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Value/Why Operate
or Use a Core?
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Competitive
advantage from increased customer care and service, particularly innovative
new pricing possibilities.
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Detailed, real-time
knowledge of all vehicle locations and conditions.
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Lower operating and
maintenance costs.
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Alternatives to
Using a Core System
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GPS and Satellite
communications as well as Lojack-type radio systems offer the possibility for
vehicle tracking but can be more expensive, especially for scaling to large
areas like a State or nationally. A
Core System will not require additional hardware in each vehicle.
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Participating in a
Core System can level the playing field for a small rental car company that
cannot invest in proprietary data and communications systems that can be
afforded by the larger companies. The
connected vehicle environment may enable smaller niche players to emerge in
the vehicle rental space under new business models.
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Proprietary wireless
systems could be implemented for fully automated check-in but require
additional custom hardware on the vehicles and at the rental offices.
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Onstar and similar
systems provide Mayday capabilities but generally contact 911 through an
operator and not the fleet owner. They
also dont support the larger diagnostic data flow enabled by a Core System.
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Current GPS
Navigational systems provide route guidance and traffic information to
drivers.
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The single platform
for communication to support all applications that connected vehicle provides
through the Core System allows the tasks noted above to be done at larger
scale, lower cost, and more efficiently than possible with the existing
separate systems.
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