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FieldLogix announces the release of its guide for creating a company policy for dash cameras. The guide discusses all of the factors involved when creating a dash camera policy and how to make the policy driver-friendly in order to minimize driver resistance. “In todays’ litigious world, fleets are often targeted by unscrupulous motorists for insurance […]
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 Since January, 10 of the traditional, diesel-fueled buses seen on Fourth and Main streets have been replaced by the all-electric, non-polluting buses.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 […]
