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How CARUSO Powers geoCapture’s Hardware-Free Tracking

We’re proud to announce our collaboration with geoCapture.

geoCapture is a B2B SaaS provider headquartered in Hopsten, Germany. The company develops cloud software for GPS tracking, fleet management, digital time recording, AI-supported site documentation, and maintenance management. geoCapture serves customers across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) as well as in the Netherlands, Spain, and Poland, with a clear focus on the construction, trades, landscaping (GaLaBau), and logistics industries. The platform helps mid-sized companies digitalise their daily operations and turn vehicle and tool data into measurable efficiency on the construction site, in the workshop, and in the back office.

"With CARUSO data, our customers can finally include leased vehicles and electric vehicles in their fleet management. Companies that used to wait until the end of a lease term to get any transparency now see every kilometre, every charging stop, and every service interval from day one. That changes how mid-sized businesses plan their fleets."

Mario Horstmann

Head of Development at geoCapture GmbH

The Challenge: Hardware Limits in a Fast-Moving Fleet World

Many of geoCapture’s customers operate mixed fleets made up of company cars, vans, trucks, and construction machinery. As these fleets grow and diversify, traditional GPS hardware is often no longer a practical solution. Leased vehicles frequently cannot be modified, electric vehicles require certified installations, and equipping an entire fleet with hardware quickly becomes costly and time-consuming. At the same time, these businesses expect full transparency across all vehicles from day one—not weeks later after coordinating installations.

Leased vehicles cannot be modified

Most leasing contracts forbid aftermarket installations. Customers risk losing the warranty or paying chargebacks when returning the vehicle, so they often track only part of their fleet.

Hardware investment and downtime are too high

Every classic GPS sender means acquisition cost, a workshop appointment, vehicle downtime, and recurring maintenance. For electric vehicles this gets worse, because only specialised workshops are allowed to perform the installation.

Direct integrations with each OEM are not realistic

Negotiating telematics access with every vehicle manufacturer individually means long contracts, fragmented data formats, and prices that rarely scale for mid-sized fleet operators. In many cases, smaller customers cannot get access to the data at all.

The Solution: Vehicle Tracking without a Tracking Box

We integrated Vehicle Tracking without a Tracking Box as a native feature inside geoCapture. Customers connect their vehicles to our cloud platform without installing any additional hardware. The data of their connected vehicles streams directly into geoCapture and feeds the same dashboards, logbooks, reports, and interfaces our hardware-based customers already rely on. The result is a single fleet view, no matter whether a vehicle is tracked through a geoCapture GPS sender or through manufacturer telematics.

This is where CARUSO comes into play.

CARUSO gives us one standardised access point to multi-brand vehicle data instead of dozens of separate OEM contracts. CARUSO harmonises the data across vehicle manufacturers, handles the consent management in a GDPR-compliant way, and delivers high-quality information through a single API. For us, this means we can scale the solution across markets and customer segments without renegotiating with every manufacturer. For our customers, it means they can combine vehicles from different brands in one fleet view and stay focused on their core business.

INDUSTRIES

Construction, building trades, landscaping and logistics. The use case applies to any mid-sized company with a mixed fleet of leased company cars, vans, and trucks.

MOST FREQUENTLY USED DATA ITEMS

geoCapture currently consumes data from Ford, Stellantis, Renault, and Porsche. The data points geoCapture relies on most are vehicle position and odometer readings. These two signals already cover the core needs of its customers in fleet management: real-time location for dispatching and theft prevention, as well as accurate mileage for digital logbooks, leasing limits, and maintenance planning.

COLLABORATION WITH CARUSO

geoCapture started testing CARUSO in 2022. In October 2023, they activated the first customer vehicles in production and have been processing live CARUSO data for their customers ever since.

Key Advantages at a glance

When it comes to risk control, efficiency, and operational clarity, ex:tracked offers clear benefits. Three key strengths stand out:

No hardware investment

and no installation downtime. Customers can start tracking their fleet the same day.

Full compatibility

with leased vehicles, because no modification of the vehicle is needed.

Full flexibility

Works for electric vehicles without certified workshop visits.

One unified interface

for all vehicle brands instead of several manufacturer portals running in parallel.

Reliable data quality

for digital logbook, mileage tracking, fuel and charge analytics, and predictive maintenance.

Future-proof setup

as more manufacturers join the CARUSO marketplace, our customers’ coverage grows with it.

Outlook

„For us as a software provider, the real value of CARUSO is that we don't have to rebuild the same integration over and over again. CARUSO gives us harmonised, GDPR-compliant vehicle data from many manufacturers through a single API. That lets our development team focus on what our customers actually need: better fleet decisions instead of OEM contract negotiations."

Mario Horstmann

Head of Development at geoCapture GmbH

Check out more about the "Vehicle Tracking Without Hardware" solution here 👇

geoCapture GmbH

Rheiner Str. 3
D-48496 Hopsten
Telefon: +49 5458 936668-0
Telefax: +49 5458 936668-28
E-Mail: info@geocapture.de
Website: www.geocapture.de

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Scaling Fleet Intelligence
Made Simple

Success Story with

How CARUSO Powers geoCapture’s Hardware-Free Tracking

The Challenge: Hardware Limits in a Fast-Moving Fleet World

Leased vehicles cannot be modified

Hardware investment and downtime are too high

Direct integrations with each OEM are not realistic

The Solution: Vehicle Tracking without a Tracking Box

This is where CARUSO comes into play.

INDUSTRIES

MOST FREQUENTLY USED DATA ITEMS

COLLABORATION WITH CARUSO

Key Advantages at a glance

No hardware investment

Full compatibility

Full flexibility

One unified interface

Reliable data quality

Future-proof setup

Outlook

Check out more about the "Vehicle Tracking Without Hardware" solution here 👇

Any Questions?

We would be happy
to hear from you.

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Success Story with

How CARUSO Powers geoCapture’s Hardware-Free Tracking

The Challenge: Hardware Limits in a Fast-Moving Fleet World

Leased vehicles cannot be modified

Hardware investment and downtime are too high

Direct integrations with each OEM are not realistic

The Solution: Vehicle Tracking without a Tracking Box

This is where CARUSO comes into play.

INDUSTRIES

MOST FREQUENTLY USED DATA ITEMS

COLLABORATION WITH CARUSO

Key Advantages at a glance

No hardware investment

Full compatibility

Full flexibility

One unified interface

Reliable data quality

Future-proof setup

Outlook

Check out more about the "Vehicle Tracking Without Hardware" solution here 👇

Any Questions?

We would be happyto hear from you.

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We would be happy
to hear from you.