Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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26 commercial carrier journal | march 2017 According to a Frost & Sullivan report released last month, connected truck services are expected to generate $5.41 billion in revenues this year. The biggest gainers are expected to be fleet management systems, digital freight brokering, autonomous trucks, Big Data and video safety systems. If you have a truck built around 2010 or later, it's already online. It's telling dispatch where it is and how fast it's going. It's sending engine diagnostics information to the maintenance department. The truck is a rolling blabber- mouth, spouting its vitals to whoever is tuned in to listen. If the "Uberization of trucking" that you hear so much about ever actually happens, guess how that will take place. By 2020, Frost & Sullivan estimates that 35 million trucks will be connected globally. If you've ever called for an Uber ride, you use their app, which accesses your location and the location of your ride via your phone's GPS signal. All of this information will carve another sliver from the millions of gigs flying around space, thanks to the giant network of data capabilities. Apple claims to sell about half a million iPhones every day. Apple delivers about 1.4 times more iPhones globally in one day than the number of humans being born. According to Pew Research, 68 percent of all adults in the United States Hauling data Truck services moving toward connected mobility T he capability to consume data is everywhere, and Americans are swallowing it at record rates on the road. Chevrolet says its customers in the United States used 4,220 terabytes of data last year through its AT&T-en- abled OnStar platform, an increase of nearly 200 percent over 2015. at's more than 4.2 million giga- bytes – almost 33,000 of the high- est-capacity iPad Pros – and this kind of connectivity isn't limited to families streaming Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to keep Junior quiet in the backseat. Connected mobility is more secure and reliable than ever, and the effi- ciency and speed with which it can transfer data is making it a valuable tool for something other than crush- ing candy. PRODUCT REVIEWS, OEM & SUPPLIER NEWS AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT TRENDS BY JASON CANNON BIGGER BYTE: Connected truck ser- vices are expected to generate $5.41 billion in revenues in 2017. THE FUTURE IS HAPPENING: If you have a truck built around 2010 or later, it's already online. SHIFTING MARKET: The move toward an on-highway business sup- ported by apps is ongoing. A personal device offers a lot of flexibility versus a fixed-mount company-owned gadget.