Toyota NA Expands Parkopedia Use for Payment Services

An advancement, but only as good as its database, which appears small.

Building on a smaller app announced back in 2017, Toyota said today that the new ‘Park with Parkopedia’ service covers locating, reserving and paying for off-street parking in 2018 model year or newer Toyota and Lexus vehicles. The original service only located parking. The ‘Park with Parkopedia’ service is integrated into the Toyota and Lexus smartphone apps* and vehicle infotainment systems.

The new service covers only 60,000 off-street parking locations with more than 6,000 reservable locations across the USA, using Parkopedia’s payment system to manage transactions. The platform enables drivers to register their payment details using a single secure digital account and then pay for their parking within activated locations. The parking reservation information and navigation can then be accessed via the vehicle head unit.

The Park with Parkopedia service also claims to allow users to not only search and manage reservable locations, but also find the closest or lowest-cost parking in one of the 60,000 parking lots and garages across thousands of towns. Customer support is provided directly within the app by Parkopedia, should drivers need assistance with reservations, refunds or any other parking concerns.

*The Toyota and Lexus smartphone apps can be used with 2018 model year or newer vehicles and can be downloaded via the Apple and Google Play app stores.

Parkopedia

Parkopedia supplies connected car services provider used by millions of drivers and organizations such as Audi, Apple, BMW, Ford, Garmin, GM, Hyundai Kia, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot, Sygic, TomTom, Toyota, and Volkswagen. Parkopedia helps drivers find and pay for parking, EV charging, fueling and tolls in 15,000 cities in 89 countries. Parkopedia is also developing detailed parking maps and corresponding algorithms to help drivers and self-driving vehicles navigate to an open parking space indoors.