CloudConnect links telematics with shared mobility

Flexibility is also becoming increasingly important in the sharing sector: This is why Invers developed CloudConnec, so operators can strategically align their vehicle offerings without having to consider technical limitations. Alexander Kirn, CEO of Invers, explains:

“For our customers, it is becoming increasingly important to be able to flexibly incorporate various vehicles into the fleet, which are factory-equipped with telematics from the manufacturer or have already been retrofitted with an aftermarket solution from a telematics provider.”

With CloudConnect, they offer a solution that allows operators to communicate with telematics units and APIs from different manufacturers via the uniform interface OneAPI. According to Invers, special emphasis is placed on ensuring that the developers of the providers can use this solution quickly and easily by finding very detailed documentation on the website.

Telematics complex: Every vehicle communicates differently

The problem: telematics units that make vehicles ready for use in shared mobility offerings typically use different command and response types as well as data structures to communicate via the cloud or directly with the vehicle and receive data from the vehicle. When operators want to add a new vehicle with different telematics to their fleet, the integration is often a complex process for developers, requiring a lot of time and resources. Each telematics interface must be understood, and the structure of commands and information must be figured out.

CloudConnect aims to simplify this process by acting as an API aggregator that can communicate with various telematics models and APIs, translating them into the format of a generic interface and standardized data, making them usable from a central location for fleet management and mobility services.

What does this mean?

CloudConnect aims to significantly reduce the development effort for sharing providers because developers do not have to implement each interface with its own connection. In the same way, the solution reduces the time-to-market during introduction as well as the complexity during ongoing operation because developers work with only one unified interface. As a technology company in the shared mobility sector, Invers develops and manages fundamental technology components on a scale that offers customers efficient and easy-to-implement technical solutions. Customers include Share Now, Clevershuttle, Miles, Getaround, Flinkster, TIER, Bounce, or Emmy. The company was founded in 1993 and has locations in Siegen, Cologne, and Vancouver. Development takes place entirely in Germany.