When a fleet vehicle is stolen, not returned, or goes missing, the first 24 hours matter most. Delays in locating the vehicle increase recovery cost, downtime, asset depreciation, and the likelihood of permanent loss.

Today, many recovery programs rely on hardware-based GPS tracking, License Plate Readers, or manual repo workflows that were not designed for mixed-OEM fleets or post-incident response.

Motorq’s Vehicle Recovery Console is a purpose-built recovery tool that gives fleet and recovery teams fast access to OEM-connected vehicle location data when an incident occurs, without requiring plug-in GPS devices.

This product is available today for lender recovery use cases, with fleet operators, rental companies, and dealers gaining access in late Q1.

Vehicle Recovery Console at a Glance

• Uses OEM-connected vehicle data instead of plug-in GPS hardware
• Location can be activated after theft, non-return, or default on supported vehicles
• Provides recommended pickup locations, time windows, and last known location to reduce failed dispatches
• For one lender, it reduced the median recovery time from 47 days to 15 days

The Problem: Recovery Breaks Down When Coverage Disappears

Recovery rates are declining even as risk increases. According to RDN, recovery rates have fallen roughly 25 percent since 2018, while repossession volumes are the highest they’ve been in 15 years.

Vehicle recovery breaks down when teams can’t reliably answer one question fast enough: Where will the vehicle be at a time when I can safely dispatch a team or alert law enforcement to recover it?

Teams struggle to recover assets fast because:

• Aftermarket GPS and telematics hardware depend on devices being installed and kept working on the vehicle. In practice, those devices can be unplugged or damaged, and they typically cover only a portion of the portfolio. They also add operational overhead, including tracking devices, coordinating installs, and removing hardware before vehicles are resold.
• License Plate Reader (LPR) technology that provides valuable, point-in-time sightings during recovery execution, but relies on vehicles being physically encountered through fixed or mobile cameras and does not offer continuous vehicle tracking.
• Manual and repo-driven workflows fill the gaps when technology falls short. These approaches rely on stale information, third-party coordination, and reactive decision-making. Recovery cycles stretch longer, dispatches fail more often, and costs and risk increase with every attempt.

As a result, recovery teams often act late, act blind, or over-dispatch, which drives longer recovery cycles and higher loss rates even when teams appear to be doing everything right.

A Faster Path from Incident to Action

The Motorq Vehicle Recovery Console is built around one clear goal: helping teams move from incident to action faster when a vehicle needs to be recovered.

Motorq connects directly to OEM-connected vehicle data across 25+ automotive brands and applies an intelligence layer designed specifically for recovery.

• Location and movement signals are normalized and timestamped, so teams can trust what they are seeing.
• Proprietary machine learning algorithms help teams understand where a vehicle is likely to be, when recovery is most viable, and how to prioritize effort across open cases.
• Purpose-built workflows then turn those decisions into action, reducing the time between identification, dispatch, and pickup.

The result is faster recoveries, fewer failed attempts, and lower operational and safety risk.

The Vehicle Recovery Console is for:

1. Fleet operators and fleet management companies: Recover stolen or missing vehicles faster across mixed OEM fleets and distributed geographies.
2. Rental and subscription operators: Locate non-returned or overdue vehicles quickly and act within shrinking recovery windows, helping return vehicles to service sooner.
3. Used car lenders and captive finance organizations: Reduce cycle time and charge-offs by locating vehicles earlier and focusing efforts on high-confidence recovery opportunities.
4. Dealer operations: Support recovery and asset protection without adding device management overhead.

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Turn recovery on when the problem starts

Recovery can be activated when an incident occurs, including theft, non-return, or default. Teams can wake and locate vehicles at the moment recovery is required, rather than relying on prior enrollment or setup.

For fleets and rental operators that own or lease their vehicles, this post-incident activation capability is broadly available across supported OEMs, enabling fast response when recovery situations arise unexpectedly.

For lender recovery use cases, activate-after-default is currently supported on select OEM-connected vehicles.

Focus effort on recoveries that are likely to succeed

Location alone does not guarantee a successful recovery. The real challenge is deciding where to attempt pickup and when.

The Vehicle Recovery Console is designed to support these decisions with recovery-specific intelligence and execution tools powered by proprietary machine learning. Teams get clear, timestamped location history, along with predictive recommendations for the best pickup address and time, including guidance on daytime versus evening attempts. Integrated Street View imagery allows teams to assess pickup environments virtually before dispatching resources.

Once recovery is underway, live tracking provides real-time visibility during active recovery windows, supporting tighter coordination with agents, partners, and law enforcement when needed.

Where supported by OEMs, teams can also use controlled vehicle commands, including ignition-off immobilization, to safely disable vehicles only after the engine is turned off and re-enable them when recovery begins.

Together, these capabilities reduce guesswork, limit failed dispatches, and support lower-risk recovery execution.

Predictive recommendations — featuring integrated street view — identify where a vehicle is likely to be

Remote vehicle commands reduce risk during a recovery attempts

Built to fit existing recovery operations

For lender recovery teams that rely on RDN, the Vehicle Recovery Console integrates directly into those workflows. Selected pickup locations can automatically generate RDN entries, reducing manual data entry and helping vehicles move into recovery faster.

Teams can continue working within the systems they already use, while relying on Motorq as a single, trusted source of recovery intelligence across OEMs.

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Real-World Success: Cutting Asset Recovery Time

A major used car lender was facing rising charge-offs driven by delayed recoveries. When borrowers defaulted, the lender lacked a reliable way to quickly identify vehicle location. Telematics coverage was inconsistent across their portfolio, and manual recovery efforts were slow and costly.

By deploying Motorq Vehicle Recovery Console, the lender gained OEM-native visibility across vehicles that previously lacked reliable tracking. Predictive pickup recommendations helped recovery teams focus on the right locations at the right times, reducing failed attempts and delays.

The result

• Median vehicle recovery time reduced from 47 days to 15 days
• Faster recoveries led directly to fewer charge-offs on delinquent accounts
• Recovery operations became more consistent and scalable across the portfolio

Helping Recovery Teams Move Faster with Higher Confidence

Vehicle recovery works best when teams can act quickly, trust the data in front of them, and coordinate execution without friction.

Motorq Vehicle Recovery Console brings OEM-connected vehicle access, recovery-specific intelligence, and purpose-built workflows together in one place, helping fleets, rental operators, and lenders respond faster when recovery situations arise.

The result is a recovery process that feels more controlled, more predictable, and easier to operate at scale.

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