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Advanced vehicle telematics paves the way for smarter vehicle utilization, improved maintenance, accurate navigation, and great driving experience. With the deep insights into vehicle intelligence— including driver behavior—that advanced telematics provides, customers, dealerships, and automotive OEMs can explore great opportunities. While a handful of big players in the automotive industry provide advanced telematics, Guidepoint Systems is the leading vehicle telematics and services company that is servicing original equipment manufacturers and automotive dealerships. Unlike other telematics solutions, the company’s vehicle telematics offering not only includes the device but also call center support services and apps to provide the complete connected vehicle experience to the members. "Our tools can monitor the vehicle’s health for fuel efficiency, driver safety, engine health, and more" “Either manufacturers can install our telematics device in the factory,...

A new partnership with Dealerware will help automotive dealerships maximize their loaner fleets. DETROIT, Mich. and AUSTIN, Texas -Automotive dealerships throughout North America will be able to maximize the profitability and efficiency of their loaner fleet programs thanks to a new partnership between two automotive-retail technology leaders. Detroit-based vehicle telematics firm Guidepoint Systems and Austin-based Dealerware , a modern fleet management platform, today announced an exclusivity agreement between the two companies. Under the new agreement, Guidepoint will become the exclusive supplier of GPS-enabled telematics devices for the Dealerware Platform, which streamlines fleet management for dealership loaner-car operations, vehicle subscription programs and hybrids of each. The agreement also calls for Dealerware to serve as the exclusive software provider for Guidepoint’s Loaner Vehicle Program and Rental Management tools. Guidepoint and Dealerware have been worki...

Parents with teenagers or college-age students can get peace of mind when vehicles have Mopar EVTS Brandie Wagner believes there isn’t anything more powerful than personal experience when it comes explaining the value of the Mopar Electronic Vehicle Tracking System (EVTS) to sales personnel and managers at the 18 dealerships in her sales territory. Not only is Mopar EVTS essential for managing rental car inventory, Brandie says, but it’s a heck of a sales tool when dealerships decide to sell their stock as used vehicles to parents of teenagers and college-age drivers – customers just like herself. “I have it on my 16-year-old son’s Jeep, and I wouldn’t be without it now,” says Brandie, area manager for FCA (Mopar) in the Cleveland Outstate District. “I tell them that there is a lot more to the system than just theft recovery. “Then I tell them my terrible story.” By way of background, Brandie explains to sales and F&I personnel how much valuable information Mopar EVTS ...

Guidepoint Systems has teamed up with Intersection Technologies to provide F&I Express to dealerships. Guidepoint Systems has launched a new initiative to provide auto dealerships in the United States and Canada with a service that saves time and errors when filling out the paperwork in selling Guidepoint products and services. Thanks to a new relationship with a Texas software company, the Finance and Insurance (F&I) departments at dealerships can streamline the process of setting up contracts for Guidepoint products or services – supporting the most popular menu or Dealer Management System (DSM) they use in-house. “We estimate that dealerships will save at least 10 minutes on each initial transaction using the F&I Express® software, and who knows how much more time and hassle they will save on errors and further administration,” said Tom Gafford, chief technology officer and corporate vice president of marketing at Guidepoint. Gafford said Guidepoint has just s...

Guidepoint products are manufactured in Houston, Texas on state-of-the-art assembly equipment. With all the uncertainty that surrounds Chinese-made products today, dealers and customers of vehicle tracking devices made by Guidepoint Systems are enjoying an extra degree of confidence since the company’s hardware is designed and manufactured in the United States. “We’ve been having a lot of conversations with existing and potential customers during the past several months about Chinese-made tracking devices, where they’ve voiced concerns ranging from their rising cost due to tariffs to availability to security concerns,” said Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Marketing Tom Gafford. “I’d like to say we’ve been brilliant about our sourcing product in the U.S. due to the Trump administration’s initiatives, but we made the switch seven years ago to domestic manufacturing to better control our supply chain and manage overall costs.” Some dealers and customer...

Guidepoint Systems has seen double-digit growth in sales and number of customers in Mexico during the three years, largely due to the company’s commitment of resources to effective theft recovery of vehicles, emergency roadside assistance and other services. “Our customers are recognizing that Guidepoint is willing to do whatever it takes to provide top notch service here,” said Abraham Juarez, manager of the company’s call center and administrative offices in Guadalajara that employs about 30 people. “We’ve got a call center that is manned 24/7/365, a staff of our own lawyers who are versed in this country’s legal system and a nationwide network of technicians who are trained in proper installation of our products. “While that’s a considerable commitment of resources, it’s money well spent to build our reputation in Mexico as a leading provider of services such as stolen vehicle recovery, emergency roadside assistance, fleet management and vehicle tracking.” Guidepoint integr...

Using GPS  technology originally meant to recover stolen vehicles, smaller finance companies now have a powerful new tool to reduce the risks  involved with lending to dealers – essentially through a daily reconciliation of floor plans to aid in timely collection of funds on sold vehicles. “GPS technology has reached the point where its affordable and practical for finance companies to keep regular tabs on the inventory that they have financed on used car lots,” said Ira Levin, vice president of business development at Guidepoint Systems Inc. in Madison Heights, Mich. “With the ability to run location reports on multiple vehicles in seconds, a finance company can virtually get an updated floor plan on a car lot daily with ease.” Levin said he will be available to discuss the floor plan inventory system in person with interested individuals who are attending the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in Las Vegas March 22-25, or by contacting him directly by ...