Established in 2013 in the city of Lille, WayKonect is a startup that has developed an innovative offer which enables B2B customers to connect their vehicles, thereby optimizing the process of managing their vehicle fleet. Total, a pioneer in the fuel card and related tools business, is acquiring a set of tools that combine digital data processing solutions, an application for drivers and an embedded physical unit.

Total had already initiated a major turning point in 2017 by positioning itself as a key player in fleet management with the launch of GR Analytics. Total’s B2B clients will now benefit from additional expertise developed by WayKonect:

• Reliable and secure control of vehicle-related data: maintenance, mileage, consumption...
• Tailored optimization of resulting costs
• Customized analysis of driver behavior with a view to enhancing driver safety while lowering fuel consumption
  
• Reliable and secure protection of driver privacy thanks to specific technical parameters

« Customer proximity and listening to our clients are at the core of the approach developed by WayKonect, as it is for Total, and we are pleased to see them join the Group,” says Antoine Tournand, Vice President Retail and Cards in Total Marketing & Services. “Based on a judicious and scalable technological foundation, WayKonect’s founders and employees have developed a remarkable and convenient interface. Integrating WayKonect completes Total’s offer by adding automated connection to vehicles, as well as an application that enables dialogue with the driver. The offer thus supplemented will give the 400 000 professional customers who trust us in Europe additional efficiency and better control of their fleet and fuel budgets. »

« We are delighted to see four years of work and personal investment rewarded in this way.” welcomes Yassin Korchi, CEO and co-founder of WayKonect. “As a pioneer in intelligent fleet management, joining a group such as Total is first and foremost an acknowledgement of the value and professionalism of our solution. We will now be able to work toward long term development while maintaining our flexibility, our autonomy of development and our capacity to innovate. »

WayKonect’s teams remain based in Lille.

About TOTAL GR

TOTAL GR is a leader in the fuel card market in France with 2 million holders of the TOTAL GR card, for 130 000 client companies, based on a network of nearly 13 000 gas stations in Europe, including 3 600 in France under the TOTAL, TOTAL Access and ELAN brands. In the B2B market, TOTAL GR develops solutions to make life easier for fleet managers and to optimize vehicle fleet management. -See more at www.gr.total.fr

About Total’s Marketing & Services Division

Total Marketing & Services develops and distributes oil products and all associated services. Its 31 000 employees are present in 110 countries while its products and services offers are marketed in 150 countries. Total Marketing & Services welcomes more than 8 million customers each day in its network of over 16 000 service stations in 65 countries. Total’s Marketing Division is the 4th global distributor of lubricants and the No.1 distributor of oil products in Africa, products that are developed in 50 production sites in the world where the company manufactures lubricants, bitumen, additives, fuels and special fluids.

About Total

Total is a global energy group, one of the top international oil and gas companies, and is a major player in low carbon energies. Its 98 000 employees are committed to better, safer, cleaner, more efficient, more innovative and accessible energy for the greatest number of people. Present in more than 130 countries, Total makes every effort to ensure that its activities have a positive effect on the economy, on society and on the environment.

About WayKonect

WayKonect is a French start-up based in Lille and specializing in intelligent fleet management. A team of some fifteen people work every day on developing innovative software solutions for companies, fleet managers and drivers. WayKonect has positioned drivers at the core of its strategy by providing them with greater safety and a set of services that are useful in their everyday lives. WayKonect has won a dozen national and international competitions, which has enabled the company to raise 2M€ from several investment funds and, in June 2016, to become the best French startup in the France Digital Tour competition.