How it works
8th June 2000, Page 15
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• Data on vehicle status, position, driving style, and any other parameter% being monitored, is gathered and downloaded automatically via a GSM connection at regular intervals to DaimlerChryslers FleetBoard Service Centre in Stuttgart.
The figures themselves and reports based on them are uploaded to the web site, which users can access from any Internet PC using a personal password.
DaimlerChrysler says all data gathered remains the property of the user. "The data belongs to our customers," says Maurer. As a service provider we are not allowed to evaluate it, and we don't want to."
However, all the data relating to a vehicle's entire life can be kept indefinitely, which may help to keep residual values high, he suggests.