When every unit reports in

Accurate billing. Faster turnarounds. Safer rentals.

Accurate mileage and fuel for billing, Geotab Keyless pickup, and live location for faster turnarounds.

  • Real-time fuel and mileage for precise customer charges
  • Keyless mobility with app-based access and logs
  • Live location and geofences that aid theft recovery
Geotab GO Focus Pro AI dash camera

Every Rental Cycle

From counter to curb to claim, one connected workflow

A single source of truth for every vehicle: live data, diagnostics, and video insights that accelerate turnarounds and protect margins.

  • Fuel, odometer, and readiness: capture accurate readings and prioritize reconditioning
  • Maintenance center: schedule by faults and hours, and automate work orders
  • Expandability: integrate with IOX, SDK/API, and reservation or tolling platforms
  • Video and ADAS: use event footage and driver data to resolve claims faster
Keyless rental vehicle access from an app

What Changes

What your operation gets out of it

Accurate billing

Charges match the odometer and the tank, so there is no gauge-photo debate at the counter.

See it in MyGeotab
Real MyGeotab widget: trip summary
Service verification and recovery

Prove a unit's location, mileage, and rental status on demand, so disputes and overdue returns close with data.

See it in MyGeotab
Real MyGeotab widget: live position
Safety and collisions

Event video plus coaching drives 35% fewer injury crashes (J.J. Keller, 2023), backed by collision detection and reconstruction.

See it in MyGeotab
Real MyGeotab widget: collision risk trend

Our Advice

What we typically install for a rental operation

The core fleet

GO9 or Next-Gen GO plugs into each car's OBD-II port in minutes, so your lot staff can fit a whole intake batch in an afternoon with no appointment. Odometer and fuel at return, fault codes, and live location from day one.

Contactless pickup

Geotab Keyless: renters unlock by phone or NFC, or a remote command from the counter.

Late-model units

OEM embedded telematics where supported, into the same MyGeotab view with no install.

The numbers layer

Utilization and mileage dashboards that show which units earn their keep and which sit idle on the lot.

The Real Problems

Where rental margin actually leaks

01
Fuel and mileage you never billed

The GO device reports the real odometer and fuel level at every return, so the mileage and the tank land on the invoice instead of leaking away unbilled.

02
The counter is the bottleneck

Keyless pickup moves the handoff to the vehicle, and key management stops being a drawer full of risk.

03
Damage, discovered three renters later

Impacts are logged with time, location, and severity, so damage lands on the right contract.

Built for the lot

What we set up for rental operators

Revenue leaks at the margins of a rental: mileage, fuel, damage, and downtime. Each one gets measured.

Visibility across the lot

On the lot, on rent, or overdue, every unit stays on the map.

Faster turnarounds

Return-to-ready time tracked per branch, so cleaned and inspected units get back on rent sooner.

Maintenance automated

Service scheduled by fault codes and engine hours, with work orders raised automatically to hold down downtime.

OEM units, no install

Late-model connected cars stream odometer, fuel, and location into MyGeotab cloud to cloud, with no hardware to fit.

Utilization reporting

Fleet-wide utilization and mileage so caps, remarketing, and rebalancing run on data, not hunches.

Event video for claims

GO Focus Pro footage and collision detection turn incidents into time-stamped evidence for faster claims.

Configured, not generic

Rules tuned to your operation

We set the zones, thresholds, and alerts for how your fleet actually works.

The Whole Lot, Accounted For

Savings you can total up per branch

Fuel, idling, and utilization roll into one savings view across the rental fleet.

Row of rental sedans with a fleet savings widget floating above

Questions

Car rental fleet FAQ

Can I locate and recover vehicles?

Yes. Live location and alerts help you find overdue or misused vehicles quickly.

Does it support shared-vehicle access?

Keyless access provides digital keys and controlled access for rental and car-share operations.

Can I track mileage and condition for turnover?

Odometer, trip, and fault data help you manage mileage caps, maintenance, and turnaround.

Does keyless access work in an underground garage with no signal?

Yes. Phone unlock runs on Bluetooth with an offline-first design, so a dead zone on P3 does not strand a renter. NFC tap cards cover renters without the app, and staff can send remote unlocks over the network when the vehicle is in coverage.

We defleet cars every 12 to 18 months. Does the hardware follow the car to auction?

No. Devices transfer to incoming units, and the Keyless option with a recoverable key means the OEM key comes out intact at defleet. We plan the swap workflow with you so remarketing is not slowed by telematics.

Can connected cars from the factory skip the install entirely?

Often, yes. Geotab integrates OEM embedded telematics for supported makes, pulling odometer, fuel, and location into MyGeotab cloud to cloud. We check your fleet mix and tell you which units need hardware and which do not.

Bill every mile, turn cars faster, recover the ones that wander

National franchise or single-lot operator, you get one view of every car: what it earned, what it burned, and where it sits right now. That is how units stay on rent and revenue stops slipping past the counter.

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