Teletrac Navman has introduced the Electric Vehicle Readiness Tool, aimed at supporting fleet operators with the move over to electric vehicles.
The company says the web-based, automated A.I. tool integrates with the Teletrac Navman advanced suite of fleet management and tracking platforms and analyzes all telematics data to provide operators with detailed recommendations of where electric vehicles could be adopted into their operation.
Teletrac Navman says the smart algorithms behind the Electric Vehicle Readiness Tool inform fleets of the feasibility of switching and calculate the total cost of ownership of an electric vehicle switch versus the existing fleet (purchase price, residual value, taxes, insurance, maintenance, electricity costs), as well as the total CO2 and fuel savings the business would generate.
The company says the Electric Vehicle Readiness Tool will recommend the ideal electric vehicles to switch to and advise on how many and what type of chargers are required to run those vehicles. It can also calculate the cost of the chargers and where they should be located to ensure no loss of battery based on the trips being taken.
The Electric Vehicle Readiness Tool uses A.I. together with historical telematics data to provide an evaluation for fleet operators, Teletrac Navman says, adding the platform analyzes data from the average number of trips overall and per vehicle, the distance, regularity, usage times, usage patterns, and time spent moving versus idle.
The Electric Vehicle Readiness Tool is currently only available in Europe; Teletrac Navman says it will be introduced into the U.S. market “in the near term.”
