By Jay Atcheson, Vice President of Marketing
Organizations with a global footprint rely on a partner with the reach, resources and experience to support their objectives, deliver results and manage their global fleet policies at both local and regional levels.
“Implementing a global fleet management program can be complex and time-consuming, but with the right process and partners in place, it can produce tangible results,” says Jim Halliday, President and CEO, Element Fleet Management International. “Global fleet management programs benefit fleet managers as they strive to design and implement unique solutions and manage assets across multiple countries. A single dedicated global account team with localized support works to harmonize fleet policies, and lower total cost of ownership while proprietary digital tools provide fleet performance visibility and optimization across all geographies.”
INRIX published research on the worst traffic hotspots in America. Using INRIX Roadway Analytics, a cloud-based traffic analysis tool, INRIX analyzed and ranked more than 100,000 traffic hotspots in the 25 most congested U.S. cities.
New York had more traffic hotspots (13,608) than any other city analyzed. However, Los Angeles topped the ranking with the highest overall Impact Factor, due to the severity as well as the high number of hotspots (10,385). This also means L.A. pays the highest price, with congestion at these locations potentially costing drivers $91 billion by 2026, if congestion doesn’t improve.
eDriving is expanding the range of offerings that incorporate its flagship Mentor by eDriving with FICO Safe Driving Score.
The announcement is being made following the TU 2017 Connected Car Insurance Conference and marks the company’s concerted and expanded effort to further engage with the insurance industry as indicated by its broadening insurance solutions focusing on acquisition, retention, risk reduction and usage-based insurance (UBI).
Nissan has shown off a prototype sweat-sensing car seat which it says could help prevent road accidents.
The technology, called Soak, changes colour if perspiration is high in salt, suggesting dehydration.
Previous research by the European Hydration Institute and Loughborough University found that dehydrated drivers were as error-prone as those who had drunk alcohol.
There are currently no plans to bring Soak into production.
"Jim is the right guy at the right time to grow our strategic telematics partnerships, evolve our insurance relationships and meet growing end-user customer demand as we forge ahead and take our fleet division and technology-driven solutions for both commercial and consumer enterprise customers to the next level,” said Ed Dubens, EVP of eDriving FLEET.
Davis has an extensive background in both insurance and telematics-integrated safety solutions. He arrives at the Company during a growth phase marked by numerous product launches and strategic partnerships. Davis has a combined 30 years of unique and diversified insurance and telematics experience, and is known for aligning business, technology and product strategies.