According to the 4th Quarter 2012 Business Expectations Survey, carriers will continue to be very conservative in replacing their fleet equipment over the next year. There is an increase in carriers planning to acquire 11% to 25% of their tractor fleets, 60% of the smaller carriers and 45% of larger carriers indicated they were going [...]
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Environmentally Friendly Double-deckers Hit Streets of Preston
January 30, 2013 – 11:00 am
Hybrid double-decker buses will hit the streets of Preston, UK in January 2013. Bob Dunn, managing director of operator Preston Bus, said the new acquisitions were the 11th hybrid vehicles to join its fleet. Mr. Dunn acknowledged that they were able to reduce their fuel bill by 25%, which more than justified doing it. Last September Mr Dunn [...]
McDonald’s Trucks Go Green With Recycled Frier Oil
January 29, 2013 – 11:00 am
As of December 2012, McDonald’s delivery trucks in United Arab Emirates have reached a significant milestone; they have driven 800,000 miles on recycled cooking oil! 100 percent of the used oil from the UAE’s McDonalds restaurants is turned back into biofuel, through biodiesel producer Neutral Fuels. The UAE, however, is not the only country McDonalds [...]
GPS Tracking On Guns!
January 28, 2013 – 11:50 am
There has been much debate in recent weeks regarding guns, and a Chicago alderman is taking the debate to a new level! Alderman Willie Cochran, who is also a former police officer, is asking the City Council for a hearing to discuss a unique gun control measure. He is asking to consider installing GPS Tracking [...]
Can Technology Make Your Fleet Greener?
January 23, 2013 – 11:51 am
There are a number of technologies that when implemented can help your fleet save on fuel costs and help your company attain “green” status. You can, for example, retrofit your fleet with hybrid systems, which may be more economical than replacing your fleet with hybrid vehicles. With the continued fluctuations of fuel prices, it is [...]
Green GPS Tracking Systems Market Predicted to Increase
January 17, 2013 – 11:00 am
Frost & Sullivan, Growth Partnership Company partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents predicted that the European and North American green GPS tracking systems market will likely increase to $700 million by 2015. The green fleet telematics market is growing at a compound annual growth rate of [...]
GPS May Have Deterred Snow Plow Theft
January 10, 2013 – 11:00 am
In 2008, the City of Boston upgraded its public works vehicles to enable GPS tracking devices to be used throughout the fleet. Since snow plows were considered unlikely to be stolen, none of the 600 plows were equipped with GPS units. “The GPS program was not explicitly designed to be an anti-theft measure, like LoJack,” [...]
GPS Tracking Reports Make IFTA Reporting Easier
January 4, 2013 – 11:00 am
Since truckers typically driver across state lines, often the miles driven in each State must be documented as part of the Interstate Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA). What is IFTA? IFTA is an agreement among 48 US states (except Alaska and Hawaii) and Canadian provinces (except Nunavut and Yukon) to simplify the reporting of fuel used [...]
GPS Tracking Puts Money Back Into Your Pocket
December 14, 2012 – 11:00 am
When a company decides to invest money in any new technology, the first questions asked are, “How quickly will we see a return on our investment?” and “Is this worth the money?” Without answering those initial inquiries, it could be easy to jump into an investment that will not pay off. FieldLogix, a green GPS [...]
Wireless Pioneers Join the FieldLogix Strategic Advisory Board
December 6, 2012 – 1:59 pm
For Immediate Release Wireless Pioneers Join the FieldLogix Strategic Advisory Board San Diego, CA December 5, 2012 – FieldLogix, provider of an award-winning Green GPS vehicle and asset management solution for North American businesses, announced today the formation of the FieldLogix Advisory Board, a panel of 5 wireless industry thought leaders who have been assembled [...]
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