LONDON: eDriving, a Solera firm and a number one supplier of digital driver risk administration solutions, today introduced an thrilling new worldwide collaboration with Bosch Service Solutions, a number one supplier for technology-based emergency name services and solutions, and Sfara, main supplier of smartphone-based collision detection and private safety technology.
As a results of the collaboration, the Bosch emergency name service utilizing the patented Sfara Automatic Crash Detection and Personal SOS technology will be built-in into eDriving’s award-winning driver safety app, MentorSM.
With round 10 years of experience, Bosch is a pioneer inside the emergency name (eCall) service for vehicles. In the occasion of a collision, Bosch eCall services and technology automatically establishes a voice connection to an emergency name point, the place a service expert responds and coordinates fast help. This helps to save lives. The eCall service from Bosch currently helps greater than 20 million vehicles connected to its platform and processes 1.7 million emergency calls per year. The service is supplied in additional than 50 countries and a number of languages. With the integration of the patented Sfara technology, eCall and crash detection are now available in a smartphone-based solution.
Sfara’s on-device crash detection technology recognises collisions and suppresses false positives. Bosch’s devoted worldwide emergency name service centres facilitate a extremely environment friendly emergency response course of to dispatch assist and/or support drivers in cases of an emergency. Through the Personal SOS feature powered by Sfara and Bosch Service Solutions, this same global assist is now available to people whenever they really feel unwell or involved that their safety is at risk. Mentor’s built-in solution embodies a holistic approach that ultimately will expand past private safety to incorporate roadside driver and vehicle assistance, and accident and claims management.
According to the World Health Organisation, between 20 and 50 million crash-related accidents happen worldwide every year. Often crash-related accidents leave drivers stranded, or worse, unconscious, and unable to name for assist when every second counts.
“As a results of the collaboration between eDriving, Bosch and Sfara, organisations can protect their employees and contractors 24/7 from such circumstances ought to a crash happen whereas driving for work purposes,” said Ed Dubens, CEO/Founder of eDriving. “Of course, the primary goal of driver risk administration is to prevent collisions from occurring inside the primary place, however this technology means that, if a collision does happen, organisations can really feel assured that prompt emergency response is moments away, and that their dedication to employees’ private safety and safety is clearly demonstrated.”
With 25 years of expertise in driver risk management, eDriving is the trusted partner of choice for a lot of of the world’s largest sales, service, and supply fleets, supporting over 1.2 million drivers in 125 countries with award-winning digital driver risk administration solutions. Sfara provides its patented AI technology with industry-leading accuracy and speed to attach Mentor customers with Bosch’s emergency name dispatch services.
“This collaboration combines cutting-edge technology and superior services to a distinctive emergency solution”, says Stefan Gross, Head of Mobility Services at Bosch Service Solutions. “We are excited to combine our emergency assist services into Mentor and assist construct a truly worldwide smartphone-based emergency solution.”
“We are thrilled to bring our patented crash detection and private SOS applied sciences to this world-class collaboration, additional enhancing the award-winning Mentor smartphone app with integrated, life-saving capabilities,” said Erik Goldman, CEO at Sfara. “As a result, Mentor customers across the globe will be able to drive with the peace of thoughts that if an unlucky collision occurs, their drivers and contractors will be supported by professionals.”
Mentor by eDrivingSM is a smartphone-based digital driver safety app that makes use of telematic sensors in iOS and Android smartphones to gather and analyse data on driving behaviours most predictive of risk. Driver on-road efficiency is transformed right into a person FICO® Safe Driving Score, which has been validated to foretell the likelihood of a driver being involved in a collision. Engaging eLearning modules are automatically provided to drivers, and extra teaching invites are generated for the driver and their supervisor to meet – virtually or in-person – based on set off occasions and/or rating thresholds.
eDriving collects data with the consent of the driver and their employer. The data is used solely for the aim of defending the safety of these that drive for work purposes, as a half of a firm driver and fleet risk administration programme. Drivers can elect to have designated emergency contacts (e.g., subsequent of kin) notified inside the occasion of an emergency.
About Solera
Solera is a number one global supplier of built-in vehicle lifecycle and fleet administration software-as-a-service, data, and services. Through 4 lines of enterprise – vehicle claims, vehicle repairs, vehicle options and fleet options – Solera is home to many main manufacturers inside the vehicle lifecycle ecosystem, together with Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, eDriving/Mentor, Explore, CAP HPI, Autodata, and others. Solera empowers its customers to succeed inside the digital age by offering them with a “one-stop shop” solution that streamlines operations, offers data-driven analytics, and enhances buyer engagement, which Solera believes helps customers drive sales, promote buyer retention, and enhance revenue margins. Solera serves over 300,000 global customers and companions in 100+ countries. For extra information, visit www.solera.com.
About eDriving
eDriving, a Solera company, helps organisations across the world enhance safety, reduce injuries, license endorsements, carbon emissions, and total cost of fleet possession through its patented digital driver risk administration programmes. These include the Mentor by eDrivingSM smartphone app with FICO® Safe Driving Score; the patented, five-stage Crash-Free Culture® risk discount programme; and the Virtual Risk Manager® platform, all designed to work in an built-in fashion inside a privacy-first, data-secure environment that helps drivers and their managers every step of the way. eDriving is the digital driver risk administration partner of choice for a lot of of the world’s largest organisations, supporting over 1,200,000 drivers in 125 countries. Over the previous 25 years, eDriving’s research-validated programmes have been recognised with over 120 awards across the world. For extra information, visit www.edriving.com.
About Bosch Service Solutions
Bosch Service Solutions is a number one global supplier of Business Process Outsourcing for complex enterprise processes and services. Using the newest technology and the Internet of Things, the Bosch division develops built-in and innovative service options inside the areas of Mobility, Monitoring, and Customer Experience. Around 10,000 associates at 26 locations support nationwide and worldwide customers in round forty languages, primarily from the automotive, journey and logistics sectors in addition to information and communication technology. Additional information is available on-line at www.boschservicesolutions.com
About Sfara
Sfara is enabling a mobile revolution in safety and control. Sfara’s patented AI technology and global platform transforms the smartphone right into a safe mobile safety and analytics solution, available as a GDPR-compliant SaaS offering to our companions inside the mobility space, together with automakers, insurance coverage firms and mobile operators.
Capable of running on 4.6B smartphones sold worldwide since 2013, Sfara technology represents a paradigm shift for the telematics industry and our partners-offering unprecedented detection capabilities, with out incremental hardware or data transport costs. Sfara provides a extremely scalable, cloud-based data analytics and assurance solution designed to assist companies navigating the challenges of shifting transportation models, such as transportation-as-a-service, semi and fully autonomous vehicles, in addition to fleet administration and ride-sharing services.
Sfara is led by a deeply skilled executive team with over 150 billion miles pushed on their leading-edge, embedded and aftermarket telematics options for consumer and fleet applications, together with UBI and MPERs, all through the world. Headquartered in Hoboken, NJ, Sfara additionally maintains operations in Silicon Valley, Finland and in Germany via Sfara GmbH.