
Together for Safer Roads selects IBM executive David Braunstein to join the organization’s management team.
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Together for Safer Roads, a global private-sector coalition, is partnering with Atlanta to develop strategies for improving the safety of the city’s North Avenue corridor.
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The project will make use of the cognitive computing power of IBM’s Watson computer system to create more intuitive driver support systems.
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Local Motors debuts an autonomous vehicle that uses IBM’s Watson Internet of Things to analyze and learn transportation data and to verbally interact with passengers.
Read More →“Total fleet management” is a generic, shorthand term used to refer to programs offered by FMCs that administer all aspects of a client company’s fleet operations. Have you ever wondered about the origin of this concept? You might be surprised to learn that IBM was one of the initial catalysts leading to the development of today’s total fleet management programs. This might surprise some in the fleet industry, because for the longest time, IBM has been the poster child of driver reimbursement.
Read More →Octo Telematics has reached 4 million connected users on the road globally. This announcement comes following a year of new partnerships for the company.
Read More →Brazil’s Localiza recently chose IBM PureSystems and Smarter Storage systems to help improve customer service by more effectively processing, managing, and storing its mounting data volumes.
Read More →Historically, IBM was the largest company offering a corporate reimbursement program. In its heyday, IBM had more than 25,000 drivers on reimbursement. However, since then, there have emerged major company-provided fleets operated by hi-tech companies, such as Hewlett-Packard, Apple, Intel, etc.. Despite this trend, certain high-tech companies continue to be more receptive to driver reimbursement programs than company-provided vehicles. Why is this so?
Read More →ZURICH, SWITZERLAND -- IBM Research said it has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers to use smart phones and other mobile devices to charge electric vehicles and monitor energy costs.
Read More →ARMONK, NY - Based on a new IBM survey of motorist attitudes and a recent study of auto industry executives, IBM researchers have concluded that automakers still need to address driver expectations about electric vehicle performance, recharging and convenience. What's more, the researchers recommend that automakers initially focus on EV sales to both consumers and commercial fleets.
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