Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Computer is Now in All New Cars and a Next-Gen Chip is Already ‘Halfway Done’
The Tesla computer, a new custom chip designed to enable full self-driving capabilities, is now in all new Model 3, X and S vehicles, CEO Elon Musk said during the company’s Autonomy Day.
Tesla switched over from Nvidia’s Drive platform to its own custom chip for the Model S and X about a month ago and for the Model 3 about 10 days ago, Musk said.
“All cars being produced all have the hardware necessary — computer and otherwise — for full self-driving,” Musk said. “All you need to do is improve the software.”
Read the article at TechCrunch.
Ignorance is Not Bliss!
One thing all fleet managers fear is a negligent entrustment lawsuit. In Negligent Entrustment: Ignorance Is Not Bliss or an Excuse, SuperVision’s Amber Wuollet tells us how fleet managers can reduce their company’s liability exposure. Not surprisingly, driver behavior is the biggest source of exposure.
Serendipitously, The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, NETS, today announced the date of their annual Strength in Numbers Conference (October 9-10) in Arlington, Virginia. For a recap of last's year's NETS conference read Mark Boada’s article: NETS 2018 Conference Impression: More Fleets Are Taking the Zero Crash Goal Seriously.
Next week, Mark writes about NETS' very successful Latin America conference held earlier this month in Costa Rica.
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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
Death Rate Due To Speeding Drops Sharply In U.S.
The rate of deaths caused by speeding in America per mile driven has declined to one-third of the rate from the 1980s when NHTSA first began to track auto-related deaths caused by speeding.
Many states raised their top speed limits from 55 MPH to as high as 80 MPH during the past few decades. Yet, despite the higher speed limits, speeding deaths overall continue to drop. Speed itself is not the problem. Excessive speed for a given situation is.
Read the article at Torque News.
At NAFA I&E 2019: Making a Strategic Business Value Case Is the Most Critical Skill Fleet Managers Need to Cultivate
By Mark Boada, Executive Editor
Fleet managers’ future depends on a skill they may have largely overlooked: making a strategic business value case that elevates the influence they have within the organization and secures C-suite buy-in for its initiatives.
The issue was discussed on the third and final day at last week’s NAFA Institute & Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, during a breakfast and general session that featured a panel discussion by the CEOs of five leading fleet management companies.
It came in response to the first question posed by moderator Mike Joyce, executive director of the American Automotive Leasing Association, who asked the panelists for their advice on how fleet managers can elevate their positions within their organizations and portray fleet as a driver of success.
How Data and Analytics Can Help Fleet Managers Keep Drivers Safe and Lower Costs
By Rachel Bell, VP of Scores and Analytics, FICO
Despite advancements in safety technology, road fatalities are on the rise, with crashes involving large commercial vehicles going up by nine percent.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, human error accounts for 94% of crashes. However, the latest generation of telematics are providing fleet managers with new insights into driver behavior that will have a significant impact on driver safety as well as operational costs in the future.
The latest telematics offer a wealth of new data sources that – when combined with predictive analytics – are helping to identify valuable insights that simply weren’t available before. By capturing the right data, fleet managers can help identify and reinforce safe driving behaviors across the fleet – ultimately leading to safer roads and lower costs for insurance carriers.
