Industry experts at the Institute of Car Fleet Management annual conference are advising fleet managers to prepare for some quick changes in vehicle technology in the coming years. According to Dr. Nick Reed, a TRL Senior Academy Fellow, “How we drive cars in the next 20 years will change more than the way we have […]
There’s been plenty of talk, and even some action, about equipping suitcases with GPS tracking devices to help people keep tabs on their bags and prevent lost luggage. Trunkster is the latest and greatest in smart suitcase technology. The bag doesn’t have zippers, rather the top slides open like the old roll-top desks, and the […]
The delicious doughnut company is looking to improve safety and cut insurance costs by installing dash cameras in all the vehicles in its van fleet. The cameras will be installed in 50 light commercial vehicles and add additional visibility and control. Krispy Kreme wanted to add the cameras to compliment its current telematics system, which monitors speed, […]
Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cell car, Mirai, which means future in Japanese, will launch in the UK next autumn and Japan next month. It promises 300 miles on just one tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in a quick five minutes. President and CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda said, “Our fuel cell vehicle runs on […]
California’s vehicle fleet has been ranked 18th greenest fleet among North American public sector fleets. It’s the third consecutive year in a row the state’s fleet has received such an honor. Last year, the fleet ranked 12th, and in 2012 it ranked 16th. The announcement was made during the yearly North American Green Fleet Forum in […]
Thomas Beatie, who was born female but underwent a partial sex change, rose to fame in 2007 after becoming pregnant through artificial insemination. Beatie has been arrested and charged with felony stalking for using a GPS tracking device to stalk his ex-wife, Nancy Beatie. The tracking device was discovered after a public safety officer helped […]
Honda has announced the March 2016 release of its hydrogen-powered car called the FCV. The FCV is comparable to Toyota’s hydrogen car, emitting only water vapor, going 300 miles on one tank, and refueling in as little as 3 to 5 minutes. Honda’s new vehicle also has an external power feeder, meaning in an emergency […]
Soon, cellphones will be able to do more than use GPS tracking to show a person’s physical location, they will be able to tell what floor of a building a person is on. The spread of barometric-pressure sensors in phones, like Apple’s iPhone 6 and a handful of Android devices, are largely to thank for the […]
A Massachusetts man has been indicted for using a GPS tracking device as a tool to arrange a violent attack on his estranged wife and her lover. Hubert Hartley was upset and angry after his wife left him for her new boyfriend and took their children with her. Hartley had threatened to kill her or to have […]
The Air Force is testing its first all-electric vehicle fleet at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in California. The 42-vehicle fleet consists entirely of plug-in electric vehicles and came about thanks to a partnership between state, federal, and private energy organizations. The Department of Defense is also using this opportunity to showcase budding vehicle-to-grid […]
Arccos, a Stamford-based company, is marketing what it claims is the first real-time GPS system for golf. Sal Syed, CEO of Arccos, believes this stat-tracking system can answer golfers’ immediate questions, such as what club should be used next or how far their last shot went. “We offer a true analytics package, and understand that we […]
Frito-Lay, in a partnership with parent company PepsiCo, has embraced an alternative fuel fleet that includes both propane-powered and electric vehicles. The vehicles, which can be seen cruising around Ohio, have had a positive impact on how people see alternative-fuel fleet vehicles and fleet sustainability. Fleet manager for the company’s mid-America region, Glenn Reynolds, explained how ““In […]
Executive fleet managers beware, you’ll be getting a lot of requests for the 2015 RS7. The next iteration of this supercar sports a 4.0L, V8 engine turning out 560 horsepower. It can go from zero to sixty in just 3.9 seconds, leaving the driver and his three passengers feeling like they’re taking off on a […]
This year, six drivers who operate fleet vehicles for Frito-Lay North America exceeded more than 3 million accident-free miles and 24 fleet drivers surpassed 2 million miles. Together, they are just a handful of the 106 drivers in Canada and the U.S to be recognized by the company for driving more than 1 million miles accident-free. Frito […]
Shift, a new Las Vegas-based transportation start-up, is ready to put its 100-strong Tesla fleet to work. The company has secured $13 million in funding, including $10 million from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, to implement its own intelligent transit system. The all-electric fleet of vehicles, including Teslas, smart cars, shuttles, bikes, and on-call valets will be available […]
A GPS tracking device commonly used by car dealerships helped Pennsylvania police locate a kidnapping suspect. This past Sunday, a 22-year-old woman was seen being dragged into a Ford Taurus by the suspected kidnapper. Authorities used a GPS device, previously installed on the car by the dealership because of the owner’s poor credit, to track the […]
A Montreal fleet management company that manufactures systems for ready-mix concrete firms has solidified plans to open a U.S. headquarters in Oakland, Maine that will house up to 20 employees by the end of 2015. According to the president of Road King Technologies Inc, Harry Marks, the company has been working on a U.S. location […]
As San Diego struggles through a third year of a severe drought, the city has introduced its “Waste No Water” app. The app, available on both iPhone and Android phones, gives citizens the power to help conserve water by reporting waste and using the GPS Locator in the app to pinpoint where the water waste is happening. Some water […]
