Newsletter #3: Focus on digital mobility: smart use of logbooks, e-pool fleets, and data
In this issue, we show you how digital solutions make fleet management easier, more efficient, and legally compliant. Discover how EnBW manages its e-pool fleet with the AZOWO Mobility Cloud and how Bosch L.OS makes vehicle data accessible in a smart way. Our AI avatar also shows you how the digital logbook makes your everyday work easier. Enjoy reading!
Networking - EnBW optimizes fleet management with the AZOWO Mobility Cloud
EnBW manages a fully electric shared pool vehicle fleet of around 200 vehicles spread across several locations in Germany. The biggest challenge was to replace the existing scheduling tool and reduce numerous manual processes in daily fleet management.
With the introduction of the AZOWO Mobility Cloud, EnBW was able to import all relevant data in its entirety and establish centralised management:
✔️ Administrators and users now have flexible access to the system via any internet-enabled device.
✔️ Key figures and trends can be monitored in real time.
✔️ The solution is integrated into EnBW's corporate identity design, which has noticeably increased employee acceptance and satisfaction.
About a year after the introduction, an initial customer satisfaction survey was conducted. Thanks to the valuable feedback and the partnership with AZOWO, new functions were integrated into the booking portal, significantly increasing user-friendliness: photos of all electric vehicles, supplemented by brief information on range and recommended use for each vehicle class, now make it easier for around 30,000 employees to get started with electric mobility on their business trips.
The Mobility Cloud offers particular advantages in day-to-day business: vehicles can be easily booked by class, automatic allocation ensures clarity, and all bookings are transparently sorted by status. This means that reservations, active trips, and cancellations can be tracked at any time.
EnBW thus benefits from a clear, efficient platform that reduces administrative effort and enables intuitive use by employees.
Experts - New partnership with Bosch L.OS – Logistics Operating System
Bosch L.OS – Logistics Operating System is a global digital platform that provides logistics service providers and fleet operators with access to ready-to-use digital solutions and helps software providers and system integrators develop, expand, and scale smarter services more quickly. By connecting fragmented systems and providing access to pre-integrated APIs, infrastructure, and a global marketplace, Bosch L.OS accelerates digital transformation across the entire logistics ecosystem.
A concrete example of the platform in action: Together with AZOWO, fleet management is being taken to a new level. Bosch L.OS makes vehicle data easily accessible without additional hardware, and AZOWO transforms it into actionable insights—usable data that enables smart solutions. By integrating OEM data from over 15 manufacturers, users achieve a higher degree of automation and lay the foundation for data-driven decisions in operational fleet management.
Experience - Digital logbook with the AZOWO Mobility Cloud
With AZOWO's digital logbook, all trips are automatically recorded and documented in a legally compliant manner. This saves time, reduces manual effort, and meets all tax office requirements.
Your advantages at a glance:
- Automatic recording of all trips
- Clear separation of business and private trips
- Complete, tax office-compliant documentation
- Easy to use thanks to user-friendly dongle technology
- Expandable: car-sharing logbook for pool and company cars as well as charging log for electric vehicles
📹 In the video, our AI avatar shows you how to manage your logbook with AZOWO.
🎙Talks: Did you know? Here's how to keep your logbook correctly and save time and hassle!
The video showed what a digital logbook can look like. But why is a digital logbook worthwhile in the first place?
A logbook is more than just a record of mileage. It serves as proof for the tax office to secure tax benefits or to fulfill tax obligations correctly. To do this, it is necessary to document exactly when, where, and for what reason a vehicle was used. It is also important to clearly distinguish between business trips, private trips, and trips between home and work.
What needs to be considered? For a logbook to be accepted, it must
- be complete, comprehensive, and kept up to date
- be tamper-proof
- make every change clearly traceable
Whether the actual travel costs can be claimed for tax purposes or whether the flat-rate 1% rule or mileage allowance applies depends on how carefully the logbook is kept (Section 6 (1) No. 4 EStG).
What information is required? 📝 According to R 8.1 (9) No. 2 sentence 3 LStR, this includes:
📅 Date of the trip
🚗 Mileage at the start and end
🎯 Destination and purpose of the trip
👤 Driver and the business partner or customer visited
Digital, simple, legally compliant: With the AZOWO Mobility Cloud, your logbook becomes a breeze. 🚀
Want more?
Discover how easy smart corporate mobility can be today. Whether managing a pool vehicle fleet, smart data management, or tax-compliant logbooks.
👉 Your fleet is ready. Are you?
Book a demo now and take a look: https://azowo.com/en/contact
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