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Do you have a burning question about EVs that Google Search just hasn’t been able to help you with? It’s time to douse that fire. We’re excited to launch the #AskFleetCarma show, where we take your questions, and you guessed it… answer them. We have been designing, modeling, monitoring, owning, and talking EVs for years, and feel we’re up to the task. Every month[…]

FleetCarma’s electric vehicle logging technology was profiled in the Record’s Technology Spotlight.  The Technology Spotlight is an annual feature that profiles some of the most exciting companies and technologies in the Waterloo region. The full article can be accessed through the link below. The team at CrossChasm/FleetCarma greatly appreciates the coverage of the work we’re doing to help accelerate the industry’s move to a more fuel efficient[…]

FleetCarma is proud to have been selected to make three presentations during EV2014VÉ Conference and Trade Show in Vancouver, Oct. 28-30, 2014. The presentations include: “Electric Vehicle Deployment in the Municipal Fleet” during the Service Vehicles technical session. “Making the Smart Grid Work for Cities and Utilities with Intelligent Use and Deployment of Electric Vehicles” during the Smart Grid Integration technical session. “EV Performance[…]

A Summary Report provides further detail on the program and results.(Click to View Report) As part of the Plug In BC program, Fraser Basin Council and FleetCarma, with funding made available from the Ministry of Environment in British Columbia, have completed an innovative electric vehicle (EV) adoption program with nine fleet operators in the province of B.C. The purpose of the program was to[...]

You turn the key in the ignition. Your vehicle starts up, you pull on your seat belt, check your phone for a last minute client update, set away work materials. How much time goes by? Just a few seconds? When we looked at real-world data we found that 37% of idling events last 1 minute or longer occur within the first 3 minutes of[…]

Many electricity providers have started implementing time of use rates for billing. These rates provide an incentive for consumers to shift their electrical demand off-peak.  Homeowners can take advantage of this by moving their power hungry tasks (such as washing and drying clothes) to the evening, instead of the middle of the day. Fleets can take advantage of these rates by shifting their electric[…]

Update: We’ve updated the labeling on the graphic included, another thank you to some eagle eyed commenters! When we released real-world data showing how the ranges of Chevrolet Volts and Nissan Leafs changed with plummeting temperatures we wanted to show not just overall trends, but how much variation existed from trip to trip. This time we took it a few steps further. With this[…]

As mentioned in our most recent blog post there is a huge amount of sway a driver has over the resulting performance of their vehicle.  Though there are many external factors such as road conditions and temperature that affect the performance of vehicles, a driver’s behavior can mitigate negative factors and help to consistently drive up fuel efficiency at the same time. There are[…]

Back in January we published graphs showing the impact a cold weather snap was having on the real-world range of the Nissan Leaf. A lot of owners and potential owners have contacted us to say they found the results really useful.  Current owners wanted to know if what they were experiencing was normal.  And potential owners wanted to get a level of comfort of[…]