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MiX Telematics will be providing its flagship telematics solution, MiX Fleet Manager, to a major global fast-moving consumer goods company in North America to help reduce accidents by improving driver behavior, the telematics provider has announced.
GPS Insight has promoted Gary Fitzgerald to chief executive officer. He will focus more on data security and new technology.
The second annual User Conference saw GPS Insight executives and other industry experts discussing transitioning from a customer service approach to a customer experience approach, among other issues.
New York-based Greenbriar Equity Group has acquired Spireon, Inc. from Bertram Capital, a San Mateo-based equity firm that has presided over the expansion of the telematics provider.
Companies that actively measure fleet performance can see improvements in driver behavior that can help improve efficiency, profitability, and safety particularly when it comes to speeding, idling, and harsh driving, according to a new analysis from Verizon Connect.
Most accidents are caused by driver error. Underpinned by a strong safety policy, telematics can give fleet managers insight into risky driver behavior to identify and correct it before an accident happens.
Congestion peaked in the late afternoon in 19 of the most populous 20 cities studied by Geotab with the exception of Baltimore, which had the most gridlocked congestion between 8 and 9 a.m., the telematics provider found.
Fleet Complete will provide its data platform to Toyota to allow fleet users to gain deeper intelligence around the vehicle's location and operation, the Toronto-based telematics provider announced.
Telematics provider Spireon has published "Impound Storage Fees, a Billion-Dollar Problem," billed as the first report of its kind to address the costs to consumers, dealers, and lenders associated with vehicle impounds.
Derive Systems has agreed to a $300,000 civil penalty and estimates that it will spend about $6.25 million to address a federal complaint that it sold engine control devices designed to override the emissions control systems of vehicles in violation of the Clean Air Act.
In addition to in-person vehicle demonstrations, attendees of the Fleet Forward Conference will hear directly from Derive Systems Chief Technology Officer Marco Torre on Oct. 10, during the scheduled conference TEK Talk – A Roadmap for Advanced Fleet Safety.
CalAmp will add technology to its fleet telematics solution that will block incoming text messages as a way to reduce texting while driving, the Irvine, Calif.-based company announced.
Allison Transmission and Geotab announced a collaboration to deliver transmission health information to fleets, including prognostics to monitor operating parameters, oil and filter life, and diagnostic transmission information.
Data and telematics provider Geotab is deepening its role in seeking to increase safety in municipalities by forming partnerships with Vision Zero Network and Together for Safer Roads, the company has announced.
Verizon will launch the world's first next-generation 5G service on Oct. 1 for residential customers in four cities, and has been expanding the use of its 4G network to include connected vehicle and fleet data.
Data from C.J. Driscoll & Associates' study "2017-18 Survey of Fleet Operator Interest in MRM Systems and Services."
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