Currently, there are more than 2.5 million telematic units in service managing fleet vehicles, mobile workers, trailers, heavy equipment and other assets. The market is expected to expand to 5.8 million units by 2009, with revenues growing to more than $2 billion.
NEW YORK – New York's Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) has given a preview of the next generation of the city's yellow fleet, where new cabs will have a touch-screen that lets passengers watch TV (or turn it off), pay by credit card, map vehicle progress, and offer retrieval of forgotten belongings.
SUNNYVALE, CA - Trimble has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of @Road for $7.50 per share.
FREMONT, CA - @Road, Inc., a provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), has entered into an agreement with Alltel Wireless. Under the terms of the agreement, @Road can resell Alltel wireless data services bundled with @Road's MRM solutions, while Alltel's sales force can refer its customers to @Road for MRM solutions as part of the Alltel Axcess Fleet Management program.
SAN DIEGO – Networkcar has analyzed diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) gathered from thousands of commercial vehicles across the United States that use its Networkfleet wireless vehicle management system.
Controlling fuel costs is the number one challenge facing fleet managers, and it has been for the past five years. Nowadays, fuel consumes 28-30 percent of the total fleet budget.
MT. LAUREL, N.J. – Automotive Resources International (ARI) recently held the second in a series of Customer Technology Advisory Meetings.
SPARKS, MD – PHH Arval has launched a new performance dashboard powered by PHH Onboard, a telematics-powered service offered by the company.
GARDEN GROVE, CA – Teletrac, Inc. has made available the FleetDirector Turn-By-Turn (TBT) vehicle routing and navigation system. The TBT software module provides speed-calibrated, real-time, turn-by-turn, verbal directions to guide drivers to their selected destinations.
TORONTO, ONTARIO – AirIQ Inc., a wireless-enabled location-based services company, has entered into the field service market with its digital communications platform, online fleet management interface called AirIQ Online and robust AirIQ Onboard device.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new federal rule to standardize minimum requirements for “black boxes” in vehicles wasn't expected to be controversial, but it has ignited a firestorm of protests from groups that largely agree the information collected by the devices improves auto safety.
SAN DIEGO – QUALCOMM, a provider of business-to-business wireless enterprise applications and services, has announced the commercial availability of the new OmniVision System for Transportation, the next-generation wireless enterprise system for the transportation and logistics industry.
Implementing a telematics program enables fleet managers to save money by monitoring driver behavior and vehicle location, thereby reducing accident frequency, idling time, and unauthorized mileage.
The use of telematics – the combination of global positioning systems (GPS) and remote diagnostics – in fleet continues to grow, providing fleet managers the ability to monitor vehicles and enhance driver productivity, thus saving money by controlling unnecessary idling and miles driven, fuel purchases, accidents, and other fleet functions.
PRINCETON, N.J. – U.S. Xpress, Inc. will deploy ALK Technologies' CoPilot Truck GPS navigation system across its entire fleet of more than 5,000 power units. According to the company, U.S. Xpress, Inc. will become the largest major motor carrier to provide its drivers with spoken, truck-specific, turn-by-turn directions.
More than 350 clients and affiliated fleet professionals attended the 2020 Lytx User Group Conference that was held Feb. 23-26, 2020 at the Loews Coronado Bay in San Diego, Calf.
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