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I.D. Systems Receives Purchase Order to Deploy Wireless Industrial Vehicle
Management Technology at Mercedes-Benz’ Vance, AL, Manufacturing Plant

Hackensack, NJ, March 23, 2009—I.D. Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDSY), a leading provider of wireless Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), today announced that it has received a purchase order to implement its PowerFleet™ VMS on a fleet of industrial trucks at the Vance, Alabama, automotive manufacturing complex
of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International. The order was placed by I.D. Systems’ strategic marketing partner NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., a leading global industrial truck manufacturer, and facilitated by Barloworld Handling, the world’s largest dealer of Hyster® brand industrial trucks.

Mercedes-Benz U.S. International is a subsidiary of Stuttgart, Germany-based Daimler AG (NYSE: DAI), a globally leading producer of premium passenger cars and the largest manufacturer of heavy- and mediumduty trucks in the world.

Wireless Vehicle Management Systems help improve supply chain productivity by establishing accountability for the use of equipment, ensuring equipment is in the proper place at the right time, streamlining material handling work flow, and providing unique metrics on equipment utilization. A wireless Vehicle Management System also reduces fleet maintenance costs by automatically uploading vehicle data, reporting vehicle problems electronically, scheduling maintenance according to actual vehicle usage rather than by calendar or manual data entry, and helping determine the optimal economic time to replace equipment. In addition, a wireless VMS helps improve workplace safety and security by restricting vehicle access to trained, authorized operators, providing electronic vehicle inspection checklists, and sensing vehicle impacts.

“It is extremely gratifying to add Mercedes-Benz to our world-class customer base,” said Peter Fausel, I.D. Systems’ executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service. “We view Daimler as a global leader in adopting best-practice technology to streamline manufacturing operations, and we believe Mercedes’ investment in I.D. Systems’ VMS technology is a reflection of its exceptional value—particularly during difficult economic conditions—in managing the inherent safety, productivity, and operational cost issues associated with fleets of industrial vehicles.”

About I.D. Systems:
Based in Hackensack, New Jersey, with a European subsidiary in Düsseldorf, Germany, I.D. Systems is a leading provider of wireless solutions for managing and securing high-value enterprise assets, including industrial vehicles, such as forklifts and airport ground support equipment, and rental vehicles. The company’s patented technology, which utilizes radio frequency identification, or RFID, technology, addresses the needs of organizations to control, track, monitor and analyze their assets. For more information, visit
www.id-systems.com.

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