Zubie Partners With CarAdvise to Integrate Fleet Maintenance and Vehicle Tracking Solutions
Zubie, a leading connected-car company, announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with car care technology-start-up CarAdvise to launch Zubie Smart Maintenance, a program designed to give small and mid-sized fleets a simple way to manage their fleet maintenance and leverage a network of more than 20,000 service facilities, delivering an average savings of 26%.
The Smart Maintenance launch coincides with the kick-off of the North American Fleet Association conference, being held in Louisville, Kentucky.
In addition to being able to track the location and health of their vehicles using Zubie’s existing technology, Smart Maintenance provides fleet managers the added capability to track, manage, and pay for their vehicles’ maintenance, all within the Zubie application.
Read more at Zubie.
Brendan P. Keegan & Jeanine L. Charlton Accepted into Forbes Technology Council
Forbes Technology Council is an Invitation-Only Community for World-Class CIOs, CTOs, and Technology Executives.
Merchants Fleet CEO Brendan P. Keegan and Senior Vice President & CTO Jeanine L. Charlton have been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.
Keegan & Charlton were vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of their experience.
Manheim Index Shows Used Vehicle Values Remain Steady in First Quarter
Wholesale used-vehicle prices increased 0.58% month-over-month, bringing the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index to 136.0, a 4.0% increase from a year ago.
Trends in Weekly Manheim Market Report prices reflect the traditional spring bounce in values, particularly in non-luxury vehicles.
Read the article at Cox Automotive.
New Bill Would Triple the Number of Electric Cars Eligible for Federal Tax Credits
A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress would allow automakers to offer the $7500 federal tax credit for buyers of up to 600,000 electric cars.
The lawmakers backing the measure said the tax breaks to date have encouraged development and sales of electric cars.
Read the article at The Detroit News.
Developing Self-Driving Vehicles That Think Like Humans
Israeli tech company Mobileye is attempting to create the technology aimed at achieving autonomous vehicles that can “think” like humans.
Mobileye Executive Vice President. Products and Strategy, Erez Dagan believes that Level 5, or completely self-driving vehicles, will never be adequately safe until they can do something only humans have the capacity to do--anticipate and react to unusual circumstances, declaring, “when it comes to safety, machine learning is not the tool.”
Read the article at Forbes.
