New automation feature turns GPS tracking into automatic action for car rental companies and Turo hosts
ORLANDO, Fla. — MooveTrax, a vehicle tracking and contactless rental technology company, has introduced MooveTrax geofencing, a feature that lets a rental vehicle take automatic action when it enters or leaves a defined area, rather than simply reporting its location.
Most GPS trackers show where a vehicle is. With MooveTrax geofencing, car rental companies, Turo hosts and fleet operators can draw geographic boundaries around locations that matter to their business and set rules for what the vehicle does when it crosses them, according to the company. Configured actions can include automatically locking the vehicle, honking the horn, engaging a killswitch, sending a notification or alert, or changing vehicle access.
The company says the feature is aimed squarely at geofencing for car rental companies managing large numbers of vehicles across multiple lots. In one example, a geofence drawn around a rental lot can be set so that when a returned vehicle re-enters the area, it waits a configured period and then automatically locks and arms its security function, without an employee having to locate and secure it manually.
A second use lets operators set an alert if a vehicle leaves its normal operating area, useful for rental companies, Turo hosts, car-sharing operators, dealerships and recovery companies that need to know when a vehicle strays off its approved route. A third configuration allows an alert, such as a horn sound and owner notification, when a vehicle enters a designated high-risk zone, such as an area near a border region.
MooveTrax geofencing supports an unlimited number of geofences, including geofences nested inside other geofences, so operators can assign different rules to a rental lot, an airport, a border area or a restricted zone within the same fleet. The company says the goal for car rental companies is to reduce the need to watch every vehicle on a map continuously; instead, operators set rules once, and MooveTrax's system executes them automatically when a vehicle crosses a boundary.
The feature is available as part of the MooveTrax platform, which combines GPS tracking, geofencing, remote lock and unlock, remote horn control and killswitch functionality, including on the MooveTrax V3 device. Killswitch functionality requires hardwired installation on supported hardware, the company said.
MooveTrax says the update reflects its broader focus on geofencing for car rental companies as fleets grow. More information is available at moovetrax.com.
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MooveTrax is a vehicle security company focused on developing innovative technologies that prevent theft and unauthorized use of vehicles through advanced proximity detection and automated killswitch systems. You can connect with us on Facebook.
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