How does the collaboration between BMW Group and Targa Telematics translate vehicle data into real value for fleet customers?
Gregor Schley (BMW Group): At BMW Group, our focus is on creating customer value already at the source of the data. With BMW connected fleet data, we provide fleet grade, high quality data directly from the vehicle. This data is fully compliant, consistent across markets and designed for large scale fleet operations. Together with partners like Targa Telematics, this approach creates real impact on fleet customers. Our collaboration shows how trusted OEM data and fleet expertise unlock measurable business value.
Dario Peroni (Targa Telematics): Thanks, Gregor. BMW has been a pioneer in connected vehicle technology for many years, and this gives us a very high-quality native data stream to work with. At Targa Telematics, we take this data and transform it through our neutral server, refined over 25 years to process and enrich complex data streams. This collaboration enables us to convert BMW’s precision data into practical insights, supporting better mission planning, reduced downtime, and smarter vehicle utilization. The strength of the partnership lies in its complementarity: BMW provides exceptional data quality, and Targa Telematics converts it into an immediate, actionable value for fleet customers.
How can BMW Connected Fleet Data help Targa Telematics’ fleet customers better monitor and improve their sustainability performance?
Dario Peroni: BMW Group gives us a highly accurate picture of real-world vehicle behavior, from energy consumption and driving patterns, to mission profiles. When this data enters Targa Telematics neutral server, we enhance it through normalization and enrichment, leveraging our internal datasets and long-standing experience in data management.
This enables fleets to measure true CO2 impact, identify inefficiencies, and improve driving and routing behaviors. Together, BMW and Targa Telematics help companies transform sustainability from reporting obligation into a practical tool to support decision-making and accelerate transition strategies.
Gregor Schley: Indeed, Dario, you raise an important point. From BMW Group perspective, sustainability starts with providing reliable, high-quality data directly from the vehicle in a way that is secure, compliant and scalable across fleets operations.
BMW connected fleet data delivers transparency on key aspects such as energy consumption, mileage, charging behavior, and vehicle status based on real usage, not assumptions.
When partners like Targa Telematics integrate this data into their platforms, fleet customers contract sustainability KPIs consistently across their operations and make informed decisions.
The value comes from turning trusted vehicle data into measurable progress towards more sustainable mobility.
How can connected vehicle data unlock new possibilities for electric fleet management, such as remote charging?
Gregor Schley: From the BMW Group perspective, these new electric fleet use cases are enabled through our B2B connect platform, which provides partners like Targa Telematics with standardized and scalable API access to connected vehicle services.
Through B2B connect and products such as the BMW charging API, we securely and compliantly expose trusted EV data and vehicle capabilities. This allows partners not only to monitor battery and charging status, but also to build new services on top of this data, including remote charging management and smarter energy orchestration.
Combined with Targa Telematics fleet expertise, connected vehicle data is transformed into practical tools that help fleets operate electric vehicles more efficiently and with greater confidence.
Dario Peroni: You’re absolutely right, Gregor. Over years of connected‑vehicle innovation, BMW has developed highly detailed EV data including battery status data, charging cycle and real-world efficiency indicators. Targa Telematics takes this data and turns it into clear operational insights – predictive readiness, highlighting inefficiency in charging patterns and helping fleets plan energy use more efficiently through our data-processing engine.
This collaboration also lays the groundwork for future remote-charging capabilities, where charging sessions can be optimized or automated. BMW provides the depth of EV data, Targa Telematics makes it operational, enabling fleets to deploy electric vehicles with confidence.
