Kia Corporation

Global Partnership to Improve Safety, Sustainability, and Efficiency in PBV Fleet Operations

Geotab Inc. (Geotab), Kia Corporation (Kia), and 42dot have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), initiating a global connected vehicle partnership. This strategic collaboration will integrate advanced data solutions with enhanced in-vehicle technology to deliver innovative systems that support safety, sustainability, and efficiency for fleets worldwide. 

This partnership builds upon Kia’s PBV business strategy – to offer software solutions seamlessly integrated with the vehicle, with FMS (Fleet Management System) as the core differentiating factor. Geotab and 42dot, Hyundai Motor Group’s Global Software Center and fleet management system (FMS) provider, will collaborate to develop an AI-driven FMS, enabling Kia fleet customers to utilize advanced data insights.

Louis De Jong, Chief Revenue Officer at Geotab, stated, “by integrating our data insights and AI capabilities with Kia’s automotive technology and 42dots’s data expertise, customers will receive enhanced value for their operations including access to quality data insights that drive improved cost management, safety and sustainability. This exciting collaboration is advancing the connected mobility industry, ensuring fleets are well equipped to navigate today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.”

The partnership will also include developing an in-vehicle application leveraging the MyGeotab platform and Kia’s PBV In-Vehicle Display App Store. This will enhance the fleet’s operations through route optimization as well as improve safety. 

Sangdae Kim, Senior Vice President and Head of the PBV Business Division at Kia Corporation, said:
“Kia is partnering with Geotab and 42dot because this collaboration is essential to the strategic growth of Kia’s PBV business. Together, Kia aims to offer the best-in-class fleet management solutions that not only optimizes fleet operations but also lay the foundation for PBV software capabilities. As we launch our first PBV next year, Kia will provide a total mobility solution including both connect-ready vehicles and FMS solutions to fleet customers for greater operational efficiency and safety.”

Sangseok Lim, head of AEV Platform Engineering Division at 42dot, added: “By combining 42dot’s vehicle data platform and intelligent fleet safety technology – based on autonomous driving and software-defined vehicles – we are creating an advanced FMS designed to meet both the current and future demands of fleet operators, ensuring their long-term success.” 

Geotab will also collaborate with Kia as an OEM-Geotab Cloud-to-Cloud data provider. This will enable customers to leverage OEM-embedded data without the need to install a separate device and prepare for the launch of Kia’s PBV lineup, the PV5 and PV7 models. Europe will be the first region to benefit from the collaboration, where a co-branded FMS platform will be offered with the launch of Kia’s first PBV models next year. 

For more information about this partnership between Geotab, Kia, and 42dot, please visit https://www.geotab.com/partners/overview/