According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s monthly report, the number of for-hire trucking jobs dropped by 6,800 in March, marking the largest drop in two years. Back in March 2013, the industry had a loss of 10,400 jobs, but April 2013 saw an increase of 13,800 jobs. In general, the economy welcomed an additional […]
If there is one thing people love, it’s their pets. Delta Air Lines is well aware of this and has announced it will offer pet GPS tracking on select flights. Sendum Wireless designed the PT300, and up to 10 airports will offer the service that will cost $50 per flight. The company hopes it will […]
Giant pandas are notoriously elusive, shying away at the slightest notice of humans. So, researchers from Michigan State University decided to attach GPS tracking collars to five giant pandas in hopes it would reveal more about the bears’ habits in the wild. One co-author of the paper suggested previous data on pandas is really incorrect […]
Is simply knowing where your friends are not enough? Well, Apple’s vision involves real-time tracking. The U.S. Patent Office awarded the company a patent entitled “Sharing location information among devices” that essentially describes one person being able to use his or her smartphone to see where another person is moving about. Although this real-time GPS tracking […]
Thanks to a new order signed by the President that aims to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the government’s fleet could see an increase in hybrid, electric, and other alternative fuel cars. The executive order calls for a 40% reduction in emissions by 2025 in comparison to 2008 levels. An order signed in 2009 has already […]
On July 1st, 5,000 volunteers will begin a trial run of OReGO, the Oregon Department of Transportation’s pilot program that would charge hybrid and electric vehicle owners 1.5 cents per mile to use the road. Sane ITF, which has been a part of toll projects globally, and IMS DriveSync, a telematics system which has been used by […]
A survey of 2,000 UK fleet drivers revealed more than half of younger drivers fear being replaced by self-driving vehicles. Fifteen percent of drivers said they would change jobs if forced to work with autonomous vehicles, while 23 percent wouldn’t change jobs, but they wouldn’t be happy about working with the driverless cars. Only nine […]
A new website, dumptruckloads.com, is connecting dump trucks to loads. Both dump truck owners and contractors can use the site to find services fitting their needs. Contractors can post and broadcast the loads they need picked up to a group of pre-selected truck owners. Dump truck owners then receive real-time alerts about the posted loads through text […]
NBC 7 reviewed federal audits and discovered around 260 instances of gas theft committed by government workers since 2010 totaling more than $2.4 million. The government workers, including two from San Diego, filled up their personal vehicles using gas cards that were funded by taxpayer money. The U.S. General Services Administration distributed more than 590,000 […]
The ICC Cricket World Cup kicked off this week in Australia and Hyundai Motor company is the provider of the tournament’s official fleet of vehicles. Hyundai is supplying 94 vehicles including the Santa Fe, a popular New Zealand family wagon, the i40 wagon, the ix35, the best selling small wagon in New Zealand, and the […]
Domino’s Pizza has announced it’s installing GPS tracking systems in all of its delivery vehicles. In Australia, their pizza tracking system can actually be Chromecast on the TV. Currently, it takes just five clicks to order a pizza, and after payment tokenization (using unique symbols to replace sensitive data like credit card numbers) is implemented […]
The United States Postal Service is gearing up to replace as many as 180,000 vehicles in it’s aged fleet, and the contract could potentially be worth billions to the automaker who secures it. Each new fleet vehicle will cost in the range of $25,000 to $35,00, meaning an overall contract worth $4.5 to $6.3 billion. […]
Apple is rumored to be working on an electric vehicle that would be in direct competition with Tesla. What’s so big about that? It’s also rumored to be autonomous. Reuters is also reporting Apple is working on developing a software platform to run inside its new vehicle. Supposedly Apple is less concerned with the actual […]
Louisville was just awarded a federal grant totaling $3.3 million which will be spent on five ZeroBuses. Since January, 10 of the traditional, diesel-fueled buses seen on Fourth and Main streets have been replaced by the all-electric, non-polluting buses. The funds come from a new federal program, the Low and No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program, […]
Ford will offer two prototype cars to this year’s UK Autodrive, which will test out connected cars and autonomous vehicles. Both of the Ford automobiles are capable of vehicle-to-vehicle communication, something that could potentially change the way the world drives. The vehicles will aid in testing a public transportation system as well as help with […]
A dummy cellphone equipped with a GPS tracking system lead police to four robbery suspects accused of holding up an AT&T store. The four suspects, who brandished guns during the robbery, left the store with $23,000 worth of cellphones. What they didn’t know, however, was that one of those cell phones was designed to trigger GPS […]
Under Armour will spend $560 to purchase two fitness tracking apps, MyFitnessPal for $475 million and Endomondo, a Denmark-based company, for $85 million. Eighty-percent of Endomono’s 20 million users are outside the United States, while MyFitnessPal boasts 80 million U.S. customers. In 2013, Under Armour spent $150 million to purchase MapMyFitness. “Similar to MapMyFitness, Endomondo […]
President Obama is expected to sign a trillion-dollar omnibus funding package that will officially start the restart rollback, a welcomed measure by fleet managers everywhere. Last year, the FMCSA issued a new rule requiring drivers who use a 34-hour restart only use it once weekly and take two 1am-5am rest periods during. The new funding […]
