelligence platform that fuels a network of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), fleets, and over 100 service providers, ranging from mobility as a service (MaaS), electric vehicles (EV), and transportation to insurance. The platform is powered daily by over 4 billion data points.

“At Otonomo, we’re committed to driving smarter decisions and services for our customers through the use of connected vehicle data and mobility intelligence,” said Ben Volkow, CEO at Otonomo.

“Today’s AWS IoT FleetWise announcement helps automakers collect and transfer data to the cloud more easily and efficiently than ever before. We’re thrilled to continue to collaborate with AWS and are excited about the additional capabilities made possible through AWS IoT FleetWise.”

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of telematics service subscribers using embedded systems will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.0 percent from 132.8 million subscribers at the end of 2020 to 376.8 million subscribers at the end of 2026.

Moreover, Berg Insight forecasts that shipments of embedded car OEM telematics systems worldwide will grow from 41.1 million units in 2020 to reach 76.9 million units in 2026, which represents an attach rate of 90.8 percent.

New passenger car and light truck registrations declined 14.5 percent to 66.8 million worldwide in 2020. The Covid-19 crisis has had a significant impact on new car sales in 2020 which dropped significantly and the semiconductor shortage this year has further impacted automotive sales. Berg Insight still anticipates high growth of OEM telematics subscribers in the next years as connected car services become ubiquitous in all major car markets.

Carmakers are still experimenting with business models for connected car services as renewal rates for telematics subscriptions after the initial free period still remain relatively low. Competition and local regulations will likely lead to that a growing number of brands will offer free basic services such as safety and diagnostics for the lifetime of the vehicle. Carmakers are expected to offer connected car services through a modular sales approach where customers can order services individually and thus generate revenues on value-added services built on top of basic telematics services.

Carmakers have also begun selling premium features and enhancing car performance via OTA updates. BMW for example offers a range of vehicle functions in the form of digital after-sales services in the ConnectedDrive store. Other carmakers offering similar services include Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Porsche. Examples of vehicle functions sold as upgradable premium features include for example Active Lane Keeping, Dynamic Light System, Power Steering, ADAS features and Intelligent Range Management.

Martin Svegander, Senior Analyst at Berg Insight, said:

“Connected car services have evolved from being a differentiating factor to a common feature with a high attach rate in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.”

General Motors had more than 22.0 million connected cars at the end of 2020 and BMW had about 14.5 million connected cars. Toyota Motor Group, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen make up the rest of the top five carmakers in terms of embedded OEM telematics subscribers.

“The top five carmakers account for about half of the world’s embedded telematics subscribers”, concluded Mr Svegander. Additional automotive OEMs with more than 5.0 million active connected cars at the end of 2020 include Hyundai, Stellantis, Ford and Audi.

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• A car designed for a new experience for connected consumers
• Digital technologies bring an easier experience for drivers and passengers

Lynk & Co, a global mobility brand formed as a joint venture between Geely Holding, Geely Auto Group and Volvo Car Group, has launched its “always connected” car.

The vehicle uses internet of things (IoT) network and infrastructure from Orange Business Services to deliver connected services to drivers.

The 01 SUV auto is sold on simplicity. Lynk & Co offers membership-based mobility for those who want to “rent” a car instead of purchasing it in the traditional sense. The car incorporates a share button, enabling owners to generate income via sharing functionalities. Lynk & Co members can also control, monitor and share their car from a smartphone app that communicates with the car via the cloud.

In-car technology has been designed to be as easy to use as possible with no hidden extras. All cars have large configurable touch screens and telematics that are always connected to the internet and the car’s cloud.

The truly connected car

Orange has worked closely with Lynk & Co and its sister company CEVT, an innovation and technology company within Geely Holding, to build a solution that enables the Lynk & Co business and operations model. Each car will benefit from Orange’s IoT Managed Global Connectivity solution, which provides secure and seamless integration between connected car services, internet access and online tracking. This allows it to provide downloadable billing reports and predictive maintenance updates, for example.

SIMs with a unified global footprint are integrated during the manufacturing process. Orange IoT cellular connectivity allows users to enjoy the same experiences across geographies by roaming between different providers as required.

