New Sheeva.AI and P97 Networks partnership aims for faster and more secure in-car payments for fuelling

Sheeva.AI and P97 Networks are to work together to bring the SheevaConnect in-car payment experience to P97’s fuelling partners.

This follows Sheeva.AI’s announcement earlier this spring that drivers of the Citroën C3 Aircross SUV can purchase fuel at thousands of gas stations throughout India, allowing payment, pump activation, digital receipts and rewards points accrual all from inside the car.

“We’re already in-market enabling and taking payment for fuelling transactions inside cars,” says Evgeny Klochikhin, Founder and CEO at Sheeva.AI.

“Now the push is to allow drivers to pay and fuel seamlessly at every gas station across the United States and partnering with P97 is critical to achieve this goal.”

Klochikhin adds that when he founded Sheeva.AI, he envisioned a simple way to pay for and activate car-related transactions – from fuelling and electric vehicle charging, to parking and tolling, to curbside pickup and car washes – from inside the vehicle with a single touch on the car infotainment screen.

“We’ve now proven this can work for fuelling in India,” he says. “Now we’re ready to bring it to the rest of the world with our automotive partners and P97 Networks’ vast customer base.”

For P97 Networks, the partnership adds to its mobile commerce platform that allows oil companies and c-store chains to attract and retain retail fuelling customers in an increasingly omnichannel marketing universe.

“We’ve been working with the Sheeva.AI team following the demand of our fuelling and retail partners to enable in-vehicle activation and payments,” says Paul Cwalina, Senior Vice President of Sales at P97 Networks.

“We’ve been watching Sheeva.AI’s progress in the connected car marketplace for a few years now and are pleased to be integrated with them. We’ve delivered multiple production proof-of- concepts and are excited to deliver another innovative solution to our customer base.”

Since its production launch earlier this year, Sheeva.AI has been preparing for trials with other automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tier 1 suppliers globally in the second half of 2024.

The company says it has so far mapped more than three million service points – including fuel pumps, EV chargers, and parking spaces – around the world.