What’s a fleet manager to do? Container ships are stuck in port harbors, store shelves are laid bare, chip shortages are delaying production, 80,000 more truck drivers are needed and fuel prices are climbing. Getting connected lends cost-saving visibility to so many areas that supply chain challenges have impacted. When production on the ground is […]
How to Get the Quickest ROI When Adopting an Electric Fleet
It’s been an interesting few weeks in EV-land. Stellantis announced a partnership with Samsung for battery production. Panasonic announced a prototype battery for Tesla. Toyota announced it has earmarked $3.4 billion for battery research. Joann Muller at Axios noted that almost every week there’s another OEM/battery partnership announced. While all of this has obvious implications […]
Element Fleet Management Launches Two New Telematics Products for Fleets
Globe Newswire | November, 2021 TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Element Fleet Management Corp. (TSX: EFN) (“Element”), the largest pure-play automotive fleet manager in the world, today announced the launch of Element Connectivity Solutions, the most diverse ecosystem of telematics products, services and strategic alliances in the fleet management industry. As part of this ecosystem, […]
What Ongoing Remote Work Means for Fleets
COVID-19 upended the way we work, and many of us are still adjusting. According to NCCI, in May 2020, “48.7 million people, about 35% of the employed workforce, reported that they had worked from home in the prior four weeks because of COVID-19.” Of that number, 57% were workers in management and professional occupations. Despite hopes of […]
How Many Drivers Wear Seatbelts, According to the Data?
It turns out that what most of us do reflexively, and the rest of do after the annoying “ding ding ding” warning sound convinces us to click in, isn’t universal. Is buckling a seatbelt a simple, key safety action your fleet could stand to improve? Let’s see what the data tells us. According to the […]
General Motors and Motorq Team Up to Help Fleets Reduce Costs, Improve Driving Through Real-time, In-Vehicle Coaching Service
Globe Newswire | September, 2021 DETROIT and PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — General Motors’ OnStar Business Solutions has teamed up with Motorq, the connected car API company, to help promote safer driving behaviors through a new In-Vehicle Coaching* service offered to fleet customers. The In-Vehicle Coaching service provides fleet managers and drivers with […]
Discount Tire, Motorq Offer Connected Fleet Insights Platform
Aftermarket News | August 24, 2021 Discount Tire, one of the world’s largest independent retailers of tires and wheels, and Motorq, the connected car API company, are offering a new connected vehicle data analytics platform to Discount Tire’s fleet customers. The platform will access and analyze live data streamed directly from connected vehicles, giving Discount Tire’s fleet customers critical […]
Who Are Your Best and Worst drivers? Your Vehicles Know, and Can Tell You.
As the economy rebounds and as traffic volumes return to pre-Covid levels, so could your risk of a significant loss resulting from an accident involving a fleet vehicle. Unsafe driving is costly, with some estimates starting at $74,000 per incident and rising as high as $500,000 if a fatality is involved. This figure doesn’t likely […]
Why Vehicle and Driver Data is Good for Both Companies and Drivers
While the benefits of connected car data have been well-documented by analysts, case studies, fleet experts and others, the WIIFM (What’s in it for me) from the driver’s perspective has been missing. Or, if it has been told, it’s been through a negative lens (snooping, big-brother, penalties, etc.). As such, there is understandable resistance from […]
3 Ways “Talking Cars” Are Changing Fleet Management Forever
In the past two years, there has been much ado about connected cars. Yet if you ask the average person the topic, you’ll likely get a blank stare. Connected to what? Maybe your phone? That’s changing as many OEMs pursue new revenue strategies beyond the car. We live in a “subscription economy” and OEM’s naturally want a […]