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OPEN/CLOSE YOUR VEHICLES REMOTELY

MULTI-BRAND REMOTE OPENING/CLOSING - WITHOUT INSTALLING A DEVICE

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Did you know that it is possible to open and close doors remotely? Echoes offers the CarRemote functionality that will simplify your life! CarRemote is a service specifically developed for the mobility actors, in particular the short-term car rental companies and/or Car Sharing companies. CarRemote offers a new way of handling the short-term rental vehicle and optimising the management of car-sharing vehicles.

DESKLESS

Most recent vehicles allow remote opening/closing without additional equipment

INNOVATIVE

These intuitive features allow you to diversify your rental offers

SIMPLE

Simplify the classic steps of vehicle pick-up and drop-off

THE TWO POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS

SHORT TERM RENTAL

CAR-SHARING

Need

Make "DeskLess access to car by renting your short term vehicles without going to the counter.

Rent your vehicles from Car-Sharing with "Contact Less, thanks to the smartphone

Objective

To do without the key when picking up the rented vehicle.

Do without the key for the entire period of use of the car-sharing vehicle.

Description

When picking up the car, there is no need to get the key from the counter. A dedicated server opens the rented car directly and the customer can pick up the key from inside the car.

The smartphone replaces the physical key. It controls the opening/closing of the vehicle directly with Bluetooth.

Main benefit

Save time for the customer, without needing to go to the counter, and optimise human resources at the counter.

Open/close the vehicle without a key or network coverage, regardless of where it is parked.

Technologies

  • 1 specific API: the “Virtual Keyserver”
  • Customer interface (website and/or mobile application of the rental company)
  • 1 specific API : the “Virtual Key server” + mobile SDK (software development kit)
  • Client interface on smartphone (mobile application connected to the Car-Sharing box)

Prerequisites

Vehicles parked in a secure car park, and with network coverage

Addition of a Car Sharing device provided by the manufacturer in the vehicle

Compatible brands

Others on addition of an after market device from an external supplier

THE TWO POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS

SHORT TERM RENTAL: Make “DeskLess access to car” by renting your short term vehicles without going to the counter.

Car-Sharing : Rent your vehicles from Car-Sharing with “Contact Less” access to the vehicles, thanks to the smartphone”.

SHORT TERM RENTAL: To do without the key when picking up the rented vehicle.

Car-Sharing : Do without the key for the entire period of use of the car-sharing vehicle.

SHORT TERM RENTAL: When picking up the car, there is no need to get the key from the counter. A dedicated server opens the rented car directly and the customer can pick up the key from inside the car.

Car-Sharing : The smartphone replaces the physical key. It controls the opening/closing of the vehicle directly with Bluetooth.

SHORT TERM RENTAL: Save time for the customer, without needing to go to the counter, and optimise human resources at the counter.

Car-Sharing : Open/close the vehicle without a key or network coverage, regardless of where it is parked.

SHORT TERM RENTAL:
– 1 specific API: the “Virtual Keyserver”
– Customer interface (website and/or mobile application of the rental company)

Car-Sharing :
– 1 specific API: the “Virtual Key server” + mobile SDK (software development kit)
– Client interface on smartphone (mobile application connected to the Car-Sharing box) application mobile du loueur)

SHORT TERM RENTAL:
Vehicles parked in a secure car park, and with network coverage

Car-Sharing :
Addition of a Car Sharing device provided by the manufacturer in the vehicle

SHORT TERM RENTAL:


CAR-SHARING :

+ Others on addition of an after market device from an external supplier

Volkswagen Group vehicles are ready to connect within the Echoes platform!