The Role of IoT Telematics in Commercial Fleet Insurance
By Greg Oppenheim The insurance industry has experienced long-term stability. However, recent trends are shaking things up, especially for commercial fleet management. Demand for operational efficiency and increased road safety [...]
Telematics Unveiled: Myths, Realities, and Trends in 2024
By Aliaksei Shchurko, CEO at Gurtam Electric vehicles (EVs), self-driving cars, and artificial intelligence (AI) are revolutionizing commercial fleets. Naturally, they are also transforming the work of telematics service [...]
Is it safe to charge your electric vehicle?
Steve Rogerson talks with Andy Davis from NCC about cyber-security problems with electric vehicle chargers. To achieve the penetration of electric vehicles that governments and car makers want, the [...]
My AI drives faster than your AI
Steve Rogerson asks how far should we go in letting AI influence motorsports. Is there anywhere that artificial intelligence (AI) hasn’t parked its tentacles? Should there be anywhere it [...]
Advantech celebrates forty years building an intelligent planet
On the occasion of Advantech’s 40th anniversary, Steve Rogerson talks with co-founder KC Liu about how the company has changed. Back in 1983, you may not have noticed that [...]
Come fly with me, and don’t forget the golf clubs
Steve Rogerson asks if air taxis will become as common as an Uber. There is a scene in the 1997 film Fifth Element where Bruce Willis, playing a taxi [...]
There’s more to smart cities than emptying bins
Steve Rogerson looks at autonomous driving and public transport and how they will merge in future smart cities. My previous blog on the difficulties facing car makers as they [...]
Harder than we thought
Steve Rogerson ponders on why car makers are a little less confident in their autonomous driving predictions. Though we see trials of robotaxis and the like as far apart [...]
How IoT Fleet Telematics Solve Society’s Pressing Issues
Before the pandemic, the U.S. focused on improving urban mobility. Forward-thinking state governments began using the problem — vehicles — as part of the solution. Big data is central [...]
How IoT-Enabled Telematics Devices Protect Assets and Improve Visibility for the Shipping Industry
Since the onset of the pandemic, the global shipping industry has been under the microscope. However, it’s been even more exhaustive with China’s COVID-19 countermeasures in the first half [...]
How Secure are connected vehicles?
Connectivity has the power to transform. However, it doesn’t come without risks. The vast collection of highly sensitive data in connected vehicles necessitates an entirely new level of security, [...]
What can we learn from Lufthansa’s AirTag fiasco?
Steve Rogerson looks at Lufthansa’s self-inflicted PR disaster when it tried to ban AirTags. I was worried this month when the news broke that German airline Lufthansa had decided [...]
