Categories: Connected Fleets, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Safety, Small Fleet, Technology, Telematics, Vehicle OEM

Manufacturers are partnering with telematics providers to allow access to data from OEMs’ factory-installed modems. Meanwhile, Ford has introduced its own...

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10124888/ford-takes-telematics-in-house-and-hardware-free

Categories: Safety, Small Fleet

Fleet managers and safety stakeholders discuss how organizations can address smartphone addiction, in-vehicle distraction, spec’ing for ergonomics, and...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/10153299/4-growing-safety-issues-and-solutions-for-fleets

Categories: Safety, Technology, Telematics, Telematics & Technology, Vehicle OEM

This partnership, along with a factory solution from Telogis and GM’s Commercial Link, allows GM fleet customers to select a telematics system similar to...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/157335/gm-offers-third-factory-telematics-option

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For fleets, technology is enabling a more efficient way to use vehicles, increase utilization, and more precisely match the type of vehicle to usage.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/157752/can-fleets-subscribe-to-a-vehicle

Categories: Global Fleet, Safety, Small Fleet

As advanced safety technologies have migrated to mainstream vehicles, retaining value for these options at resale remains an issue.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/157664/the-problem-with-valuing-safety-technology

Categories: Global Fleet, Legal & Legislative, Rental Operations, Safety

The recall bill will become law on June 1, 2016. The law exempts companies with rental or loaner fleets of fewer than 35 vehicles.

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/156549/safe-rental-car-act-passes-as-part-of-highway-bill

Categories: Autonomous Technology, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Green Fleet, Safety, Technology, Vehicle Research

Gatik is partnering with Via Motors to deploy an autonomous, electrified box truck on a Ford Transit 350 chassis. The initiative comes as the autonomous...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/10136908/gatik-electrifies-autonomous-fleet-explains-path-to-profitability

Categories: Electric Vehicles, Equipment, Fleet Forward, Global Fleet, Green Fleet, Operations, Safety, Small Fleet, Sustainability, Technology, Vehicle Research

The 2020 Work Truck Show showcased a convergence of technologies driven by environmental conditions, regulations, and the needs of package delivery drivers,...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/352713/how-work-trucks-are-meeting-the-e-commerce-surge

Categories: Global Fleet, Operations, Rental Operations, Safety, Technology

Due to the global shortage of semiconductors used in automobiles, OEMs are telling car rental companies to expect “significant delays” with fleet orders....

https://www.automotive-fleet.com/10135495/chip-shortage-is-affecting-rental-car-orders

Categories: Connected Fleets, Fleet Forward, Fleet Management, Global Fleet, Mobility, Safety, Shared Mobility, Technology, Telematics

WEX’s Kurt Thearling shares real-world integrations of telematics, driver, and fuel data sets that are driving fleet efficiencies and a process to get there.

https://www.truckinginfo.com/341366/integrating-data-identifying-untapped-opportunities-for-fleets