Electronic logbook for fleets and vehicles

 

Writes itself

We record all trips. Automatically.

Keeping logbooks not only takes time, but also requires consistent tracking. Especially when drivers are working under time pressure, the accurate recording of journeys is often neglected.

But this is a thing of the past.

Save money with Rosenberger's digital driver's logbooks.
Our electronic logbook does not need to be written or tediously re-entered. 

  • No handwritten notes thank to automatic recording of your journeys
  • No tedious re-entering of customer visits thanks to intuitive logging
  • No incorrect assignment thanks to automatic recording of customer name and address

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First hand experience

This is how you can also benefit from the digital driver's logbook

We asked our customer Schwarzbauer to report on our electronic logbook solution.

The result?
A convincing and transparent first-hand report on the use of the driver's logbook, which gives you an understanding of the advantages of our digital driver's logbook solution.

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Tax office secure

Completely revision & tamper proof

We meet the requirements of the BFH (Federal Fiscal Court) in Germany, as well as those of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Austria.
Decisive for this are in particular our complete and transparent recording of all journeys and the exact documentation of changes.

 
 

It couldn't be easier

Save time and money with Plug & Play

The installation of the device is very easy and takes only a few seconds.

Plug the OBD connector in the right place in your car and save high workshop costs of a fixed installation.

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In 3 simple steps

to your digital logbook

1. Order hardware & software

Order the OBD connector PILOT. You will receive access to the web app and the mobile app (for iOS and Android).

2. Plug in

Simply plug the OBD connector into the designated OBD interface in your vehicle via Plug & Play.

3. Register & keep logbook

Register online and now focus on more important things. Your logbook will completely write itself from now on.

 

Advantages & Benefits

This is why you should trust in the Rosenberger logbook

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Savings potential

Save up to 25% of your time by automatically capturing all relevant information of your journeys.

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Save taxes

Make a precise distinction between business and private journeys. Take advantage of the 1-percent rule (DE) and half the non-cash benefit (AT).

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Tax office secure

Our solution meets the requirements of the tax authorities in Germany and Austria.

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Automatic documentation

The logbook writes itself. Customer visitors are also recognized automatically.

 
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Download at the push of a button

Create a logbook report for one vehicle or your entire fleet with just one click. File format PDF and XLS.

Handy Tablet und PC

Web & App

Whether desktop, laptop, or smartphone – the Rosenberger logbook is always at hand.

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Tamper-proof

Don't give manipulation a chance. Complete recording of all journeys and documentation of all changes.

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Fleet analysis

Easily analyze small and large fleets with the trip report or performance module.

 

Products

Telematics hardware for the electronic logbook

Choose the one that suits you best from three types of hardware.
Our staff will be happy to assist you in choosing the perfect solution for you.

PILOT 2000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 1200

TELEMATICS STARTER

Entry-level solution

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✓ Digital logbook

✓ Secure for tax authorities

✓ Live tracking

✓ Theft protection

✓ Plug & Play

✓ Web & App

✓ Save time & money

PILOT 2000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 2000

TELEMATICS ADVANCED

“Real” mileage

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✓ Digital logbook

✓ Secure for tax authorities

✓ Live tracking

✓ Theft protection

✓ Plug & Play

✓ Web & App

✓ Save time & money

✓ Vehicle data (mileage, service intervals)

PILOT 4000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 4000

TELEMATICS PRO

Driver registration & ride type selection

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✓ Digital driver's logbook

✓ Secure for tax authorities

✓ Tamper-proof

✓ Live tracking

✓ Theft protection

✓ Web & App

✓ Save time & money

✓ Vehicle data (mileage, service intervals)

✓ Driver logon with RFID or iButton

✓ Concealed installation

 
 

OBD-Connection positions

Find simple & fast

Just tell us the make & type of your vehicle.

We will help you find the OBD connector for your plug.

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What customers say about us

The digital driver's logbook solution in practice

“We are currently using the OBD connector from Rosenberger Telematics (note PILOT 1200).
The advantages are the very easy installation and the automatic logbook writing.

