Seat and Saba promote the creation of the connected car ecosystem

Seat and Saba, a leading operator in the development of urban mobility solutions and specialist in parking management, have signed a global agreement in the framework of Automobile Barcelona to provide new services to the vehicle mobility ecosystem currently underway by Seat. In line with the goal of becoming a front-runner in connectivity, Seat will add Saba to its ecosystem so that between the two they can create new services that facilitate drivers' mobility, with new parking related functions.

Among others, the partners are studying ways to offer a mobile reservation and payment system for parking spaces, which will enable Saba clients to make electronic payments for services and which will be included in the digital solutions that Seat is currently working on. The collaboration lays the foundation for projects like Parkfinder 2.0, which will enable both companies to offer drivers real-time information on which parking spaces are available and recommend a carpark according to the real needs of each client, among others.

They will also explore other services associated with the time vehicles spend stationary, such as shopping delivery or refuelling. Seat and Saba also want to install recharging points in the network of carparks in Barcelona, Spain for the fleet of electric Miis that workers at the Seat Metropolis: Lab Barcelona and Pier01 will be driving. This car-sharing project will see a fleet of 10 eMiis on the streets of Barcelona that Seat will use to test the possibilities of electric drive technology in shared vehicles.