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City of Austin, Texas: Managing fleets with telematics in a once-in-a-century storm

The City of Austin, Texas’ fleet operations services an inter-city region of 4,200 square miles and needed an enterprise solution to cut costs, improve efficiency and increase its safety profile. It found a solution in Geotab, which was successfully put to the test in February 2021 during Winter Storm Uri. The once-in-a-century storm caused massive […]

How to Get Drivers to Accept Dash Cams: Fleet Managers Playbook

In today’s competitive industry, safety is one of the best ways to differentiate your fleet. Utilizing in-cab video telematics is one of the most effective methods to achieve that. But getting drivers to use dash cams can be challenging. Many commercial drivers feel they are intrusive, limit their independence, and/or think dash cams are only there to spy on […]

ELD mandate: Suggesting edits to verified HOS logs

Learn more about new changes to driver log editing based on updated U.S. and Canadian ELD mandates. In accordance with the ELD mandate in the U.S. and Canada, administrators for MyGeotab and Geotab Drive will now only be able to suggest edits to a driver’s log once the logs are verified. This is a necessary change to comply with […]

Motivate drivers with fleet gamification

Learn about fleet gamification and how it can help your fleet improve driver safety, cut costs and achieve productivity. Looking for a great way to motivate drivers and improve their behavior? Try gamification. Companies are using gamification for employee motivation and much more, from marketing products to promoting social causes. Research and Markets forecasts that the […]

What is GPS?

Discover everything you need to know about GPS and how it is used today. GPS, or the Global Positioning System, is a global navigation satellite system that provides location, velocity and time synchronization.   GPS is everywhere. You can find GPS systems in your car, your smartphone and your watch. GPS helps you get where […]

Learn more about new changes to driver log editing based on updated U.S. and Canadian ELD mandates.

We have gotten regular inquiry from customers regarding editing their logs. In accordance with the ELD mandate in the U.S. and Canada, administrators for MyGeotab and Geotab Drive will now only be able to suggest edits to a driver’s log once the logs are verified. This is a necessary change to comply with the Transport Canada mandate and the U.S. ELD […]

Introducing the Geotab OEM Ford & General Motors Data Platform

The Geotab OEM Ford & GM Data Platform makes it possible to integrate third-party information from OEM vehicles and equipment into MyGeotab. Geotab has always believed in an open platform approach to enable customers get more value out of our products. In continuation of the same objective, we have developed the OEM Data Platform. This solution […]

How does “Chipageddon” affect your fleet

With the pandemic disrupting supply chains, several industries are feeling the pain. From Automakers, which use 50 to 150 chips per vehicle, to GPS companies who use chips in their devices. Several telematics companies are reporting shortages in their supply chains. This ripple effect will be felt for a while, however, if you have a […]

Expandability with Geotab

You bought the GPS, now what? Besides the amazing reporting, tracking, HOS, and maintenance tracking, Geotab goes beyond the typical offerings with SDK. Geotab incorporates and open API to give you your data how you want it. If you want to simplify or automate a process, or maybe even add a unique functionality to support […]

Fleet Savings & Geotab

What if you could see exactly what driver behaviors affected your bottom line? Did you know that behaviors such as hard acceleration, harsh braking, harsh cornering, speeding seatbelt usage and idling can affect your wallet? Maybe a FREE downloadable report that can easily be dropped into your Geotab database would have these answers. The Fleet […]