I also see immediately on the PC where my vehicles are located….
I can only recommend the OBD plug from Rosenberger Telematics to every company, it is super easy, and it supports us in everyday life”.

 

Want to save time & money?

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Data protection is very important to us. Your data will not be passed on to third parties and you will not receive any newsletter mails from us unless you wish to do so.

 

Piles of paper adé

Save up to 28% on administrative costs

Rosenberger Telematics reduces your internal evaluations and prepares the relevant information clearly for you.

All recorded journeys can be evaluated vehicle- or person-related at the push of a button.
Mass evaluations can also be easily created for entire fleets.

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Everything comprehensible

Journeys mapped in detail & transparently

The complete representation of all your journeys has never been so easy. In addition to the start and destination address, the distance traveled and the trip type, important characteristics are automatically recorded by our professional driver's logbook solution.

In addition, all changes are documented seamlessly and automatically without restriction – this includes, among other things, the original information as well as the time of change. 

 
MULTISWITCH
MULTISWITCH

Offers you the possibility to manually select your ride type directly on the vehicle.

DRIVE-APP
DRIVE-APP

Create, edit, manage, and modify your trips at will on any smartphone.

Create a trip report effortlessly and quickly.

Suitable for both Android and iOs.

COMMANDER
COMMANDER

At the touch of a button, you can download your trip report to your PC or laptop.

You can then easily send it to your tax office.

Our web portal also offers you many other functions, such as comparing trips to identify potential savings.

 

Areas of operation

Examples of the areas of application of the logbook

PKW Einsatzgebiet Fahrzeugortung

PKW's

Suitable for all types of vehicles (VW, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, and others). Detailed information (start and destination address, driving times, mileage, and distances). Simply plug in.

Leichtes Nutzfahrzeug Telematik

Light commercial vehicles

Reliable transmission of position data. Detailed information (speed, ignition on/off, mileage, etc.). Simply plug in and go.

 

Save taxes

Suitable for both large and small fleets

Whether it's the 1-percent rule in Germany or large and small non-cash benefits in Austria, our professional driver's logbook solution is your reliable tool for saving taxes.

Reduce your effort with our automated solution and record the different trip types such as “business”, “private” or “way to work” accurately and reliably. 

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Logbook app

Our DRIVE App accompanies you everytime

Our logbook app (Drive-App) supports you in keeping a constant eye on your journeys and adapting them to your needs if necessary.
Thanks to our web portal, your journeys are automatically processed and summarized in a logbook report suitable for use by the tax office.

You can easily download this report at the touch of a button and submit it to your local tax office.

Our logbook app also offers you other exclusive benefits:

  • Display of the current vehicle position
  • Selection of the trip type before or during the trip (“Business”, “Private”, “Way to work”)
  • Tax office-compatible logbook report in the web portal
  • Anonymous private journeys (no viewing of the current position by third parties)
  • Edit trips: split one trip into multiple trips if needed, merge trips or edit multiple trips at once 
  • Change vehicles and drive with multiple vehicles, always the correct assignment to the correct vehicles
     

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Know what's going on

Real-time access thanks to accurate GPS positioning of your vehicle fleet

Thanks to the precise GPS position recording, you have an exact overview of your vehicle fleet at all times. Where are the vehicles and are they driving or standing?

Rosenberger Telematics enables you to respond to urgent customer requests quickly and in a resource-saving manner. Thus, access the nearest driver without any effort in order to send him to your customers.

In addition, thanks to the exact recording, you have the possibility to precisely track and evaluate the operating times (Excel report).

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What type are you?

Select ride type according to your wish

We offer you the possibility to record three different trip types:

  • Private (trips are anonymized for third parties; only the driver sees the trip!).
  • Business
  • Way to work


Change your trip type easily and quickly – even while driving with our Rosenberger Drive App.

