Stellantis – the vehicle manufacturer that includes Peugeot, Chrysler, Citroen, Opel, Dodge, Fiat and more, amongst its brands – announced the establishment of Mobilisights, an independent business unit whose aim is to expand the company’s ‘data as a service’ (DaaS) business and develop B2B products, applications and services.

By the end of this decade, Stellantis said it expects to be leveraging the data from 34 million connected vehicles, with Mobilisights having exclusive access and rights to license vehicle and related data from all Stellantis brands to external customers.

“The vision for Mobilisights is to contribute to a smarter world, leveraging the insights that vehicle data provide to inspire innovative applications and services that can transform and dramatically improve the day-to-day lives of users and businesses,” said Sanjiv Ghate, Mobilisights CEO.

“Harnessed effectively, sensor and other data available from connected vehicles can enable a wide range of services and applications with compelling benefits, ranging from personalised usage-based insurance to road hazard detection and traffic management. With its 14 iconic brands and millions of connected vehicles, Stellantis has unmatched global data scale capable of powering this business forward.”

Mobilisights said its products will be available to a variety of groups, including private enterprises, public-sector utilities, education and research institutions to enable a wide range of applications and services. The company added that both it and its partners will operate within strict data governance and privacy policy, including using anonymised and aggregated data, and only sharing personal data of customers with their consent for the specific services of their choosing. Customers also can opt out of information being collected, used or shared, even after they have given their consent.

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (February 2023)

22 February 2023