When the key lives on the phone
App-based lock and unlock, digital key handoffs, and full access logs, no key cabinet required.
Shared Fleets
Vehicles get used, returned, and accounted for, with a record of every access.
Drivers unlock assigned vehicles from their phone.
Access starts and ends with the booking, automatically.
Who opened what, when, on the record.
No key handoffs between shifts or rentals.
What Changes
Nothing physical to lose, copy, or forget in a pocket.
Easy access means shared vehicles actually get shared.
Pull a driver's access the moment a booking ends or a role changes, with no physical key to chase down.
Three Ways Into The Vehicle
Geotab Keyless opens the same vehicle three ways, and most fleets end up using all three.
Offline-first by design: the digital key works in a parking garage or a dead zone, no signal required at the vehicle.
For crews who should not need a personal phone to start a shift, a high-security NFC tag on a lanyard taps the windshield reader and the doors open. Purpose-built secure credentials, not ordinary driver-ID fobs.
Dispatch can unlock, lock, enable, or disable the starter over the data network from MyGeotab. Wrong vehicle returned to the wrong lot? Fixed from a desk.
It is the backbone of keyless operations for car rental and municipal motor pools alike.
On The Record
Who opened which vehicle, when, and on which credential, logged against the booking.
Where The Key Actually Goes
Nothing here is improvised: the vehicle's own OEM key rides inside a secured IOX device wired to the GO9. Geotab engineers Keyless toward roughly 99.9% access reliability (a design goal, not an SLA), and after an unlock the driver has about 10 minutes to press start or re-tap, so a vehicle never sits unlocked and idle.
IOX-Keyless embeds the fob for the widest range of models, and it is the unit we specify for municipal and public-sector motor pools. IOX-Keybox, which keeps the original key recoverable, is available for commercial fleets only and is not offered to North American public sector. We match the unit to your vehicle list before ordering.
Keyless Lite is a no-additional-fee, Bluetooth-only add-in inside Geotab Drive: on-demand lock and unlock for equipped vehicles, no reservation system required. It is the honest way to prove keyless works for your crews before you invest in full booking integration.
When you outgrow it, reservation-based sharing comes via integrated Marketplace partners, which is how most production Keyless fleets run.
A closer look
Shared vehicles work when access is digital: granted remotely, logged completely, revoked instantly.
The booking sets the schedule: keys switch on and off on their own, so no one files a return or walks a fob back to a cabinet.
One pool of vehicles, many authorized drivers, and no dedicated key assigned to any one person.
Access rides on Geotab's platform encryption and role controls, not a shared lockbox code.
Questions
Digital keys and controlled vehicle access for shared vehicles and motor pools, managed from the platform.
Rental, car-share, municipal motor pools, and any operation sharing vehicles across many drivers.
Yes. Access events tie to trips, so you know who had the vehicle and when.
The NFC tap card is the standard backup, and dispatch can unlock the vehicle remotely from MyGeotab. Three access paths exist precisely so no single dead battery strands a crew.
Yes. Phone access runs over Bluetooth and is offline-first, so underground garages and rural yards are not a problem. Remote commands from dispatch do require the vehicle's data connection.
Yes. Start with Keyless Lite, covered above, and add reservation software once the pilot proves it.
Keep exploring
Tell us how your shared vehicles work today and we will show you keyless in action.
