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Employee-driven rideshare driven by telematics
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Telematics may have taken something of a back seat in terms of passenger-car technology lately but it is still the driving power for one mobility provider’s growth plans.
Start-up rideshare company Alto says it is carving a place in the market focused on employee-based premium vehicle private hire transportation, totally at odds with the bargain-basement offerings from providers such as Uber and Lyft. Alto says it has been building out a data infrastructure with telematics to lead a “new age of rideshare”.
The company’s strategy is one where it owns, maintains and fuels its entire fleet. Its vehicles gather data with every ride, similar to Tesla’s data collection, and uses this on rides to better navigate roads and cities. It claims telematics offers distinct advantages including:
Vehicles are equipped with cloud-based telematics to track the driver’s behavior and ride quality, monitoring speed and G-forces on stops/turns;
In-car video monitoring and forward looking dashcams are standard in all rides to ensure safety and timely responses from Alto HQ;
All of this data is currently being relayed from the car to the cloud for monitoring and analytics.
To read the complete article, visit TU-Automotive.