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PRIVATE TRIPS ARE A PRIVATE MATTER
PRIVATE TRIPS ARE A PRIVATE MATTER

Unfortunately, telematics still has a frowned-upon reputation today. Companies would "spy" on their employees, they say.

However, we can reassure you.
Data protection is a very important topic for us and a personal concern.

All your journeys, which you make privately, are only visible to you - here we are uncompromising and can assure you that your data is not visible to anyone but yourself!

 

Changeable at any time

Edit journeys anytime and anywhere

Thanks to our Rosenberger Drive app, you can conveniently edit your trips while on the road.
Quite classic: post-processing on the computer or laptop is of course also possible.

You can change and edit your journeys at any time. Here are some examples:

  • You want to merge several trips because you were on the road for an entire day on business.
  • You were on the way to customer A, but still drove to customer B and now want to split this single trip into numerous.

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Logbook at the push of a button

In seconds to the logbook report

Our solution makes the manual recording of journeys superfluous. Avoid recording errors or even prevent having to “rewrite” the logbook. Recording ties up resources and costs money.

Rosenberger Telematics relieves you of this unnecessary work.
Create your tax office-ready driver's logbook report at the push of a button in our web portal and download it.

Save up to 28% administrative costs and send the prepared logbook directly to your tax office.

 

FAQ

What is an electronic logbook?

A digital driver's logbook records business and private journeys with a vehicle. This is not only useful for simplifying the company's internal invoicing, but is also necessary to properly declare the vehicle's tax status.

What are the costs of a digital logbook?

For an electronic driver's logbook from Rosenberger Telematics, a monthly flat rate is charged, which covers the use of the vehicle throughout Europe as well as data storage for at least 12 months. The price of the hardware depends on the selected product variant.

The installation costs are, e.g., with our OBD plugs PILOT 1200 and PILOT 2000 at 0 Euro (plug & play). 

Why a digital logbook?

The main advantage of an electronic driver's logbook is that it virtually writes itself and thus saves a great deal of time. Whereas with a classic handwritten logbook every trip detail has to be entered manually, the digital logbook automatically records every trip in detail.

How does a digital driver's logbook work?

With the help of the telematics system installed in the vehicle, the current position (GPS) of the vehicle is determined, and the distance traveled is saved on a central server.

This data provides a start and destination address for each trip, the start, and end of the trip, the distance traveled and the duration of the trip.
The type of trip (business, private, way to work) is selected via the Rosenberger Drive app or a so-called multiswitch in the vehicle.

Is a digital logbook recognized by the tax office?

Yes, both in Germany and Austria the electronic logbook is recognized by the tax office.

Germany: 
The German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) has elaborated on the requirements for a proper driver's logbook in the following rulings:

  • Rulings of 09.11.2005 VI R 27/05, BFHE 211, 508, BStBl II 2006, 408. 
  • Ruling of 01.03.2012 (VI R 33/10, BStBl. II, 2012, p. 505


Austria: 
The Federal Fiscal Court (BFG) summarized the requirements for a proper driver's logbook as follows, for example, in the ruling of 25.11.2015, RV/7101452/2010:

  • the records in a driver's logbook must be complete and correct
  • the logbook must be kept in a timely and continuous manner
  • the logbook must have an orderly and closed external form
  • the logbook must be change-proof
For which vehicles are electronic logbooks available?

The electronic driver's logbook for companies and private users can basically be used regardless of manufacturer. Regardless of whether the electronic driver's logbook is used for the company car, the user's own car or other vehicles, it fulfills its function equally well.

Is it easy to implement a telematics solution?

In short: Yes!

Together we will develop innovative telematics solutions tailored to your needs that will bring you many benefits.

Just get in touch with us, and we'll create an offer tailored to your needs.

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Inventory and analysis
Inventory and analysis

Together we analyze your current situation. 
Many of your current logistics & management problems we can work out & filter together.

Solution finding
Solution finding

We now know where your problems lie, now it's time to solve them.
Due to our adaptability to your situation, we can easily grasp this and provide you with a non-binding offer.

