Donlen President to Speak During Fleet Management Company Executive Panel at 2017 NAFA Institute & Expo
Donlen announces that Tom Callahan, Donlen president, will be one of six panelists during the Fleet Management Company Executive Panel at the 2017 NAFA I&E in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 9 a.m. EDT.
The 2017 NAFA I&E offers fleet professionals a full week of high quality fleet management education sessions, which are current and relevant to their success. During the Fleet Management Company Executive Panel, attendees will hear established leaders in the fleet industry.
Bigger, Faster, More Lavish: Americans Crave S.U.V.s, and Carmakers Oblige
Americans want bigger, faster and more luxurious sport utility vehicles — and automakers are more than happy to fulfill the booming demand.
New S.U.V.s dominated media previews on Wednesday at the New York International Auto Show, the latest sign that the shift away from traditional cars is more than a short-term trend.
And the new vehicles are all about muscle. Ford Motor released a more powerful version of its extra-large Lincoln Navigator.
CEI To Preview New DriverCare™ Mobile Application At 2017 NAFA Conference
CEI will be previewing a new DriverCare™ mobile application that combines both safety management and accident management services at the NAFA Institute and Expo in CEI’s booth, #1011. The conference runs from 4/23 – 4/26 at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.
The DriverCare mobile application is the first to allow fleet drivers to access to both accident management and safety services on the same platform. According to CEI’s Brian Kinniry, senior director of strategic services, drivers will have the ability to start a claim at the accident scene with photo-taking capability, view their company policy assigned risk level, and access safety related assigned tasks from the home screen.
Can Better Maps Help Cadillac Beat Tesla’s Autopilot?
General Motors’ Super Cruise is a hands-free driving system comparable to Tesla’s Autopilot. It’ll debut this fall in the Cadillac CT6 sedan, and Cadillac is describing it as “the industry’s first true hands-free driving technology for the highway.”
That’s a bit of a shot at Tesla, whose Autopilot system has been on the road for years.
But Tesla now requires that drivers actually keep their hands on the wheel, even when Autopilot doing the driving.
Aspiring Tech Prodigy Tries To Re-Route Self-Driving Cars
Austin Russell, now 22, was barely old enough to drive when he set out to create a safer navigation system for robot-controlled cars.
His ambitions are about to be tested.
Five years ago, Russell co-founded Luminar Technologies, a Silicon Valley startup trying to steer the rapidly expanding self-driving car industry in a new direction.
