MapmyIndia Launches DriveMate – Next-Generation IoT Connected Car Technology

A plug-and-play, real-time GPS based vehicle tracking device
Free companion mobile app – Android, iOS, Windows and web
Vehicle safety & passenger safety – anti-theft, vehicle misuse, mapping driver behavior etc.
Vehicle maintenance & compliance alerts – Servicing, Pollution, Insurance etc.
Can be integrated with a range of 3^rd party smart car, city and citizen apps
Share it with friends & family – In 5 seconds plug the DriveMate into the OBD port of any car

New Delhi, June 13, 2016: MapmyIndia, India’s leader in premium-quality digital maps, GPS navigation, tracking, location-based apps and GIS solutions, today announced the launch of DriveMate, its next-generation Connected Car IoT (Internet of Things) technology. A simple yet powerful plug-and-play device, DriveMate offers the most comprehensive, real-time monitoring of your car and fleet of vehicles from wherever you are.

MapmyIndia DriveMate has built-in GPS and Internet connectivity. Combining this with MapmyIndia’s proprietary best-in-class maps and location technologies, DriveMate continuously and securely monitors, records and transmits the car’s live (exact) location down to building-level detail, as well as the driver behavior such as harsh braking, acceleration, and cornering, and alerts and information related to vehicle theft, misuse, ignition on/off, over-speeding, idling, breach of geo-fence (leaving from or arriving at a particular location), car servicing, pollution or insurance expiry due etc. The car or fleet owner and the loved ones can easily get this valuable information in real-time on their smartphone via FREE companion DriveMate mobile app, which is available across Android, iOS, Windows and Web platforms.

DriveMate offers a host of useful and unique features additionally. The Max variant of DriveMate additionally gives the car owner in-app connectivity with their car dealer or service center, so they can simply tap to request roadside assistance if the car has broken down or car servicing when service is due. Upon receiving the request, the dealer automatically gets the car’s current location and can dispatch its service vehicle, removing stress for the car owner and ensuring speedy resolutions to problems.

Besides this, all users can store important documents electronically in their app such as Driving License, Registration Certificate, Insurance Policy and Pollution Certificate etc. They can also see the expected time of arrival of the car at a particular destination, get turn by turn directions to their car when they are away from the car or have parked it, share the current location of the vehicle, and simultaneously monitor multiple cars location and movement on the map. All these features make DriveMate a must-have companion product for any car or fleet owner and their loved ones.

DriveMate is a plug and play and can be easily installed in less than 5 seconds by the car owner themselves. It simply plugs into the OBD-II port underneath the steering wheel, which is present in nearly all cars sold in India in the past 15 years. This removes the need for any complex wire cutting or installation and keeps the vehicle’s warranty intact. Car owners can easily move DriveMate from one car to another if they want to monitor different cars, and also monitor multiple cars or their entire fleet with the same mobile app.

DriveMate is ideal for individual car owners and enterprise fleet operaters, corporate executives, people with drivers, female drivers, car rental, taxi and logistics service providers, and new car buyers, especially those who don’t want to deal with wires or complex installation for their vehicle tracking system.

DriveMate is being offered at Rs 9,990, this includes first year service and SIM/mobile connectivity charges. The product is available online at www.mapmyindia.com/drivemate. The Max variant, which provides additional in-app one-tap connectivity between DriveMate owners and their car dealers and service centers for easy roadside assistance and car service requests, costs Rs 14,990 and is available at many car dealerships and car accessory shops across India besides online at MapmyIndia. The hardware comes w
ith a manufacturer warranty of 12 months. 2^nd year onwards, DriveMate and DriveMate Max customers need to pay Rs 2400 annually, which covers the tracking service and SIM/mobile connectivity. MapmyIndia also offers a wide range of vehicle tracking solutions starting from Rs 3,000 onwards.

Rakesh Verma, Managing Director, MapmyIndia said, “We have invested heavily in building the technology platforms that power DriveMate, to provide peace of mind to car and fleet owners and their loved ones. Our larger vision is to improve the efficiency, longevity and health of cars and fleets, and enhance safety of road travelers including drivers, passengers and pedestrians. This is in line with MapmyIndia’s overall mission, which is to make the world better through maps and location technologies. For this, we are working with our vehicle manufacturers and smart city customers and partners, as well as looking to work with many other enterprises and app developers to integrate MapmyIndia’s Maps, Telematics and LBS platforms and APIs into holistic solutions for safer and smarter citizens, cars and cities.”

About MapmyIndia (https://www.mapmyindia.com)

MapmyIndia’s mission is to make the world better through maps and location technologies. Founded in 1992, MapmyIndia is India’s leader in premium quality digital map data and APIs, GPS navigation, tracking, location apps, and GIS solutions.

Head quartered in New Delhi with offices across India, MapmyIndia is an ISO 9001-2012 company with 750+ people that pioneered digital mapping in India. Since 1995, through continuous efforts of its 400+ professional field surveyors and state-of-the-art mapping technology, including its revolutionary RealView service which captures, analyses and publishes the world in 3D and 360-degree photo-realistic clarity, MapmyIndia has built its proprietary MapmyIndia Maps, the most comprehensive, accurate, reliable, full-featured, professionally created and continuously updated digital map dataset for all India, which are used for a wide range of applications including Navigation, Telematics, Autonomous Driving, Geographic Information Systems, Location Based Services and Smart Cities.

MapmyIndia makes not just the most advanced, accurate and detailed maps of India, but also the best GPS-based IoT (“Internet of Things”) devices optimised for use in vehicle, asset and personal navigation and tracking, market-leading location-based enterprise SaaS (“Software as a Service”), popular and delightful hyper-local mobile and web consumer apps, including maps.mapmyIndia.com, India’s very first and most detailed, accurate and comprehensive interactive online mapping portal, and NaviMaps, the best offline GPS navigation app for India. To enterprises and developers, MapmyIndia also provides a whole range of Map, LBS, GIS, GPS and Telematics Platforms, APIs, professional services and customized solutions which infuse rich and valuable location intelligence into their own apps, solutions, systems and workflows.

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For more information, please visit: https://www.mapmyindia.com/drivemate/

To View DriveMate Media Kit, please visit: https://www.mapmyindia.com/about/DriveMate_Media_Kit.pdf