The World Has Changed – Is Your Business Changing With It?

Rental vehicle companies are seeking ways to digitally transform their businesses due to a number of challenges they are currently facing:

COVID-19 has had an immediate impact on tourism, resulting in fewer vehicles being rented.
New cleaning and sanitization processes are resulting in vehicle downtime and challenges.
No optimal way of managing an accident when it happens, including determining liability and fault.
Unable to proactively deter poor driving behavior which leads to claims.
Manual approaches to obtain mileage and maintenance information resulting in costly repairs.
Rental automation has a direct correlation to increases in vehicle theft.

Is there a way for rental vehicle companies to adapt to a changing world?

Products and Solutions for Rental Vehicle Companies

With decades of experience, IMS is the only connected car and telematics provider that truly understands your rental business – including how to make your operations run better. With a suite of focused products and services delivered by experts, IMS can partner with you to help transform your rental vehicle operation, while reducing costs and increasing customer satisfaction.

The following telematics-based services and solutions are available to Rental Vehicle customers:

IMS Vehicle Data Exchange

With IMS’s industry-leading Vehicle Data Exchange, you can connect an entire fleet with live access to full vehicle insights directly from all supported automotive branded vehicles – or any combination of aftermarket data sources for older vehicles or those not equipped with embedded telematics.

Best of all, we are on the only expert providing all aftermarket data collection options, meaning no additional suppliers or partnerships to formalize and manage.

Get live intelligent access to vehicle data and insight including:

Odometer and location
Vehicle health and warning lights
Servicing, warranty and recall alerts
Consumables such as fuel, EV state-of-charge and DEF
And More!

No more need to complete manual mileage checks. And the time for predictive maintenance is here. Transform your rental operation from reactive to proactive operations.

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IMS Vehicle Data Exchange

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Telematics Benefits to Vehicle Rental Companies and Car Clubs

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Vehicle Data Exchange Datasheet

IMS Connected Claims

Dealing with insurance claims effectively is another fundamental challenge that includes finding ways to reduce claims expenses, accurately determining accident fault, and settling claims efficiently so that they do not unduly affect profit and loss numbers.

With IMS’ ground-breaking connected claims offering, organizations have a low-cost, high ROI connectivity option to reduce claims shelf life, reduce claims costs, and optimize the uptime of fleet vehicles.

IMS Connected Claims, ensures live accident detection and FNOL processing while uniquely delivering benefits and cost savings in the areas of claims handling and claims liability.

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IMS Connected Claims

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Zurich Insurance – a pioneer in deep use of telematics data in claims

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Improving Claims ROI and Claims Operations with Telematics Data

IMS Vehicle Security Solution

Rising instances of vehicle theft present a persistent challenge to standard vehicle rental services in many geographical locations. These thefts are often related to the side effects of touchless entry and automated services, as thieves are finding ways to hack keyless access systems and steal vehicles that are in unattended locations.

The IMS Vehicle Security Solution is the only one-stop, fully configurable vehicle security solution built for rental organizations. With IMS, we offer the only fully secure and complete, managed service helping companies install, monitor, and when needed, recover vehicles – going far beyond standard vehicle tracking to include:

Choice of hardware
Geofencing and location
24/7 call center monitoring
Recovery and repatriation services,
And more!

We cover the complete security needs of your fleet – with the ability for customers to also select and configure only the services they require.

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IMS Vehicle Security Solution

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IMS Vehicle Security Datasheet

IMS One App with SDK for Driver Behavior

A small but problematic proportion of drivers that rent vehicles treat them recklessly and often become involved in accidents damaging the cars they are renting. Rental agencies can benefit from acquiring driver behavior information, screening for those drivers most likely to cause damage to vehicles.

Using the industry’s most configurable mobile app development framework paired with the IMS SDK, you can now access driver behavior insight, in addition to vehicle insight. Visibility of high-risk driving behavior helps prevent accidents and claims while complying with Duty of Care responsibilities. Additionally, safer driving practices translates into reduced wear and tear on vehicle assets, ultimately protecting residual values of your rented vehicles. In extreme instances, bad drivers can even be blocked from renting vehicles.