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Smartphone app tracks real-time status, health and location of your vehicle, even when you're not with it
Wandering around parking lots wondering where you left your car could become a thing of the past. Vancouver-based Mojio’s connected-car platform has been adopted by Rogers Communications Inc., enabling its Share Everything mobile phone customers to access data from their vehicles’ OBD-II (On Board Diagnostics) port. Compatible with most vehicles built after 1996, the Rogers Smart Drive device plugs into the OBD-II, which is what mechanics use for diagnostics and emissions testing.
Canada’s first-ever connected-car solution will allow users to:
Mojio is planning additional carrier launches in North America and Europe over the next three months and expects to have 750,000 vehicles connected to its cloud-based platform by the end of 2017. Founded in Vancouver in 2012, the company provides secure cloud platform and white-label app solutions to wireless carriers including Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile.
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