The heavy duty trucking industry just may be in for a big overhaul if a new startup, Ottomotto, has success with plans to build autonomous driving 18-wheelers. Spearheading the effort is an engineer who was a major player in Google’ self-driving car project at Alphabet. Now, according to recent reports, he has launched a Silicon […]
SkyBitz®, A leader in commercial telematics, has announced that Paschall Truck Lines (PTL), a Transport Topics Top 100 dry-van freight carrier, has selected asset management solutions from SkyBitz for its fleet of trailers. After researching and evaluating trailer technology systems for several years, PTL chose SkyBitz for its product reliability, intuitive web services, customer service, […]
If software is becoming the new hardware in the transportation industry, Ford may be leading the way. The company has just announced an investment in Pivotal, a cloud-based software platform company headquartered in San Francisco. The $182.2 million investment in Pivotal, according to Ford, “aims to help drive Ford’s transition to an auto and a […]
Agnik, a leader in data analytics for connected cars and life, has received a US Department of Transportation Phase II Contract to develop an advanced connected car platform for insurance solutions. This project will advance Agnik’s smartphone and device-based connected life platform with advanced driver analytics, privacy-preserving machine learning, game theoretic social incentives, and mechanism […]
SkyBitz Local Fleets, the leader in fleet management solutions for sales, service and delivery vehicles, has introduced the SA2000, a new plug-and-play GPS fleet tracking product that can be deployed in minutes. It provides an uninterrupted flow of vehicle tracking data including vehicle location, speed, mileage, fuel usage, and more. The SA2000 is available for […]
Omnitracs, a global pioneer of fleet management solutions to transportation and logistics companies, has announced the availability of Omnitracs’ Sylectus Mobile On Demand, a vehicle location tracking and circle of service notification feature within its Sylectus Mobile application for iOS and Android. This new feature automates position and shipment event updates for any vehicle hauling […]
A new player has entered the fleet management and safety space — Gorilla Safety — which debuts with a mobile app interface. The company was was launched in January 2016, and notes that it “fully integrates all the capabilities necessary for safely and efficiently managing short-haul and long-haul vehicle fleets of any size into one […]
Seeking to provide a simple, low-cost electronic logging option for professional drivers, Rand McNally has unveiled its new ELD 50 device, which, when paired with a driver’s existing Android phone or tablet, creates a secure compliance solution that will meet federal requirements. The company states that “ELD 50 is the first E-Log device that: 1) […]
According to some industry pundits, the year 2016 is likely to be game-changing in the Global Connected Truck/Commercial Vehicle (CV) telematics market. Noted Frost & Sullivan, “Developed regions such as North America and Europe will continue to dominate the global connected truck market in 2016, contributing more than 57 percent of the total telematics installed […]
TugForce, a startup technology company providing on-demand trucking services for commercial shippers, in the style of Uber, has announced it will officially launch May 2016. The company hopes to transform the arena for independent truckers and small truck fleets worldwide. “We created TugForce to bring convenience and efficiency to the massive trucking market,” said Mohammad […]
