Motus Report Identifies Key Considerations for Improving Organizational Sustainability Programs
Insights Reveal Strategic Approaches to Reducing Environmental Impact that Increase Competitive Advantage, Improve Resource Efficiency and Drive Better Business Outcomes
Motus today released its Sustainability Report. The report informs business leaders which actions most impact their carbon footprint and identifies opportunities to enhance sustainability initiatives.
Motus compiled insights into direct and indirect influencers that contribute most heavily to greenhouse gasses and the effect of upstream and downstream business activities on the environment.
Getting Your Drivers Home Safely in the Post COVID World
By Julian Carrington, Product Support Analyst, Donlen
Over the past two years, “safety training” has pivoted to instruction on wiping down surfaces and wearing masks.
In that time collision statistics have taken a startling turn. We’ve taken our eyes off the road and we may need to re-route. It’s time to get back to the basics of fleet safety.
The distressing numbers speak for themselves. After decades of declines, traffic fatalities and high speed crashes rose during the 2020 COVID shutdowns and have not returned to prior normal levels. The shutdown spike of a 7.2% annual rise in real numbers of deaths (38,680 fatalities) was shocking when contrasted against the decrease in driving volume (13% fewer miles driven).
How Will New EV Trucks Fit into a Fleet’s Electrification Strategy?
By Josh Turley, CEO, RTA Fleet
Electric trucks are certainly all the rage in the news right now. We all eagerly await our chance in line to get these into our fleets.
Of course, at this point, we’d be happy to just get any vehicles, but I digress.
We’ve seen Electric Truck announcements from new companies like Rivian and Lordstown, as well as established electric player Tesla.
The Big 3 were silent for a long time until Ford announced its Lightning F-150, and now just recently the big announcement from GM at this year’s CES expo.
While a lot of these vehicles are designed with the consumer in mind (Cybertruck anyone?), I think it’s important to see how electric trucks fit into a fleet’s overall electrification strategy -- which means looking at these from a different perspective than most reviewers in media.
Puffing, An Open Invitation to Car Thieves
Are you making your vehicle a target for theft?
As the weather gets colder, many drivers will want to warm up their vehicles before hitting the road.
"Puffing" refers to the practice of leaving a vehicle running while unattended. As the vehicle’s exhaust runs, it will actually emit puffs of steam when warming up, making it an easy target for thieves to spot.
With no one around to stop them, and the key already in the ignition, criminals only need to hop in and drive off.
A New Way to Teach Robots to Drive
February 9, 2022 - An autonomous truck startup called Waabi has developed what it calls "the ultimate school for self-driving vehicles" - one that requires humans to spend less time tutoring them on actual roads.
Why it matters: The more that autonomous vehicles learn to drive in the virtual world, the less time they need to practice on physical streets, which could be a safer, faster way to bring them to market.
How it works: Today's method for educating self-driving cars is a mix of simulation and real-world driving - one that's very labor-intensive for humans. AVs can't possibly log enough real-world test miles to prepare for every potential scenario - like an airplane landing on the road ahead, for example. So instead, developers drive cars around collecting sensor data, which they use to create a digital representation of the journey - with pools of people manually labeling objects like trees, curbs and pedestrians.
