Automotive giant Honda is partnering with Cisco Jasper and Bright Box to deliver a personalised connected car experience for its customers.
“At Honda, we are committed to optimising safety, security and convenience for drivers with innovative connected services,” says Sandra Hughes, Head of Marketing and Product Management at Honda Motor Europe. “The IoT services that Bright Box and Cisco Jasper enable us to deliver help ensure that Honda drivers receive the best possible driving experience.”
Cisco acquired Jasper last year for the company's leading cloud-based IoT platform. Honda’s new MyHonda connected car platform uses a telematics solution from Bright Box, powered by the Cisco Jasper Control Center which provides real-time insights and controls to launch, manage, and monetise connected services for vehicles.
For consumers, this will mean:
Vehicle information and diagnostics – Drivers have easy access to critical vehicle information via the MyHonda app, and diagnostic information is sent in real time to track the health of their vehicle.
Simple scheduling of maintenance – Drivers will be alerted when maintenance is needed, and can easily schedule appointments with the push of a button.
GPS tracking for location-based services – Drivers are provided with information on their trips, push notifications to alert them when speeding, the ability to locate open parking spaces, and more.
Control Center is used by 23 of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers who use the platform to deliver new services and take advantage of new revenue opportunities as they become available. “Using Cisco Jasper Control Center in our Connected Car projects with Honda and other automotive OEMs significantly reduces our operating costs and increases the Bright Box service quality for our customers,” said Ivan Mishanin, CEO at Bright Box.
Honda claims the solution provided by the collaboration between Bright Box and Cisco Jasper provides:
Best possible customer experience – Honda uses Cisco Jasper Control Center’s automated rules and APIs to continuously monitor and proactively service connected vehicles for pan-European drivers.
Optimised telematics – Bright Box is a market leading telematics service provider that is already using Control Center on four other continents with six OEMs. Bright Box has partnered with Post Luxembourg, who provides the connectivity for Honda’s pan-European project on Control Center.
Global scale – Control Center enabled Bright Box to easily extend the automated connectivity management for Honda’s vehicles across six European countries today. And Cisco Jasper’s partnerships with more than 50 service providers, which manage IoT devices across more than 550 mobile networks worldwide, will enable Honda to expand their services globally as needed.
“Today’s most innovative automakers are leveraging IoT to provide new services that enhance the driving experience for their customers,” said Kalle Ward, Managing Director EMEAR, IoT Cloud at Cisco Jasper. “With the MyHonda connected services, Honda is demonstrating its focus on building a better driving future where drivers will continue to benefit from new levels of safety and convenience.”
Honda will launch its MyHonda connected car services across all European countries.
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