WORLD ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
October
7th, 2005
Fifty Ways to Cut Automotive Fuel Costs
Doubling Your Gas Mileage
A Nine Part Series
Part 8 of 9
Navigation Software – Savings for Business Car Fleets and Individuals
Tool
Navigation software that informs drivers of congested
roads and the shortest routes is another way for the individual, taxi cab drivers and large scale service and distribution
fleets, such as chauffeurs and delivery trucks, to save on gas mileage. Another trend related to navigation software, is driver
behavioral monitoring. This type of software monitors the speed of the vehicle, sudden stopping and fast acceleration. All
wired to the supervisor at headquarters, it can be used to train gas-saving driving habits into employees.
There is also the possibility that eventually drivers
will be able to ask their navigation machine the location of the gas station with the lowest price gasoline on the travel
route. Such a feature could save anywhere from 5 to 10 percent on gasoline costs.
Companies involved in the navigation and vehicle monitoring
market include Remote Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: REDI), and @Road(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:ARDI). @Road, at this point, doesn’t
appear to have any trouble gathering customers. Its recent customer wins in the transportation and distribution industry include
Beacon Roofing Supply, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Builders Material Transport, Inc., Kleenco Construction, One Transportation Services,
Inc. and Reliable Wholesale Lumber, Inc.
@Road, which refers to its products as of Mobile Resource
Management (MRM) and intelligent field service automation solutions, recently linked with Cingular Wireless to further the
functionality of its product and enhance the marketing of its navigation software.
News Artilces From the Perfect Display are Below
September 15th, 2005
@Road and Cingular Align to Reduce Business’ Fuel Bills
@Road and Cingular Align to Reduce Business’ Fuel
Bills
As roads clog and fuel prices rise, the importance of picking the best route at the best time becomes essential
not only for productivity’s sake but also to save fuel costs.
To help reduce the effect of traffic routes on business
costs, @Road has entered into an agreement with Cingular Wireless to co-market Mobile Resource Management (MRM) Solutions
and Wireless Business Solutions together. @Road’s MRM solutions are intended to improve asset and fleet management in
the areas of transportation, consumer packaged goods and telecommunications. @Roads products permit vans, trucks and cars
to find, on-demand, the fastest route to a destination and to minimize fuel costs as well as comply with city ordinances.
As part of the agreement, @Road solutions will be integrated
with Cingular’s nationwide GSPR / EDGE network. Laura Johnson, director of enterprise solutions at Cingular Wireless
commented on the business ecosystem, "@Road is at the forefront of developing and offering innovative solutions that help
enterprise customers in a number of industries improve the productivity of their mobile workforces while reducing field service
delivery costs. Expanding our alliance ecosystem with a leading MRM solutions provider such as @Road provides our enterprise
customers who are looking to more effectively and efficiently manage their mobile workers and resources with end-to-end wireless
and location-based solutions."
