In Which States Are Gasoline Prices Falling Fastest?
America’s motorists are enjoying gasoline prices about 20 cents per gallon cheaper than this time last year, thanks to falling oil prices. Since July, prices are down about 15% nationwide - or nearly 50 cents - to an average $3.14 a gallon, according to data from Gasbuddy.com.
This has a stimulus effect on the U.S. economy, saving us about $100 billion in annualized fuel costs, according to economist Ed Yardeni. That works out to about $300 in annual fuel savings for every American. Just in time for the holiday season.
READ MORE and find out where your state rates.
Telogis Sites Delivers Detailed On-Premise Information for the Supply and Service Chain
From last mile to last meter, Telogis changes the game for commercial navigation.
Today, critical information about the unique characteristics of the locations that mobile workers go as part of a job is developed over time through experience and is passed along as “tribal knowledge” -- if shared at all. Honing in on the final destination in a sprawling complex, or finding the right place to park in congested urban areas can be time consuming and potentially dangerous.
With the launch of Telogis Sites, mobile enterprises are now able to capture and utilize crowd-sourced information in new and powerful ways that will reduce costs, improve safety and increase productivity.
Telogis Sites integrates seamlessly with Telogis Navigation and the broader SaaS-based Telogis platform, allowing customers to store and share detailed, rich Point of Interest (POI) data in order to improve directions both on the road and on-premise. Telogis Sites makes specific detail such as the loading dock vs. front door, the boundaries of the yard, the appropriate access point and most appropriate last-mile approaches for ingress and egress available to drivers, planners and dispatchers.
New Ford Crash System “May” Spare Pedestrians
While overall highway fatalities have been on a sharp decline in recent years, the number of pedestrians killed in motor vehicle crashes actually has been on the increase over the last half decade, reaching more than 4,700 annual fatalities, according to federal data — and about one death every two minutes worldwide.
Ford’s new pedestrian alert technology is part of an upgrade to the collision avoidance system it first introduced in 2009, and will be renamed “pre-collision assist with pedestrian detection.” Ford says that it "may" prevent pedestrian crashes. It will first debut on the 2015 Ford Mondeo about to go on sale in Europe, but Ford plans to expand its use to other models, including those sold in the States – where a version of the Mondeo is sold as the midsize Fusion sedan.
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Fleet Logistics Adds New Features to New Driver App
Europe’s largest independent fleet management company, Fleet Logistics, has upgraded its new free driver app with new features, functionality and languages and is migrating it across to both Apple and Android platforms by the end of this month as planned.
The Fleet Logistics’ Mobility Control App, which provides fleet drivers with access to all their vehicle details, mileage data, support services and other key information, was launched earlier this year. Initially it was launched for users of Windows smart phones on Fleet Logistics’ fleet across Europe. The first roll-out has now been completed with two large, international fleet clients with Windows smart phones, and 45% of their drivers have now begun using the new tool on a regular monthly basis.
Wheels’ Dan Frank: Managing Fleets in an Increasingly Complex Environment
In this excerpt from a wide-ranging interview with Dan Frank, newly appointed president of Wheels, Inc., we asked him to tell us what he considered to be the most compelling issues facing fleets today. “I think it is the complexity of their environment. The number and the breadth of issues that fleet managers and organizations have to deal with as it relates to their company fleet are quite extraordinary. It has become a very difficult job because the expectations are very high and the field is very complex,” he responded.
The relevance of driver safety and the role of telematics is the topic in this segment of our discussion with Frank. In next week’s issue, we talk about the state of the industry with just the third president in Wheels’ 75-year history.
