Parkopedia partners with NavInfo’s CenNavi to provide digitalized parking service in China

Beijing (Gasgoo)- Connected vehicle parking solutions provider Parkopedia has partnered with location data supplier CenNavi, a subsidiary of the mapping giant NavInfo to provide digitalized off-street parking information for automakers in China.

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Data showed the number of existing parking spaces in China is roughly 80 million, whereas PV ownership is 281 million, compromising the overall driving experience. By virtue of both companies, the collaborated service will relieve a considerable portion of the parking tension among drivers in China.

Parkopedia’s addition will complement CenNavi’s existing services, namely real-time traffic and accident information, lane-level traffic forecasting, plate number restriction notification, and EV charging station information. Parkopedia’s patented parking space availability recommendations technology will be added to CenNavi’s in-car solution system, allowing vehicles to send out parking recommendations as users approaching their destination autonomously.

In addition, both NavInfo (parent company of CenNavi) and Parkopedia have already been collaborating with BMW China. As part of the new partnership, Parkopedia will continue providing detailed parking dynamic information for the automaker’s iDrive 7.0 infotainment operating system users, such as pricing, operation hours, availability, and precise location in major cities in China. In the meantime, BMW China will provide technical user feedback to Parkopedia to improve its system accuracy.