After linking with x-Kfz, the connection to the Central Large Customer Interface (GKS) in Cologne will be established.
PremiumZulasser are investing another quarter of a million euros in i-Kfz.
“This will allow us to provide the 55 registration service providers who are currently members of our cooperative and the approximately 5,000 car dealerships that currently use our software with a secure and cost-effective access to i-Kfz Level 4 by September,” promises PZeG CEO Florian Cichon.
“This will allow us to provide the 55 registration service providers who are currently members of our cooperative and the approximately 5,000 car dealerships that currently use our software with a secure and cost-effective access to i-Kfz Level 4 by September,” promises PZeG CEO Florian Cichon.
Without connecting existing systems to x-Kfz and the Central GKS, registration service providers, car dealerships, online retailers, leasing companies, and other market participants will not be able to use i-Kfz Level 4. While x-Kfz regulates and standardizes data exchange between the registration authorities and their customers, i-Kfz with its Central GKS is the tool that aims to simplify, facilitate, and streamline vehicle registration processes in Germany. As internet-based vehicle registration eliminates the need for trips to the registration authority, citizens as well as businesses and public administration are expected to benefit.
In addition to the option of applying for special license plates such as electric vehicle plates, vintage car plates, and seasonal plates online, as of September 1st, vehicles can be registered to legal entities, and legal entities such as car dealerships and registration service providers can digitally submit vehicle registration applications through the existing i-Kfz portals to the registration authorities. According to the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport, the fees for digitally processing vehicle registration are expected to be “significantly more cost-effective” than the procedures carried out at the local authority office.
Not mundane:
The future internet-based vehicle registration is based on a complex IT infrastructure.
Large customers have three options for working with i-Kfz:
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They manually enter the relevant vehicle data into the i-Kfz portals of the registration authorities. This is time-consuming and carries the risk of transmission errors.
2
They integrate their software with the IT infrastructure of i-Kfz to automatically transfer the data from one system to another as much as possible. This requires significant programming effort in advance and is consequently expensive.
3
They utilize registration service providers like the PremiumZulasser community and their software, which are already connected to i-Kfz through the Large Customer Interface.