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The future of fleet management
Why we should invent it instead of predicting it?
It is no secret to anyone that to predict the future is very difficult, if not impossible. There are usually so many different variables to take into consideration, many of them also quite difficult to predict, which makes the whole exercise a very complex one.
To predict the future of fleet management is that type of exercise. If you think someone in this world already knows what it is going to…
Frotcom welcomes Frotcom Ivory Coast as newest Certified Partner
Frotcom’s Partner Network strengthens its presence in Africa with the latest signing.
In 2019, Frotcom welcomed several new partners, and the network continues to grow with Frotcom Ivory Coast. This latest addition sees the company expand its reach to West Africa.
The Ivory Coast company is owned by Jason Hancocks, who is also a Frotcom Partner in South Africa, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea. With the network already having a…
Peru is set to go green by declaring that electromobility is of national importance
The State will look to replace traditional fleet vehicles with electric and hybrid counterparts across the public sector, reducing gas emissions by 30% by 2030.
Since 2016, Peru has only imported 32 electric vehicles (EVs) and 519 hybrids, according to the country’s automobile association, Asociación Automotriz del Perú (AAP). With 5.1 million cars globally, Peru’s imports make up a tiny fraction of this amount, something that the…
The fleet manager of the future - is the role changing?
New technologies have been transforming fleet management in recent years, but what is the impact on the role of the fleet manager?
It was once the case that fleet managers relied upon manual tools such as a thick specification book, green sheets, and calculators to run their fleets. Yet fleet management technology has progressed at an astonishing pace in the last few decades. Developments such as real-time data analytics and reporting have become…
European Commission sets out its future policy for road transport with new Green Deal
The European Green Deal looks at how the EU will tackle its ambitious decarbonization goal, expecting to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
The European Green Deal sets out policies designed by the EU to help tackle decarbonization, taking into account key provisions and the future impact these will have on passenger and freight transport. Requirements of the deal that set forth a legislative framework to guide the 2050…
Exland adopts Frotcom technology to monitor fleet and detect cargo activity
Spanish civil works specialist, EXLAND has been collecting valuable information about its fleet’s trips and loaded and unloaded cargo since adopting Frotcom’s fleet management software.
Exland, based in Barcelona (Spain), helps organizations across a number of civil works industries, from earth movement and urbanization to road maintenance and transport service networks. Its fleet of specialized machinery is continuously renewed with the latest…
European Commission to make a huge investment for the improvement of the truck-safe network
The EU’s ambitious truck-safe network across the TEN-T core network corridors to benefit from a €60million investment.
The European Union’s plans for a safe truck park every 100km of the TEN-T core network corridors has received a huge financial boost, with €60million being made available under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The money will also improve the safety, security, and services of existing rest areas.
€20million is available for…
A new version of Frotcom’s Company Card reader App is launched
The App is responsible for communicating with in-vehicle tachographs and allows retrieval of downloaded files from Frotcom’s data center to local computers.
Frotcom is delighted to launch its Company Card Reader App 2.0. The App can be installed in one of your company's computers, which must be connected to a Smart Card Reader. With this new version, apart from the new installer, you will be able to run more than one instance of the app on the…
Grow your Fleet business with Frotcom
Frotcom’s innovative software solutions can help you to increase productivity, provide exceptional customer service, ensure traceability and scale-up operations.
For companies who are required to carry out onsite servicing, effective supervision of staff distributed across a wide area can be challenging. Being able to coordinate the work of your team, such as planning job assignments, making sure services are on time, and accepting last-minute…
BMW and Daimler pull out of mobility projects
The German automakers announced the shock decision citing a lack of infrastructure and the high costs of electrification.
In February 2019, automotive giants BMW and Daimler teamed-up to combine their mobility solutions Car2go and DriveNow, with the pledge to expand services to 90 cities, investing $1.1 billion into infrastructure. However, as of February 2020, BMW and Daimler announced they are abandoning their mobility services in the US,…