From tachograph to digital data platform for services: AUMOVIO opens up VDO Fleet for partners

The interface models of VDO Fleet cover a wide range of integration scenarios. For example, fleets and fleet management providers that already use their own in-house telematics solutions can securely transfer their tachograph data from an existing system to the VDO Fleet Cloud via a standardized interface. There, the data are available for all VDO Fleet services – regardless of the vehicle or telematics infrastructure used. In another use case, fleet operators can release selected tachograph data from the VDO Fleet Cloud via a secure interface to authorized third-party providers who, in turn, can integrate the vehicle and driver data into their own applications, such as wage and salary calculation systems or analysis tools. In doing so, the fleets always retain control, able to proactively decide which partners are allowed access to which data. One particularly attractive feature for efficient everyday fleet operations is the option to receive information near real time via a live interface, showing e.g. driver status, vehicle location and remaining driving times, and to integrate such data into external, i.e. their own in-house systems. This enables dispatching, route planning and compliance monitoring to be automated and specified in detail.

One example of this platform approach is the collaboration with Samsara. As of March 2026, Samsara customers have direct access to their Connected Operations® Platform to analyze VDO Fleet data. Samsara utilizes the tachograph data analysis functions of the VDO Fleet Cloud and, with Smart Compliance, offers fleet managers an integrated platform that combines all aspects of tachograph compliance – from data queries and analysis of infringements right through to communication with the drivers. This cooperation emphasizes the VDO Fleet approach: the focus is not on the individual application, but rather on making reliable, rules-compliant data available all across Europe for various systems and markets.

For fleet operators, the platform approach of VDO Fleet means that they can use new digital services without having to fundamentally change their existing system landscape. For software providers and platform operators, access is opened up to data that are standardized and legally compliant throughout Europe. They also have access to proven analysis functions, without which they themselves would have to dive deep into the regulatory details of European tachograph legislation. VDO Fleet is planning to expand its partnerships even more in the coming years: besides further integration into fleet management and telematics platforms, additional fields of application are to be opened up, such as for automated billing, international compliance processes, and data-based optimization of transport chains. VDO Fleet is thus positioning itself in the European commercial vehicle market as a central data platform geared to trustworthy, reliable tachograph data in a way that is scalable and consistent.

AUMOVIO is a leading global provider of solutions for commercial and special vehicles. The company has a strong local development and production presence in all relevant regions – Europe, the Americas, and Asia. With a dedicated organization for commercial and special vehicles, AUMOVIO has specifically tailored its offerings to meet the unique requirements of truck, bus, off-highway, and fleet customers. A comprehensive portfolio of digital services as well as electronics, software, and system solutions – ranging from tachographs and telematics to control units and driver assistance systems – plays a key role in the further development of connected, safe, and efficient commercial vehicles.