Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are set to change the fundamentals of the entire transportation and fleet management industry. Whether it’s via a taxi booking service or an ambulance dispatch system, connected and autonomous vehicles will change fleet management, both challenging and benefiting the industry. Smart providers will plan for and embrace the coming changes. Here, we […]
Fleet owners have the day-to-day task of managing an enormous amount of inventory in multiple locations within an industry that is dynamic and constantly changing. It’s only going to get more dynamic when the transition to autonomous vehicles begins. The transition will not be just about removing the person who controls the steering wheel, the […]
It should come as no surprise that an increasing number of companies are moving away from a traditional workforce and fleet comprised of humans, trucks, airplanes and boats, and moving towards automated fleets made up of smart cars, robots and drones. Here are 5 well known companies that are pioneers in fleet automation with examples […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a series of bold predictions about the ability for his company’s cars to completely drive themselves. And Musk thinks it will happen sooner than most of his competitors — perhaps as soon as the end of this year. Musk made these comments at an event for investors at Tesla’s Palo […]
Every year, we wait to see what the new year will bring us! This year, like many, we were bombarded with new ideas and technology. 2016 was full of groundbreaking and innovative technology that has changed our lives as we know it. Here is MIT’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2016: 1. Tesla AutoPilot Tesla’s electric […]
Chances are that you’ve heard a constant buzz in the news about self driving cars. Companies such as Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Uber, BMW (ETR:BMW), Ford (NYSE:F), Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Audi (ERT:NSU), and General Motors (NYSE:GM) have all either begun or announced autonomous car initiatives over the past few years. With such a concerted effort to develop and […]
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 […]
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 […]
As technology progresses and autonomous fleet vehicles becoming a real possibility in the future, fleet managers everywhere are wondering if the benefits are worth the cost. Frost & Sullivan, a global consulting firm, conducted a study entitled The Strategic Outlook of Autonomous Heavy-Duty Trucks that aims to address just that. The study concluded long-haul trucking could wait […]
NASA and Nissan are teaming up for a lofty five-year program to develop a fleet of autonomous cars that produce zero emissions. A joint press release stated, “Researchers from the two organizations will test a fleet of zero-emission autonomous vehicles at Ames to demonstrate proof-of-concept remote operation of autonomous vehicles for the transport of materials, goods, […]
Google recently revealed the fully-working prototype of it autonomous vehicle–and it looks like a toy police car. The first version was unveiled in May, and Google said, “Since then, we’ve been working on different prototypes-of-prototypes, each designed to test different systems of a self-driving car—for example, the typical ‘car’ parts like steering and braking, as well as […]
Nissan will be implementing self-driving technology in its commercial fleet to better cater to customers who crave comfort and improved safety systems. Philippe Guerin-Boutaud, corporate vice president of Nissan’s global light commercial vehicle business unit, believes incorporating autonomous features will increase sales of commercial fleet vehicles. “Autonomous driving will be applied to the commercial range, for all the possible benefits it […]
Google has been testing its fleet of autonomous cars and, as it turns out, the fleet still has a way to go before its ready for the public. Despite the 700,000 practice miles, because of the heavy reliance on detailed maps and data the fleet still isn’t capable of driving through 99% of the country. […]
Students at the Utah State University are hacking self-driving cars in order to improve security. Associate professor Ryan Gerdes is heading the project. “Right now in America, we lose about a trillion dollars every year to congestion in our roadways,” he said. “We also have about 40,000 deaths annually.” He’s hopeful the research he and his […]
This fall, University of Michigan will test a fleet of self-driving cars in a fake city built specifically for autonomous vehicle testing. The fake city is 32 acres and includes a four-lane highway where researchers can simulate dangerous road conditions and traffic events. The new “city” will test self-driving cars in real-life situations like merging, […]
