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Frotcom Annual Meeting 2020, in online mode
This year’s Frotcom Annual Meeting gathered Certified Partners from around the world at its tenth annual meeting, this time in a virtual format due to concerns associated with COVID-19.
The 10th Frotcom annual meeting took place on May 21 and 22.The agenda was designed to facilitate debate, encourage ideas, and share information to create a common understanding, and drive towards actionable goals.The online meeting started with Frotcom…
Brussels is calling for climate neutrality in 2050
The European Commission (EU) proposed the first European Climate Law, which intends Europe’s economy and society to achieve zero net emissions by 2050.
The text published in the EU Bulletin aims to write into law the most ambitious goals of the European Green Deal (EGD), proposed last year by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who aspires for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent.This deal’s key…
New battery power level feature for GV608, GL300, and GB100 is now available
Ensure non-stop data communication from autonomous GPS vehicle trackers, by easily checking the battery level of these devices on Frotcom.
If you are using a GV608, GL300, or a GB100 GPS vehicle tracking unit, controlling your battery power levels is now much easier.
In the Vehicles list, you can now see the battery power level of your devices:
With this new feature, you will be able to quickly identify issues in the battery levels of the GPS…
Frotcom helps BVB Transportes reduce costs and ensure the security of its fleet
Branca & Vilas Boas Transportes chose Frotcom to better manage its fleet, with features that allow vehicle location tracking, fuel costs reduction, control of speed limits, cargo temperatures, and cargo theft.
Founded in 2005, BVB Transportes is an Angolan road transportation company with more than 40 years of experience that selected Frotcom as its software of choice, after a customer recommendation.
Client Goals and Challenges
BVB…
How will Waymo make autonomy profitable?
With the challenges brought by the pandemic, it’s time for Waymo to analyze how to monetize and scale the autonomous vehicle business.
In 2018, the autonomous technology company that is part of the Alphabet conglomerate – Waymo – was ready to become the largest autonomous technology company in the automotive industry by 2030. Two years later, it is time for Waymo to reassess how to make its fully self-driving vehicles business profitable,…
Do you want to buy quality tires at a good price?
Buying quality tires while complying with a budget can be difficult for fleet managers, but these tips will make your job a lot easier.
All fleet managers know that tires are something that can’t be neglected. Tires are primarily responsible for controlling a vehicle's grip on the road. Therefore a large deterioration in their pattern can lead to a loss of grip, making driving much more difficult. In fact, poor tire condition is responsible…
Find out the several benefits of paying tolls using Frotcom
Frotcom offers fleet managers a wide range of integrations with external systems that make their job easier and more productive. Its ability to integrate with toll payment systems is no exception.
If you use Frotcom’s GPS vehicle tracking and Fleet Management system, you can easily integrate it with some toll payment systems to declare tolls on highways.
This integration not only facilitates the job of the fleet management team at the office…
How can API integrations with Frotcom help fleet managers?
Frotcom offers a wide range of integrations to help you manage your fleet in a much simpler and effective way.
Frotcom’s API allows integration with a wide range of platforms to send and receive the data you need from external systems, once you have your fleet management data in Frotcom.
Apart from extracting data collected from vehicles, such as position, speed, alarms, or trips, with Frotcom API, you can exchange data with external applications, such as:
ERP software for importing routes and jobs;
HR software to extract a list of mileages per driver, per month;
Billing…
Tire pollution: lowering car emissions with new EU tire labels
More fuel-efficient tires mean lower emissions. Proposed new EU (European Union) tire labels will help you choose based on fuel efficiency, wet grip, and noise level.The EU has committed to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 under the Paris Agreement. Road transport is responsible for about 22% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions, and transport is the only sector where emissions remain higher than in 1990. In order to reach climate neutrality by 2050, the EU wants to cut emissions from transport 60% by 2050, compared with the 1990 level.Tires account…
Access the complete driving times on the Vehicle Infobox
Make the most of your Vehicle Infobox in Frotcom, by accessing extra information about your drivers' activity in the new Complete Driving Times panel.The Complete driving times panel of the Vehicle Infobox conveniently displays the information from all the other Driving times panels, as well as some extra lines with more data regarding the period, the breaks, and the amplitude of the driver.Specific lines like the Beginning of the period, Duration of the last break, and Amplitude can be quickly visible in this panel…