Some believe vehicle diagnostic information can help drivers analyze their driving performance and understand how to improve it.
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From tracking preventive maintenance to reducing vehicle idling and fuel consumption, truck-based fleets are adding telematics devices to their fleet vehicles to improve operations.
Read More →GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO - The Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) has been working with OEMs to write the telematics data standard. Participating OEMs could begin supporting delivery of data using the standard format by October 2010.
Read More →LKQ Corporation keeps fleet operations lean and uses telematics to increase daily fleet delivery stops, dramatically reduce overtime costs, improve driver safety, and trim fuel costs.
Read More →ST. LOUIS, MO - To better manage its fleet of trucks, St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets Inc. has hired Xata Corp., Minneapolis. Xata aims to help customers improve fleets by cutting costs and ensuring compliance with trucking regulations.
Read More →mbrace, the new telematics offering from Mercedes-Benz and Hughes Telematics Inc. marks the firs time drivers can connect with their vehicles via an iPhone or BlackBerry, allowing them to locate their vehicles through a map representation on their smart phones and lock or unlock their vehicles.
Read More →MONTVALE, NJ - Mercedes-Benz is launching a voice-controlled telematics system that all but puts a personal assistant in the car to find most any location, answer most any question, and cater to most any whim.
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GPS-based fleet tracking systems are being used to rein in maintenance costs through vehicle location controls, automated preventive maintenance scheduling, driver monitoring and remote engine diagnostics.
Read More →ATLANTA - According to a global study unveiled at the HTUF Conference this week, 71-percent of respondents believe technology will be one of the most important external forces impacting the industry in 2020.
Read More →PORTLAND, OR - Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) was awarded the Best Telematics Service & Application for Commercial Vehicles award by Telematics Update for its new RunSmart Predictive Cruise system.
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