If your fleet tracking technology relies solely on untethered GPS, you’re just keeping an eye on where your mobile devices are located. Not where your vehicles or other, higher-value assets are, nor their activity and performance. Problem with limited fleet visibility is that it limits your ability to pivot, plan, optimize and maximize.

 

Detailed fleet tracking and insights make you better able to optimize across more operational categories. Cost management, fuel usage, asset utilization, route efficiency, inventory control, driver hours, safety and compliance—the list is almost endless.

 

You need to know more than what untethered, GPS-only tracking can tell you. You also need to know vehicle activity, health and performance, all of which premium, tethered fleet tracking delivers directly from the vehicle to you, in near real time. See a side-by-side comparison.

Untethered, GPS-only tracking can’t capture detail.

These tracking solutions provide location data for the mobile device on which the software or app is installed. These solutions aren’t designed to paint a full picture because their type of technology isn’t directly tied to the vehicle.

Premium, tethered telematics tell all.

These fleet tracking solutions leave nothing to the imagination. They paint a complete picture of the vehicle’s location and activity.

 

Their telematics control unit (TCU) connects directly to the vehicle’s databus and streams a rich array of data directly from your fleet.

 

Activity, usage and performance—you get it all, in near real time.

 

  • Location and activity for responding to concerns
  • Diagnostics for preventing breakdowns and downtime
  • Fuel usage and idling for enhancing efficiency
  • PTO engagement for proper operation and efficiency
  • Emissions status for remote compliance without downtime
  • No wandering devices. No lost signals or connectivity issues.

Rely on spotty signals?

Data accuracy and transmission for untethered, GPS-only tracking may be compromised if the signal is blocked, the device is turned off, or someone walks off with the hardware.

 

You might be tracking a tablet or smartphone that’s not even in the vehicle anymore. Or the operator is in a location with poor connectivity. Either way, you won’t know and won’t get true tracking data.

Or maintain visibility.

Premium tethered telematics have multi-connectivity to avoid losing signal and continue capturing the same rich array of vehicle data you expect; big buildings, unfriendly weather, remote locations and all.

 

Tethered telematics don’t stop and always tell the truth.

Remotely comply with CARB, no downtime.

If you’re operating in California, you know how expensive emissions testing to comply with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Clean Truck Check (CTC) program can be without a certified, remote scanning solution. A premium, tethered fleet tracking solution can be set to run remote scans automatically, even while the vehicle is away and in motion.

 

  • No downtime.
  • No third-party testing fees.
  • No buying the certified testing devices yourself.

 

GPS-only systems can’t do that because they’re not connected to the engine.

Still not sure which is right for your fleet?

Any fleet tracking system is an investment. Take a quick look at this infographic for a side-by-side comparison. And download this white paper for more details.