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Improve your Driving Times using Restriction rules
Learn how to better optimize your Driving Times using Frotcom’s Restriction Rules functionality.
A set of options is available for you to control and improve your fleet Driving times using Restriction rules. These rules allow you to calculate Nearest vehicles and Directions, both for a single driver or a Driving Team.
To activate the driving time restriction rules, first, enable the option in Administration > Account - Driving conditions - Driving time restriction.
To start calculating Directions and Nearest Vehicles you just need to open the Settings popup, select Use driving time…
Passenger Land Transport fight for survival during COVID-19
The passenger land transport industry is practically stopped due to the pandemic containment measures.
As the COVID-19 pandemic containment measures forced millions of people to stay home, passenger transport operations had an almost overnight standstill for hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Apart from limited urban services, some companies report an activity decrease of at least 90% for intercity and 100% for…
4 Top Trends in Fleet Management
Discover 4 fleet management trends that will help you reduce costs, mitigate risk, and improve productivity.
According to a survey from TD Bank in 2019, more than half of fleet managers (52%) worry about driver shortages, economic conditions, and mostly about keeping up with technology in their fleet management activities.
Fleet managers all over the world recognize the increasing importance of integrating technology in their daily activities…
Mobile workforce management
You monitor the screen in the dispatch room as each transportation service progresses. Immediately you spot a service with an Estimated Time of Arrival later than planned. You can act before it's too late and the delivery time period is missed.
Electric Vehicles: Recession or acceleration due to COVID-19?
The COVID-19 pandemic has been producing economic, political, and social disruptions not seen in decades, and the impact on car production industries has already been massive in countries around the world.
The Electric vehicles (EV) market is particularly vulnerable in the recent pandemic scenario. According to research from GlobalData, the lower oil prices as a result of the COVID-19 crisis could reduce electric vehicle demand and impair European…
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,…