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Vehicle fleets are key contributors to a company’s overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but they do offer a way to make quick emissions reductions. Since most companies replace approximately one-third of their fleet vehicles each year, they can structure selectors to favor more fuel-efficient models; however, there is a limit to this strategy. The reality is that there is no single silver bullet to fleet emissions reduction — it requires a multi-pronged approach.
Read More →DEARBORN, MI – Ford Motor Co. and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) are offering undergraduate college students a chance to contribute to the future of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications.
Read More →LAS VEGAS - Trimble announced that it has released new enhancements to the Trimble GeoManager Driver Safety solution, allowing field service organizations to more easily manage and communicate behaviors that influence driver and vehicle safety.
Read More →Fleets across the country are looking to reduce emissions, and have found numerous ways of doing so. From deploying alternative-fuel vehicles, to utilizing telematics, to moving to four-cylinder vehicles, major fleets are getting serious and successful at significantly reducing emissions.
Read More →ATLANTA - NexTraq has partnered with Vonigo to help customers streamline service company operations across multiple locations, making complex tasks like client relations, estimating, scheduling, work orders and invoicing simple.
Read More →From the technology revolution in the early years to fuel price volatility and the impact of recently introduced environmental legislation, Chevin Fleet Solutions discusses the obstacles fleet has had to overcome.
Read More →GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – Volvo Car Corp. has demonstrated a new autonomous driving system that helps thwart traffic jams. The automaker said the system, in which a car automatically follows the vehicle in front in slow-moving queues up to 31 miles per hour, will be ready for production in 2014.
Read More →VIENNA, GERMANY – The 19th ITS World Congress, which got under way Oct. 22 in Vienna, Germany, is exploring the latest trends and policies in intelligent vehicle systems. Among the event’s participants is Ford of Europe, which is highlighting a number of research projects aimed at advancing car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications as well as intelligent driver assistance systems.
Read More →Environmental conservation — powered by telematics, route optimization, and alternative-fuel vehicles and technologies — saved UPS 85 million miles of driving time in 2011.
Read More →ATLANTA – NexTraq announced it has opened a new sales center in Atlanta. This growth will increase the company's headcount by 50 percent.
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