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Sharemine Lets Micro And Small Operators Manage Their Own Shared Mobility Solutions

If you manage the mobility needs of a club or even an SME, you may think that professional ridesharing and Car Sharing tools are beyond your means. 

Think again: Omoove has a new solution, Sharemine, an online -platform aimed specifically at small to medium-sized communities and companies.

“Our aims is to make best-of-breed technology available at the level of community managers and small and medium-sized companies”, says Edwin Maria Colella, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Omoove.  “For example: you run a gym, and you want a tool for members to book a shared -vehicle to go to events. Or you are a car dealer and want to monetise your stock by renting out a number of units. You can even use Sharemine to organise peer-to-peer Car Sharing”.

Like WordPress for web content, Sharemine works on the freemium model: a basic service is provided for free, extra functionality comes at a small cost. The basis of the system is a tracking device that is either installed or already present in the vehicle.

Omoove is a subsidiary of Octo Telematics. Octo is The world’s largest insurance telematics company with 5 million of connected users and the world’s largest telematics database, with over 155 billion miles of driving miles collected and 397,000 crashes and other insurance events analysed.

Sharemine allows communities, small companies and even individuals to build and monitor Car Sharing and Ride Sharing communities. It has a fully configurable dashboard that allows booking and tracking of vehicles, drivers and riders, as well as revenue. The system also allows the inclusion of insurance telematics to encourage safe driving.

SMEs in particular can benefit from Sharemine, as an alternative to more expensive proprietary technology. Sharemine allows fleet operators to track their vehicles, monitor usage and wear and tear.

Sharemine is ideal for communities or companies with up to 10,000 members (or employees), sharing up to 50 vehicles. For larger organisations or fleets, Omoove has more complex and scalable platform available.

When Companies Want To Make Their Employees Move Better,They Omoove

The need to rationalize the size, composition and use of the car park has favoured the search for innovative solutions capable of making the fleet more functional and productive. 

Corporate Car Sharing is developing fast and this is thanks to the ease of use of the service, thanks to the ability to book your car through the smartphone and specific App.

The development is also given by the telematics that allows the constant control of the vehicle, automatically managing the maintenance and the coupons, in order to always guarantee the perfect efficiency.

The third factor that has contributed to the growth of Corporate Car Sharing is savings, the possibility to share a vehicle reduces the overall size of a car park because the telematics, closely monitoring when and how much a car is used, allows you to establish Algorithms to calculate the correct size of the company fleet.

An important role is represented by the use of new technologies related to Shared Mobility that allow to save costs and create benefits associated with lowering urban pollution.

In this way, companies optimize fleet management and overcome long-term related costs and contribute to reduce pollution in cities.

Omoove Corporate Car Sharing offers benefits both for the company and for employees, allowing real savings and giving everyone the freedom to choose a car suited to the general and specific mobility needs.

From the company standpoint, a Corporate Car Sharing Solution can:

  • Reduce the Total Cost of Mobility and the use of extra-fleet vehicles (taxi, car rental…) so that all vehicles are always deployed with maximum rotation;
  • Optimize the use of the company parking;
  • Save in time and resources with Advanced Vehicle Management with customizable rules, detailed analytic information, easy reporting and costs center allocation;
  • Generate new income by assigning cars to employees while off-work or share them with other parties (car hirers, other…);
  • Represent, sponsor and support the technologies company solutions to promote innovation, not only to the clients but also towards the employees to build brand belonging and Corporate Social Responsibility awareness;
  • Increase Corporate Social Responsibility for a sustainable shared travel to decrease car renting burdens, reduce carbon footprint, increase talent recruitment and retention rates.

For the benefit of employees, a Corporate Car sharing Solution will:

  • Generate time saving while maximizing efficiency;
  • Have an additional chance of use for personal purposes.

Omoove offers a unique Corporate Car Sharing solution for your company fleet.

Sharemine:Omoove Unveils The Shared Mobility Platform

Platform allows simple creation of carsharing or ridesharing communities to respond to growth in shared mobility.

Octo Telematics (Octo) subsidiary Omoove, Europe’s leading shared mobility technology provider, has today revealed its new product, Sharemine, the shared mobility platform that lets operators build a carsharing or ridesharing community, usable by individuals and fleet owners.

Sharemine is a web-based tool, which provides individuals and companies with the ability to create and monitor carsharing and ridesharing communities. It works for parents trip-sharing for the school run and sporting events to friends co-ordinating travel plans to less accessible locations. Sharemine is also of great benefit to owners and operators of vehicle fleets, particularly small and medium enterprises.

