Surveillance Detection Scout for the Paranoid Tesla Owner
What to give the Tesla driver who has everything: technology that watches to make sure they're not being followed and the car isn't getting stolen.
Surveillance Detection Scout taps into three camera feeds in any Tesla electric vehicle and processes the visual data in real time to identify if someone is trying to steal or break into the vehicle.
Scout does this by using facial recognition software and an automatic license-plate reader, both of which are outlawed in some states.
Read the article at Car and Driver.
Boots & Bowties: AFLA’s 50th Anniversary Celebration
Join the fun for the AFLA 50th Anniversary Boots & Bowties Celebration - being held at Rustler's Rooste, an outdoor steakhouse adjacent to the Arizona Grand Resort. Dress code for this event is casual and feel free to wear your best cowboy hat, boots and/or bowtie to the cookout. Live music, fun, networking and fireworks will fill the night!
Be sure to include this special event in your conference registration or purchase individual tickets for $75. CLICK HERE to add tickets to any existing registration (by clicking on "modify existing registration”), or you can call the AFLA office at 414-386-0366 for assistance.
Motus Mobile Workforce Benchmark Report Sheds Light on U.S. Company Vehicle Programs
Motus released its 2019 Mobile Workforce Benchmark Report, which identified rising costs, increased business mileage and volatile fuel prices as key trends that affected the mobile workforce in 2018.
Motus found that the average business mileage per mobile worker increased for the fourth year in a row. Americans drove 20 billion more miles than a year ago, despite higher average fuel prices, which accounted for 25 percent of the total cost to own and operate a vehicle in 2018. These were the key factors that influenced a five percent year-over-year increase in the average annual vehicle program cost per mobile worker.
The report also found that driver safety is often overlooked by companies and that mobile workers continue to drive more miles for business than ever before.
Read more at Motus.
eDriving wins Gold Stevie® in 2019 International Business Awards®
eDriving has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® in the 16th Annual International Business Awards®.
eDriving won in the Governance, Risk & Compliance Solution category for its patented driver safety program, Mentor by eDrivingSM.
“This is proving to be quite the year for Mentor; our third award in four months,” said Ed Dubens, Founder and CEO of eDriving. “I’m ecstatic that Mentor has been formally recognized at an international level for its ability to help drivers all over the world manage, control and reduce their risk of crashes, change their behavior when behind the wheel and ultimately return home safely to their loved ones at the end of each day.”
Auto OEMs to Support Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
New in-car multimedia systems are beginning to offer wireless integration of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto - first among aftermarket stereos, but more recently from a few factory systems.
The vast majority of both platforms today still require a physical USB cable.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto can take such a heavy drain that phones tethered to older-generation USB ports lose their battery charge while using the systems. Wireless charging pads have answered the call.
Read the article at USA Today.