David Green, CDO, Lynk & Co, said:

“Today’s customers demand mobility and may not actually want to own a car. Orange Business Services IoT services and global connectivity are helping us achieve our vision of launching a mobility brand that is born digital and designed to demands of always-connected consumers.”

“We are proud to be part of this new generation of always-connected automotive experiences, aimed at making car travel safer, easier and more sustainable. Our innovative approach to connectivity enables consumer connected services like the Lynk & Co cars,” said Nemo Verbist, senior vice president, Europe, Orange Business Services.

Consumers can buy the Lynk & Co car outright and car share it to generate additional income or lease it on a monthly basis. Cars and mobility memberships can be purchased online or from Lynk & Co clubs designed to be a more social hang out than a showroom. There are three clubs open in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Gothenburg, with Berlin to open next, followed by additional clubs in Barcelona, Milan and Paris.

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According to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, there were about 0.7 million cars with V2X capabilities on the roads at the end of 2020.

This number is expected to grow to 35.1 million by 2025. Communications between vehicles has been discussed for more than two decades, but with few implementations. One of the main challenges using V2X communications is the lack of industry spanning standards. Two key sets of V2X direct communications exist: 802.11p-based technologies such as dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) and Cellular V2X (C-V2X). The first V2X use cases deployed globally are related to traffic efficiency and basic safety. These include for example local hazard warnings and traffic information as well as emergency electronic brake light warnings and left turn assist.

“V2X implementation is starting to gain momentum in key regions after many years of development”, said Martin Svegander, Senior Analyst at Berg Insight. DSRC-based V2X has been deployed in Europe and Japan, backed by Volkswagen and Toyota. C-V2X is gaining momentum in other regions and is backed by Ford, BMW, Audi and the telecommunications industry. The market is heavily dependent on regulatory mandates and spectrum allocation.

Mr. Svegander continued:

“Policymakers in China favour C-V2X, whereas the US and the EU have been in a regulatory uncertainty.”

In 2020, the FCC reassigned a portion (30 MHz) of the 5.9 GHz band used for ITS to C-V2X. Berg Insight believes that C-V2X will account for about 78 percent of all V2X enabled vehicles in 2025, mainly represented by China. About 50 percent of all new cars sold in China will feature C-V2X as standard in 2025. “Examples of automotive OEMs that have launched C-V2X in China include BYD, GAC, FAW, GM/SAIC, Ford, BAIC BJEV, Weltmeister, Great Wall, Human Horizons and NIO”, concluded Mr. Svegander.

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IoT Business News has met with Ivan Mishanin, CEO of Bright Box, a market leader in the connected car sector. During this interview Ivan gave us a view on the company’s latest achievements and shared his vision on future mobility.

How many cars in the world are equipped with a Remoto-based solution today?

As a B2B vendor and provider, Bright Box digitizes automotive OEMs, National Sales Companies, Regional Headquarters, and Dealers with a Turnkey Connected Car Platform. And today its various services are used by about one million drivers in more than 30 countries around the world. We have successfully embedded our technologies for Toyota, Genesis, Honda, BMW, KIA, Infiniti, Mitsubishi, and MG/SAIC, increasing customer retention and making the end-user’s life more comfortable.

Which services are the most popular (from your direct customers’ and end users’ points of view)?

We are constantly analyzing the functionality offered by us and our competitors. And according to our data, popular features with connectivity among dealers include remote diagnostics, the dealer locator, in-app service maintenance requests, business process improvement, analytics and reporting, lead generation, and CRM integration. The most popular services among customers are geolocation, vehicle health report, and remote-control services.

Being part of Zurich Insurance, do you have any solution to support usage-based insurance services?

According to Ernst & Young, 88% of all new cars in 2025 will feature embedded telematics. Intel research shows that connected cars are the third-fastest growing technology market after phones and tablets. So the increasing adoption of telematics and connected cars is expected to drive the usage-based insurance market. Regarding research and markets, the usage-based insurance market for automotive industry is projected to reach USD 126 billion by 2027 from USD 24 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 23.0%.

