Eileo uses HID iClass & Mifare

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One leading car-sharing technology provider has to be added to the list :

EILEO http://www.eileo.com is a French startup that delivers its solutions worldwide since 2002.

EILEO provides majors operators, such as OKIGO, the car-sharing service from AVIS & VINCI in Paris.

EILEO solutions are delivered with HID iClass, world leader for building access control, that enables to make the car compatible with companies access control.

EILEO also provides its technology on-demand with other RFID standards, such as MIFARE, for some specific transport projects.

EILEO uses a GPRS-GPS-Bluetooth small box inside the vehicle.

GPRS delivers real time connection at low costs.

GPS helps the fleet managers to locate the vehicles and enable advanced features, like alerts, on-street parking...

Bluetooth delivers multimedia solutions to the driver: hands-free kit for personal phone calls, on mobile turn-by-turn GPS navigation, and mp3 streaming to the car-radio.

A very specific thing about the EILEO solution is the way to control the car immobilizer : thanks to a worldwide patent, EILEO do it wirelessly, without cutting any wire inside the vehicle!
This ensures to easily install the system into any model of vehicles, and to keep the car-manufacturer warranty.

A last important thing about RFID at EILEO is the "roaming" : thanks to its ASP solution, car-sharing organization can partner, enabling their customers to book a car at another organization, to access the car with his personal RFID card, and then be charged for his use at the organization he registered...
Several cities are using this roaming feature around the world, making a single RFID card able to open cars at any location.
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