Integration
Integration

You have decided on a solution and now want to integrate it optimally into your company.
No matter if you already receive telematics data from other manufacturers or if you want to enter the topic completely new - we help you to integrate everything simply & uncomplicatedly into your company cosmos.

Support & Training
Support & Training

After you have integrated our hardware & software solution into your company, our support & training sessions ensure that you can also use it optimally.
Thus, it is easy for you to work with the initially complicated data and to interpret them correctly.

Success awaits you
Success awaits you

Already after a short time you will notice that our solutions represent a return on investment and save a lot of time, costs & nerves.

 

 

Keeping a logbook in Austria & Germany

The legal basis for logbooks

§ 17 of the Working Hours Act, Federal Law Gazette No. 461/1969, as amended by Federal Law Gazette No. 2/1975. 
§ 5. The employer shall submit or send to the competent authorities and their organs, on request, the personal journey books (personal weekly report books) to be kept, where applicable, the copies of the weekly report sheets and the register for inspection. (Source: ris.bka.gv.at)

For some time now, the Austrian tax office has been increasingly focusing on the control of driver's logbooks in Austria.

Especially in Austria, the rules for keeping a logbook are strict:

  • A record of all journeys in the course of the business trip, as well as private journeys.

    Example:
    Private journeys are often not taken into account, thus journeys are missing in a manual driver's logbook.

  • The recording of date, point of departure and destination, purpose of the trip, mileage, kilometers driven.

    Example:
    The drivers of a pool vehicle forget to enter journeys in a manual driver's logbook, thus the assignment of driver, journey, point of departure and destination is difficult or even impossible.

(Source: usp.gv.at)

Electronic driver's logbooks provide a safe and reliable remedy:

  • Automatic recording of all your journeys
  • Simple assignment of journeys (private, way to work, business)
  • Downloadable reports for the tax office at the touch of a button.

According to § 31a para. 3 StVZO, the vehicle owner must hand over the logbook to the ordering body, or a body designated by it, for inspection at any time upon request. In addition, it must be kept for six months after the expiry of the period for which it must be kept.

There is no obligation to keep the logbook. However, this is highly recommended, as otherwise it is difficult to document a change of driver in the event of an inspection.

With our electronic driver's logbook, this problem is a thing of the past.
We automatically record all journeys, thus protecting you and your drivers from legal consequences.


In accordance with section 24 of the German Road Traffic Act (StVG) under sections 31a, 69a of the German Road Traffic Licensing Regulations (StVZO) in conjunction with 190 of the German Road Traffic Act (BKatV), violations are punished as administrative offenses and fines may be imposed:

  • If the driver's logbook keeper or his agent (e.g., fleet manager) does not properly keep the imposed logbook.

    Example: 
    The drivers of the pool vehicle often forget to enter a journey, as a result of which the record of a specific journey is missing from a manual driver's logbook.
    Approval is no longer possible – fines become due.

  • If a driver's logbook is not handed over or not kept.

    Example:
    The manually written logbook is lost or becomes illegible/destroyed due to external influences.
    In the event of negligence, fines of up to €200 per case may be imposed.

In the event of negligence, fines of up to €200 per case may be imposed.

With our electronic logbook, you no longer have to worry about such cases.

 

GPS Tracker for fleets and vehicles

Telematics for electronic logbook

PILOT 2000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 1200

Entry-level solution

Plug & Play OBD connector, for easy, fast & cost-effective installation. 
Driver logins & drive type change possible via DRIVE app.

Not fixed in vehicle.

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PILOT 2000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 2000

“Real” mileage

Plug & Play OBD connector, for easy, fast & cost-effective installation. 
Driver logins & drive type change possible via DRIVE app.

Can also read vehicle data (mileage, fuel level, service intervals).

Not fixed in vehicle.

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PILOT 4000 Telematik Hardware

PILOT 4000

Driver registration & ride type selection

Log into the vehicle directly via RFID or iButton reader.
Change the trip type (private, business, way to work) directly at the push of a button.

Fixed in the vehicle.

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