A partnership between Parkopedia and Valtech Mobility will deliver vehicle-centric digital services to drivers by combining Parkopedia’s parking, charging and payment processing knowledge with Valtech Mobility’s app creation, integration and backend development expertise.
Valtech Mobility – a joint venture of the Volkswagen Group and digital agency Valtech – will work with Parkopedia to help drivers to find and pay for parking, charging, fueling and road tolls. The partnership’s end-to-end service provided to OEMs covers the entire in-car transaction, from point of interest data through to user registration and payment processing.
Vehicles equipped with the partnership’s software will benefit from integrated in-car services, achieved by providing accurate parking, charging and cost information in addition to Parkopedia’s integrated Payment Platform, which enables occupants to pay for services without exiting the vehicle or using a smartphone.
The partnership will also enable a deeper integration with in-vehicle systems and sensors superior to a detached white-label app-only offering, enabling OEMs to completely customize the user experience to suit differing types of driver.
Parkopedia and Valtech services can be accessed within Google Automotive Services, with other environments to be added soon. The services can be accessed using voice commands.
“Parkopedia prides itself on simplifying everyday vehicle-based tasks for both auto makers and their drivers,” said Markus Dohl, Parkopedia’s VP of sales and business development Europe. “This partnership with Valtech Mobility enables us to provide an integrated end-to-end parking, charging and payment solution to an even greater audience.”
Norman Palmhof, business director, Valtech Mobility, said, “Already during the first workshop we could see that our teams and portfolios complement each other very well. We are very pleased to have found a partner in Parkopedia that has similar ambitions to ours and the ability to deliver consistently excellent data quality even at such scales.”
