---
title: "Manage drivers and vehicles in Orbit Connect"
description: "Invite drivers, update their details and maintain your carrier's vehicles in Orbit Connect."
url: "https://support.pr-5.orbit.do/de/getting-started/manage-carrier-drivers-and-vehicles"
locale: "de"
apps: ["connect"]
lastReviewed: "2026-10-27"
fallbackOf: "en"
---

# Manage drivers and vehicles in Orbit Connect

Invite drivers, update their details and maintain your carrier's vehicles in Orbit Connect.

In Orbit Connect, you can maintain the drivers and vehicles for your carrier when your role allows it. Invite drivers, keep their details current, and manage which vehicles are available for tours.

## Invite a driver

1. **Open Drivers**

   In Orbit Connect, open **Drivers** and select **Invite driver**.
2. **Enter the driver's details**

   Add a name, then enter an email address, a phone number, or both. Choose the
   driver's team, role and language, then select **Invite driver**.
3. **Share the sign-in path**

   With an email address, the driver receives a link to set a password. Without
   an email address, the driver signs in with a code sent to their phone by
   SMS.

Orbit Connect confirms whether the driver was invited by email or added with a phone number. A phone number used for SMS sign-in must be able to receive a code.

## Update a driver's details

Open a driver from the list to view their details. The fields you can change depend on your role. Email addresses are read-only. You can change a driver's name, phone number, team, language or role only when you have permission for that action.

Select **Save** to apply changes. Each changed field is saved in order. If a later field cannot be saved, Orbit Connect shows which earlier fields were saved and marks the field that failed. Select **Discard changes** to restore the values currently shown for the driver.

Your own role and status cannot be changed from your account. Another administrator can change your role.

To deactivate or reactivate another driver, select **Deactivate** or **Reactivate** and confirm. A deactivated driver can no longer sign in; reactivating the account restores sign-in.

## Maintain vehicles

The vehicle list has **All**, **Active** and **Inactive** filters. Select **Add vehicle** to enter the vehicle class, number plate, identifying details, equipment, dimensions and weight limits. You can also add an internal note, which Orbit dispatchers and your carrier can see.

Open a vehicle to edit its details. To remove it from tour assignment, select **Deactivate** and confirm. The vehicle stays in the list under **Inactive**. Select **Reactivate** to make it available for tour assignment again.

## Example

Nordlicht Spedition adds a refrigerated vehicle for its Berlin team and records its number plate, dimensions and weight limits. A dispatcher can then find it under **Active** when maintaining the fleet. When the vehicle goes out of service, an authorised user deactivates it until it is ready to be assigned again.

## FAQ

**Q: Can every carrier user invite a driver or edit a vehicle?**

No. The invite, driver actions and vehicle changes appear only when your
role has the corresponding permission.

**Q: Can I set a password when I invite a driver?**

No. A driver with an email address sets a password from the link in the
welcome email. A driver without an email address signs in with an SMS code.

**Q: Is an inactive vehicle deleted?**

No. It stays in the vehicle list under **Inactive** and can be reactivated
later.

Related: [How carrier users log in](https://support.pr-5.orbit.do/en/getting-started/carrier-user-login), [Carriers, Carrier Teams, and Carrier
  Users](https://support.pr-5.orbit.do/en/getting-started/carriers-carrier-teams-and-carrier-users)