By Janice Sutton
We recently interviewed Kfir Lavi, Senior Vice President at ERM Advanced Telematics and asked him to give us an overview of the company and a view of the telematics solutions they are offering their fleet management service providers.
Among the topics Lavi addresses are ERM’s driver behavior monitoring, their unique tracking devices, vehicle diagnostic solutions, wireless connectivity, and at the top of many of our minds, cybersecurity.
Lavi says, “ERM is a provider of device-based telematics solutions. Over the years, we have developed an extensive portfolio of innovative solutions that support a growing range of telematics and fleet management services.
We create partnerships with fleet management service providers, who in turn, develop applications for their customers on our Starlink platform. We are based in Israel, and we have been in this business for over 30 years. Today, we have partners in more than 65 countries. Our devices have been installed in more than 1.5m vehicles worldwide.”
Motiv is honored to have their CEO and Founder, Jim Castelaz, featured in Silicon Valley Business Journal: 40 under 40.
As CEO, Jim holds the vision for the future of electronic trucks and drives the strategic and technical direction of Motiv. Fueled by a passion for the environment and a curiosity for EV, eight years ago he got to work on a solution to free commercial fleets from their dependency on fossil fuels.
Motiv's All-Electric Powertrain couples the best of advanced power electronics and software with off-the-shelf batteries and components. With this approach, the All-Electric Powertrain can fit on popular existing chassis types, work with any present or future battery and motor, scale up and down to fit any truck or bus size, and empower existing truck builders to offer electric options of their current vehicles.
Driving Dynamics Inc. today announced a strategic alliance agreement with Element Fleet Management. Under the agreement, Driving Dynamics now operates the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) LLC. As a Driving Dynamics subsidiary, CTS provides safety training for drivers of all classes of vehicles to reduce organizational risk and educational training to qualify drivers for their Commercial Drivers Licenses.
With this move, Tony Vinciguerra, with more than three decades of industry expertise, has joined Driving Dynamics’ executive leadership team and been named as its new chief operating officer (COO).
In somewhat of a twist on the forward motion of the development of self-driving vehicles, there seems to be a movement in vehicles that use a driver, but via remote control.
An electric, self-driving truck has been unveiled by a Swedish tech company with the intent of creating 200 of the remote-controlled vehicles.
The ˜T-Pod' is 23 feet long and has an operating weight of 20 tons, smaller than normal heavy trucks. It's controlled by an operator, but also has the ability to take advantage of a self-driving system, according to Einride, the company making the vehicles.
Like parents helping their child learn to walk, automakers are trying to teach their cars how to drive on their own.
And Nissan will take a big step closer to that goal later this year when an all-new version of the Leaf battery-electric vehicle comes to market.
The 2018 Nissan Leaf will see its range roughly doubled, the automaker signaling it will be able to deliver around 200 miles per charge. It also will feature a number of new technologies, including the e-Pedal system announced earlier this week, as well as something it has dubbed ProPilot Assist.