Being part of Zurich Insurance, we are working on a list of initiatives to make a relevant solution that will be useful to the market and in demand among users based on our innovative technology.

What are your main drivers for growth in terms of services and geography?

The main growth-drivers are the active development of services and the monetization of these services, both through selling them to car manufacturers and through the joint sale of these services to end-customers. There are many products and services in the company’s portfolio that we already offer, and we expect to expand this portfolio, including geographically.

What are your main areas of technical innovation for the future of Remoto?

The company’s key innovations will be in the area of data processing and providing smarter services based on it for our customers, automakers, distributors, dealers, and car owners. Our focus is on making the automobile smarter. To provide more intuitive services to the end-consumer.

How are you using AI today in your solution?

We use AI and ML in different parts of our platform. Most importantly, these technologies allow us to provide services when they are most useful, both to the distributor with the dealer and to the end-owner of the car, simplifying the daily use of the car. And we allow the automaker to better analyze the data they have to improve their models.

What is your vision of today’s evolutions around urban mobility: car sharing, electric cars, autonomous cars? What opportunities (or threats) do you anticipate from those new trends in mobility?

Carsharing, at the moment, unfortunately, has not shown its effective economic model. There are no financially successful companies in the field of carsharing. It is possible that the technology simply came quite early, and the market is just not mature enough for it, and more time is needed to develop it. At the same time, I think that the car is an important element for many in terms of ownership, as a kind of personal property.

Nevertheless, in the next 8–10 years, Uberization and autonomous cars will supplant the use of personal cars. I think that will be the main driver of the market.

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Berg Insight, the leading IoT market research provider, today released a new market study covering the video telematics market.

The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is an important trend in the fleet telematics sector.

Berg Insight’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of camera-based solutions deployed in commercial vehicle fleets either as standalone applications or as an added feature to conventional fleet telematics. The integration of cameras to enable various video-based solutions in commercial vehicle environments is an important trend in the fleet telematics sector as it increases safety and reduces commercial truck insurance costs.

The frontrunning North American video telematics market is more than twice the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK. Berg Insight estimates that the installed base of active video telematics systems in North America reached 2.1 million units in 2020. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.2 percent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach more than 4.4 million units in North America by 2025.

In Europe, the installed base of active video telematics systems is estimated to almost 0.8 million units in 2020. The active installed base in the region is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 17.9 percent to reach 1.8 million video telematics systems in 2025.

The video telematics market is served by a number of different types of players, ranging from specialists focused specifically on video telematics solutions, to general fleet telematics players which have introduced video offerings, and hardware-focused suppliers offering mobile digital video recorders (DVRs) and vehicle cameras used for video telematics. Berg Insight ranks Streamax, Lytx and Samsara as the leading video telematics players in their respective categories.

Rickard Andersson, Principal Analyst, Berg Insight, said:

“Streamax is the leading hardware provider, that also offers software dashboards which are widely used together with its devices.”

He adds that Lytx has the largest number of video telematics subscriptions, with an estimated installed base in the range of 700,000 connected devices.

“Samsara stands out among the general fleet telematics players as a particularly strong provider with a sizable number of camera units deployed across its subscriber base”, continued Mr. Andersson.

Additional significant players in this space include the fleet management pioneer Omnitracs (which recently acquired the video safety specialist SmartDrive Systems), the video telematics company SmartWitness and the fleet management player KeepTruckin. The remaining top-10 providers are Nauto, Howen, Trimble and VisionTrack.

Other noteworthy players competing in the video telematics space include video-focused solution providers such as Netradyne, SureCam, Vision Techniques, Seeing Machines, LightMetrics, CameraMatics, Surfsight (now part of Lytx), Idrive, VUE and Exeros Technologies, fleet telematics players including Matrix Telematics, MiX Telematics, Microlise, Azuga, Radius Telematics and Trakm8, as well as the hardware-focused supplier Pittasoft (BlackVue).

“These players have all reached estimated installed bases in the tens of thousands”, concluded Mr. Andersson.

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