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Parkopedia to supply services to Toyota and Lexus App Suites

Toyota and Lexus have chosen Parkopedia to provide its in-car parking service on select legacy and new vehicles via the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform App Suites, in early 2018. It features information on over 20 million off-street parking spots across the U.S. and aims to direct drivers to the nearest and most convenient parking location to their chosen destination.
December 1, 2017 Read time: 1 min
1686 Toyota and 4349 Lexus have chosen 7374 Parkopedia to provide its in-car parking service on select legacy and new vehicles via the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform App Suites, in early 2018. It features information on over 20 million off-street parking spots across the U.S. and aims to direct drivers to the nearest and most convenient parking location to their chosen destination.


The service will also include key parking information such as facility/lot name, opening hours and pricing.

Steve Basra, vice president of Toyota Connected Technologies, said: "The exponential growth in multimedia data and technological innovation continues to make changes to the way we work and live. Our partnership with Parkopedia represents an opportunity to help optimize the driver experience by expanding the Toyota Entune and Lexus Enform App Suites to include parking information.”

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