This non-exclusive partnership aims at adding value to the fleet operators with fuel card data from Shell integrated on to the TomTom Telematics WEBFLEET platform allowing businesses to access all fuel management information in one system.

The euroShell Fuel Cards offer cashless payments for fuel in one of Europe’s biggest petrol station networks and non-fuel transactions such as road tolls and breakdown services.

By providing fuel purchase reporting information in WEBFLEET, fleet managers can access driver, vehicle and fuelling data in a single fuel management solution rather than separate data sets from their telematics system and fuel card provider, reducing time-consuming administration.

 Having all fuel information in one place also makes the reconciliation of fuel purchase and consumption data easier, helping businesses to identify any potentially fraudulent activity and reduce overall costs.

Business analysts Frost & Sullivan research manager Sathyanarayana Kabirdas says this partnership will benefit fleet operators and customers by:

• Improved driving behaviour, resulting in reduced fuel spend and increased safety
• Transparency of fuel spend across the entire fleet
• Secure payment of easily tracked cashless fuel and non-fuel transactions such as road tolls and breakdown services
• Reducing the risk of potential fuel card misuse

This strategic move will help TomTom Telematics promote their products and services to a comparatively larger addressable market in Europe, while Shell can offer a more competitive and larger product/service portfolio (now including best-in-class telematics) to their customers.