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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 […]
Brazilian company, Nastek Tecnologia, is launching the Yon Bike Lamp, a bike taillight embedded with a GPS tracker. The tracker uses Telit’s GL865-Quad and connects to an app on both Android and iPhone allowing users access to riding statistics like time, distance, average speed, and calories burned. In addition to the GPS tracker, the light […]
“Avonte’s Law,” named after Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old boy who wandered away from school in October and was found dead in the East River in early January, would allot $10 million to pay for a GPS tracking device for every autistic child. The GPS device can be sewn into clothing, kept in a wallet, or […]
Houston is the first city in the nation to launch a program of this kind. Partnering with Zipcar, Houston will put 50 electric and hybrid vehicles on the road to promote the new EV green fleet sharing program. Despite being known for oil production, Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker is trying to give the city a […]
In what will easily be one of the more unusual GPS Tracking stories of the year, a man in the UK dumped a GPS device on the side of the road along with a pleading note. The husband, who was being tracked by his wife, discovered she was following his movements with a tracking device […]
The U.S. Department of Energy has upgraded its Vehicle and Infrastructure Cash-Flow Evaluation tool, part of the Clean Cities program, allowing fleet managers to evaluate compressed natural gas refueling infrastructure as well as deployment of CNG vehicles. Users enter fleet-specific data like vehicle type, number of vehicles, and fuel use, and the VICE tool estimates […]
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the DOE’s $50 million pledge to aid in the development of fuel efficient technology. Sales of plug-in vehicles nearly doubled from 2012 to 2013, accounting for nearly 100,000 sales in 2013. Although that number is still less than one percent of car sales in America, a move toward fuel-efficient […]
The two companies announced recently FedEx Express will begin testing the Nissan e-NV200 in Washington, D.C. FedEx and Nissan have done similar tests of the battery-electric cargo van in Brazil, Singapore, Japan, and the United Kingdom, but this will be the first real-world test in North America. Both companies are dedicated to reducing their environmental […]
A study conducted by researchers Kevin Bankston and Ashkan Soltani and published in the Yale Law Journal assigned an actual dollar amount to the cost of tracking someone via cellphone and, by comparison, it’s astonishingly low. A five-car operation ready to follow a suspect in any direction runs about $275 an hour. To track that […]
In the first study of its kind, scientists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization are tracking the movements of honey bees by outfitting them with tiny GPS tracking backpacks. Scientists put the bees to sleep in a refrigerator before fitting them with their GPS tracking devices. CSIRO scientists and engineers have partnered with […]