The community is fully configurable and the dashboard allows tracking of the number of users and vehicles currently active, as well as drivers, riders, bookings and travel in progress.

It also allows rental or ride revenue to be tracked according to rates defined by the community manager. Based on community manager preference, Sharemine allows the inclusion of insurance telematics capabilities based on Octo technology to encourage safer driving and ensure that drivers are benefitting from their good driving behaviours.

Consumers are faced with rising insurance prices, growing urbanisation and congestion on the roads, as well as increased awareness of environmental issues. This means that they are turning away from private car ownership to solutions that can keep them on the roads, as well as solvent. This is resulting in rapid growth in the carsharing segment. Globally, revenue generated by carsharing and ridesharing is expected to grow at CAGRs of 19.5% and 24.5%[1] respectively. By 2025, revenue is expected to reach USD 9.2 billion from USD 1.5 billion in 2015[2]. In Europe alone, more than 3.9 million people choose to share vehicles or carpool, sharing a fleet of 59,452 vehicles in 26 countries[3].

Small- and medium-enterprises, in particular, may not be able to afford bespoke or proprietary technology to receive ongoing updates on their fleets. Sharemine represents an affordable alternative. Using the community platform and telematics systems incorporated into Sharemine allows operators to track their vehicles, as well as monitor usage and wear and tear in order to ensure that maximum return on investment is gained from each asset.

Edwin Colella, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Omoove said: “The roads are becoming increasingly full of private vehicles which are not necessarily justifying their value.

For each car which is shared, we can see 10 to 15 traditionally-owned vehicles removed from the roads, potentially taking 5.3 million cars from the global fleet. The benefits of this to consumers are obvious, allowing them to achieve reduced costs and see improved convenience on the roads. Through Sharemine, we’re pleased to be playing a key role in this rapidly developing industry, which is taking on the form of a social movement.”

Shared mobility also has significant environmental impact as cities will see reduced emissions, traffic congestion and a lesser need for traffic infrastructure such as parking areas and even road maintenance. Frost & Sullivan estimate that, by 2025, more than 85 billion fewer kilometres will be driven as a result of car and ridesharing, resulting in a reduction of 10.5 million tons of Co2.

Jonathan Hewett, Chief Marketing Officer, Octo Telematics said: “Octo is committed to safer driving, as well as improving each road user’s driving experience.

With the cost of insurance, especially in the UK, set to continue rising, it’s important that motorists be provided with options to keep driving. By supporting carsharing initiatives and technology such as this, as well as providing drivers with telematics solutions to combat insurance increases, we are able to support cleaner, safer roads and make sure that motorists are still able to get to their destinations at a reasonable cost.”

The first Community Managers are already being brought onto the platform. Sharemine will be opened to the public in August.

Easyopen: Octo Telematics and ot revolutionize car Sharing

EasyOpen combines OT’s expertise in secure service enablement for smartphones and wearable devices with Omoove’s multiple years of experience in car sharing platforms and on-board technology.

EasyOpen: OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, and Omoove, a company by Octo Telematics, a European leader in providing innovative technological solutions dedicated to Shared Mobility, they are joining forces to transform user experience and increase security for car sharing services. The two companies developed EasyOpen, a service powered by OT’s Secure IOT Cloud that transforms smartphones into car keys, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Until now, the majority of car sharing fleet systems relied on direct communication between components installed in vehicles and a central management system. These purely online systems tended to create latencies for the users, and potentially made the vehicles vulnerable to illicit use. To offer a superior level of reliability and solve latency issues, EasyOpen introduces the use of a smartphone with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to quickly and safely manage access to vehicles enabling users to directly interact with the vehicle using a device they already own, even if their smartphone is out of range of network coverage or runs out of battery. The service can also be extended to any wearable device equipped with an eSE (embedded Secure Element) supporting NFC technology.

Relying on OT’s Secure IOT Cloud, EasyOpen ensures strong authentication of the user’s smartphone and secure provisioning and storage of the digital keys in its eSE from the enrolment to the effective use of the service.

In practice, it will provide an extremely simple, intuitive and fast user experience. After initially registering to the service through the EasyOpen application provided by Omoove, users will be able to immediately find vehicles in the area using their smartphone and book the one of their choice. Digital keys will be sent remotely and in a secure way via OT’s Secure IOT Cloud to the user’s device. The user will simply have to place the smartphone close to the windshield to unlock the door. OT’s eSE equipping the NFC receiver installed in the cars will then ensure the secure communication between the user’s device and the car and will also enable the remote management of the access rights at the car level. In case of device loss or theft, the digital key will be disabled remotely to avoid misuse.

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