A Terrible EV Rental Experience Shows Us the Value of Education
Recently, a woman rented an EV from Hertz but was sent out the door with no education on how to effectively use it. Things couldn’t have gone much worse for her.
She eventually had a low battery and stopped at a charging station but had no idea how to activate the charger. She then sat there for an hour and a half waiting for help with the accessory system on. This depleted the vehicle’s 12-volt battery, so once she got that all figured out, the vehicle couldn’t be charged.
By the time AAA arrived, they couldn’t help her activate the system and didn’t know what was wrong. AAA also didn’t know how to jump an EV.
Greater Than Celebrates 20 Years of Training its AI Driving Data Analytics
Greater Than, a global provider of driver crash probability and climate impact data insights, is proud to announce the 20th anniversary of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Companies globally use Greater Than’s AI insights to quantify, compare, and mitigate risk and climate impact across an entire fleet or driving population.
“This is such an exciting milestone for the Greater Than team! Twenty years of hard work, passion, and extensive training has resulted in an AI unlike anything else on the market,” said Liselott Johansson, CEO of Greater Than.
This Small Curbside EV Charger Can Deliver 200 Miles of Range in 13 Minutes
EV infrastructure startup Gravity just released a 200kW curbside DC fast charger. This speedy 18 x 9 x 27-inch DC charger can be mounted to street utility poles and uses the same advanced technology as Gravity’s record-setting indoor charging systems.
Gravity says its lightning-fast curbside EV chargers can deliver 200 miles of range in 13 minutes, don’t need utility upgrades or street reconstruction, and can be deployed en masse. What’s more, the UL Solutions-certified chargers are bidirectional.
General Motors Stops Selling Drive Data to Insurance Data Providers
GM was collecting driver data, such as acceleration, vehicle speed, braking, and mileage, using its OnStar Smart Driver feature.
Some drivers were reportedly unaware of that feature's data-collecting capabilities. That data was being shared with data brokers LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Verisk, who'd then sell it to the insurance industry.
“OnStar Smart Driver customer data is no longer being shared with LexisNexis or Verisk,” said GM Spokesperson Malorie Lucich, according to the NY Times. “Customer trust is a priority for us, and we are actively evaluating our privacy processes and policies.”
Fleets Saving Costs, Reducing Downtime with Predictive and Preventative Maintenance
By Bryan Christiansen, CEO and founder of Limble
For today’s trucking businesses, staying on the road means balancing all the responsibilities of managing a diverse fleet of vehicles, complying with new safety standards, and mitigating business disruptions from unforeseen breakdowns.
For fleet managers to mitigate the impact of all types of downtime, they must overhaul their reactive strategy and instead embrace a proactive and preventative approach to fleet maintenance.
Predictive maintenance and preventive maintenance are two different approaches to managing equipment and assets more proactively.
