Autonomy Has Arrived, But Is It Ready? A near-unanimous chorus of automobile manufacturers, robotics engineers, urban planners, economists and various experts predict that fully self-driving motor vehicles are looming on the horizon. Telematics devices and systems – GPS navigation, tracking and fleet management – have pointed the way toward vehicle automation, along with older technologies such as cruise control. More development is sure to follow. There are different opinions as to exactly when the first autonomous models will be ready for sale; some automotive executives claim that self-pilo ..read more

Driver Monitoring and Tracking Trucking professionals know that when the federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate first became law it met with grumbling from some quarters. There were drivers and fleet owners apprehensive about adapting to a new technology. Others — among them many veteran truckers — were reluctant to abandon practices that had become routine after decades on the job. However, one particularly vocal group decried the ruling because it represented what they saw as a new and unwelcome government intrusion, both meddlesome and unnecessary. Yet the ELD mandate didn’t actual ..read more

Telematics and Data Privacy The Internet of Things – or IoT – is rapidly engulfing the world, transforming previously inert objects into data sources. A torrent of information distributed wirelessly is available to whoever decides to tap into it. With all this data out there, who has the right to keep it, or make use of it? The person or entity who owns a device that produces data is technically the owner of that data as well. The difficulty begins when trying to decide who is the owner of the device – it’s not always the entity who has possession. Everything gets more complicated when the dat ..read more

Back in the day, people only bought motorcycles because they couldn’t afford a car and this single imperative built the world dominance of the British motorcycle industry until its demise in the mid-1970s. Since the advent of cheap four-wheeled vehicles, two-wheelers have be restricted to niche markets dominated first by sports bikes and, latterly, by an explosion of interest in lifestyle machines including retro-commuters, adventurer tourers and a blend of both in the US-inspired highway cruisers. Image: Primary Event: Consumer Telematics Show 2016Tags: NEC BirminghamDucatiMoto GuzziVictory M ..read more

Car Telematics and Wireless M2M Industry 2015 : Global Market Trends and … RD News Mag 2015 Global Car Telematics and Wireless M2M Industry Report is a professional and in-depth research report on the world’s major regional market conditions of the Car Telematics and Wireless M2M industry, focusing on the main regions (North America, … The post Car Telematics and Wireless M2M Industry 2015 : Global Market Trends and … – RD News Mag appeared on Telematics.com ..read more

Enterprise Wi-Fi vendor Aruba (a HP Subsidiary) has announced this week a Bluetooth beacon management platform that allows organizations to remotely manage beacons across existing multi-vendor Wi-Fi networks from a central location. Aruba first entered the iBeacon/indoor location industry in 2013 when they acquire… The post Wi-Fi Vendor Aruba Expands Presence in Beacon Industry appeared on Telematics.com ..read more

Ford announced today the release of a software update to more than 5 million SYNC-equipped vehicle owners adding hands-free access to iPhone features via Siri Eyes-Free. Siri Eyes-Free allows drivers to activate Siri with a long press of the voice recognition button on the steering wheel. The following features can b… The post Ford Enables Apple Siri Eyes-Free for 5M MyTouch-Equipped Cars appeared on Telematics.com ..read more

Swedish startup Mapillary, which specializes in street-level crowdsourced pictures, has been growing its inventory to more than 44.7 million crowdsourced pictures to date. End of October the company celebrated the first million of kms covered by its community of volunteers taking geo-tagged pictures. Furthermore, the company has created… The post Mapillary: 3D Point Cloud from Smartphones Pictures appeared on Telematics.com ..read more

Forbes Japan Mayday Service has provided a telematics-style auto accident emergency response system called Help Net since 2000. When a car crash occurs in which airbags deploy, the system can pinpoint the location of the collision and automatically transmit … The post Using Data Analytics And Aviation To Save Time And Lives After An Auto Accident – Forbes appeared on Telematics.com ..read more

FleetNews The decision to fit telematics reduced the insurance premium last year by more than 35%, saving the company more than £500 per vehicle. There have been SMR benefits, too, with service intervals extending and tyres replaced less frequently. Vital Energi … The post Vital Energi: ‘Hybrids save us and our drivers money’ – FleetNews appeared on Telematics.com ..read more