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Volkswagen and Inrix expand partnership

Inrix is expanding its partnership with Volkswagen to launch Inrix Park and Inrix Fuel services in new Passat models equipped with Discover Pro and Car-Net navigation in Europe.
November 10, 2014 Read time: 1 min
163 Inrix is expanding its partnership with 994 Volkswagen to launch Inrix Park and Inrix Fuel services in new Passat models equipped with Discover Pro and Car-Net navigation in Europe.


As a real-time connected service, Inrix Park provides the current cost to park, real-time information on the number of available spaces and detailed location information for a continuously expanding and updated database of 55,000 off street parking locations in 41 countries in Europe. Inrix Fuel provides location, real-time pricing and payment option information for more than 170,000 fuel stations in 22 European countries.

“We are delighted to extend our partnership with Volkswagen to include, for the first time, our parking and fuel services,” said Andreas Hecht, Inrix vice president and general manager of Automotive.

Volkswagen will launch the new services from December 2014 in new Passat models that include the Discover Pro navigation system and in other models using Discover Pro from next year.

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