Press Releases
July 23, 2019
National Grid launches “SmartCharge Rhode Island” to study EV owners charging experience
National Grid Rhode Island recently launched an electric vehicle (EV) pilot initiative to gain greater insight on EV charging patterns across the state. “SmartCharge Rhode Island” is a two-year study to provide National Grid with more information to help prepare for the future adoption of electric vehicles. The program is being offered in partnership with FleetCarma, a division of Geotab Inc. and a connected[…]
December 12, 2018
FleetCarma Gets Room to Grow with New Home at Catalyst137
FleetCarma, a Geotab Company, today announced it will be settling into a new home in Kitchener-Waterloo’s IoT hub, Catalyst137. Moving from its current office location in Northeast Waterloo in early 2019, FleetCarma will be growing its presence in the KW area as the electric vehicle technology company faces rapid expansion. The move brings leading electric vehicle technology to the heart of Kitchener-Waterloo tech community.[…]
October 3, 2018
Xcel Energy helping cities and organizations drive toward an electric vehicle future
Xcel Energy is working with a range of Minnesota cities and organizations to help them prepare for an electric vehicle future. As more electric vehicle models come onto the market, they’re becoming increasingly appealing to fleet owners as a way to lower costs and their carbon footprint. HealthPartners and the cities of Bloomington, Faribault, Fridley, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, St. Louis Park, White Bear[…]
September 12, 2018
SmartCharge Nashville to Help Prepare City for Growing Power Demand From Electric Vehicle Drivers
FleetCarma and The Tennessee Valley Authority, with Nashville Electric Service and Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation has launched SmartCharge Nashville. This project will be a voluntary study in and around the Nashville area to understand how the city can prepare for a growing number of electric vehicles. Would-be electric vehicle (EV) owners often question vehicle driving range – how far an EV can drive before[…]
August 20, 2018
Nebraska’s Lincoln Electric System Charges Ahead with an Electric Vehicle Study to Understand Charging Demand on the Grid
Lincoln Electric System (LES), the public power utility in Nebraska’s capital city, has begun an Electric Vehicle (EV) study to better understand the impact that EV charging will have on its system’s demand. Utilities are responsible for ensuring that the power system is ready for more EV drivers, and LES’ study will help answer these questions by measuring the current needs of its community’s EV[…]
April 27, 2018
FleetCarma has been named as a 2018 Grid Edge Innovation Award winner by Greentech Media.
FleetCarma was selected from hundreds of nominations and will be presented the award at Grid Edge Innovation Summit in June in San Francisco, California. Canada is the home of our next EV-related award-winning project. Dubbed Charge the North, the project includes 10 Canadian utilities and FleetCarma, a provider of fleet monitoring and logistics hardware and software. FleetCarma’s devices have been collecting detailed EV charging[…]
January 17, 2018
Alectradrive workplace, an electric vehicle charging pilot launch
A new electric vehicle workplace charging project is set to launch in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The ‘Alectra Drive for the Workplace’ project is a smart EV charging system which balances electricity needs to mitigate potential utility costs and provides an easy, accessible charging solution for employees which encourages the adoption of electric cars. Although the announcement is taking place in early 2018, much of the ‘ground-work’ for[…]
January 10, 2018
SRP Studying How the Increasing Number of EV Drivers Will Impact the Grid
As more drivers invest in electric vehicles (EVs), energy consumption due to vehicle charging is expected to increase as well. With an eye on this upward trend, Salt River Project is working with the Electric Power Research Institute on a study to determine how this will impact the grid in the future. SRP is one of the first utilities in the country to commission[…]
November 24, 2017
FleetCarma Honoured at the 2017 Ontario Export Awards
On November 21, 2017, FleetCarma and 10 other Ontario firms excelling abroad were honoured at the 2017 Ontario Export Awards. This award is designed to highlight Ontario business with a growing international footprint. We won the “Transportation Equipment” category for the development of our telematics technology platform that monitors and models electric vehicle use, delivery data to optimize EV fleet policy. Other winners included: GreenMantra Recycling[…]
November 9, 2017
FleetCarma named one of Canada’s Companies-to-Watch in the 2017 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
FleetCarma received a Companies-to-Watch award that recognizes early-stage companies with strong growth potential. As part of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program, the Companies-to-Watch Award category honors Canadian technology companies that demonstrate promising potential to be a future Technology Fast 50 candidate.
