At Mobile World Congress, Ericsson launched the Connected Vehicle Marketplace, which allows Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), partners and motorists to be part of innovation and connectivity in the automotive industry.
Ericsson has launched a solution to reduce the complexities of building digital service ecosystems for connected vehicles. Called the Connected Vehicle Marketplace, it allows Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), partners and motorists to be part of innovation and connectivity in the automotive industry.
Scania becomes the first customer to use the new solution, with Scania One, an open customer platform that gives fleet owners, drivers and fleet owners’ customers, access to services that will help increase efficiency and productivity, while contributing to a reduced carbon footprint.
Building on the success of the Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud, the Connected Vehicle Marketplace is a controlled and secure environment for OEMs to put new digital services into the hands of their drivers. The solution is the first of its kind and will enable OEMs to fully control the inclusion of third-party digital services seamlessly and efficiently, all integrated into one digital marketplace.
Börje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, announced the new Connected Vehicle Marketplace during Ericsson’s Media and Analyst briefing at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27.
Ekholm says: “Empowering innovation is crucial for Ericsson, and is an essential part of the successful future for not only the automotive industry, but also a whole host of others. We are committed to enabling the right mix of connectivity, security and ideas across all industries, and today’s launch of Connected Vehicle Marketplace for the automotive industry is just one example of this.”
Through the connected vehicles, Scania knows the logistical flow in the operations of fleet owners’ customers, ranging from large-scale construction sites, to public transport, to long haul transport. With Scania One, the digital tools are placed in the hands of fleet owners and drivers to ensure gains in these flows are realized and waste is eliminated.
“Compared to many other industries, the transport industry is making rapid progress in digitalization. However, we cannot make this shift alone and this is a great example of the kind of partnership that moves both our industries forward,” says Henrik Henriksson President and CEO, Scania. “Now we are taking some serious steps translating the partnership into real business for us with bottom line impact for our customers.”
Roger Lanctot, Associate Director in Global Automotive Practice, Strategy Analytics, says: “Ericsson is in a position to deliver almost any content, service or application to any device or use case, whether it’s in the home, car, or on a mobile device. With its horizontal IoT capabilities, proven today towards the connected vehicle, Ericsson now brings together all possible usage scenarios.”
The number of connected vehicles is growing rapidly – both for commercial vehicles and passenger cars. Scania has announced that there are now 250,000 connected vehicles, which amounts to more than two-thirds of all vehicles it has sold the past five years. Moreover, Strategy Analytics predicts 382 million connected vehicles by 2025.
Until now, there was no way for OEMs to share data efficiently, securely and in a scalable manner with third-parties. Ericsson’s Connected Vehicle Marketplace enables OEMs to create a connected ecosystem for core partners as well as innovators who want to come up with new innovative services for the automotive industry, to realize the full potential of connected vehicles.
Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud is powered by Ericsson’s IoT solution – IoT Accelerator – bringing secure world-class mobile connectivity management and trustworthy technology partnership, with IoT E2E systems, and rapid IoT deployment and monetization capabilities.
