At CES 2023, Stellantis NV announces the creation of Mobilisight, a business unit wholly dedicated to growing the company’s Data as a Service (DaaS) business and developing and licensing innovative B2B products, applications and services. Mobilisights products will be accessible to a diverse set of entities, which will include private sector companies, utilities, higher education institutions and research institutions, enabling data-driven decision making and will offer a broad portfolio of applications and services.
Part of seven expanding business units announced in Dare’s strategic plan Forward 2030, Mobilisights is an important step in Stellantis’ efforts to grow and accelerate its software and data business.
“Mobilisights’ vision is to help make the world smarter by leveraging the insights provided by vehicle data to inspire innovative apps and services that can dramatically transform and improve the daily lives of users and businesses,” explained Sanjiv Ghate, CEO of Mobilisights. “Used effectively, sensor data and other data collected from connected vehicles can be the source of a wide range of services and applications with undeniable benefits, ranging from personalized insurance based on usage, to risk detection on the road, including traffic management. With its 14 iconic brands and millions of connected vehicles, Stellantis can count on an unparalleled amount of data, capable of boosting the deployment of this branch of activity”.
Leveraging full data from the 34 million connected vehicles the company will have by the end of the decade, Mobilisights will have exclusive access and licensed distribution rights to vehicle data and associated data across all brands. Stellantis to external customers. This data density will provide Mobilisights with a high level of autonomy that will allow it to overcome its dependence on other data providers to power applications.
Stellantis’ software strategy aims to implement next-generation technology platforms by leveraging the capabilities of existing connected vehicles to transform the way customers interact with their vehicles. This strategy, detailed at Stellantis Software Day in December 2021, is expected to generate approximately €20 billion in additional annual revenue by 2030. And Mobilisights’ contribution to achieving this goal will be essential. .
Mobilisights and its partners will operate under a very strict data governance and personal data protection policy. In particular, they will use anonymised and aggregated data, and the sharing of customers’ personal data will take place only with their consent and only for specific services of their choice. Customers can also withdraw their consent to the collection, use or sharing of their data, even after giving it.
“All of these businesses are built on trust, said Sanjiv Ghate, on faith in our ability to preserve data and on the belief that we are here to create a better world.”