Press Releases
June 22, 2012
Are Heavy-Duty Hybrids and Electrics Right for your Fleet?
In the past decade, hybrid and electric vehicle technologies in heavy-duty fleets have become more accessible with the support of government regulations, grants and incentive programs. These policies, coupled with fuel price instability and increased pressure and motivation to mitigate climate change have resulted in several fleet operators, in both the private and public sectors, to run pilot projects that integrated these vehicles into[…]
April 17, 2012
FleetCarma collaborates with universities to design a prototype EV for General Motors Competition
FleetCarma is very happy to be working in collaboration with a group of graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University as they design and build a prototype vehicle in partnership with General Motors. These students are participating in a three-year collegiate competition called EcoCAR2, which challenges them to re-engineer a donated 2013 Chevrolet Malibu into a plug-in electric[…]
March 27, 2012
Azure joins Think in bankruptcy protection. Is the Electric Vehicle revival doomed? Insight from an insider.
Azure Dynamics filed for bankruptcy protection last night. The news stung. I have friends that work there. Even if anyone following the stock could see that cash was needed, and knowing this will let them emerge stronger than ever, it stings when the headline is read. As the Italian Stallion says “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows”. And this is all too true[…]
March 7, 2012
Integrating EVs into the smart grid of the future
The following editorial by Ted Kristsonis at MediaPlanet, featured an interview with Matthew Stevens, CEO and Co-founder of FleetCarma’s parent company CrossChasm Technologies, and appeared in the Engineering & Infrastructure Special Report in the National Post on March 2nd, 2012. Integrating EVs into the smart grid of the future Electric vehicles are hailed as a game changer for transportation and the environment. However, utilizing the car[…]
March 2, 2012
March 2012 Release – FleetCarma Total Cost of Ownership & Electric Vehicle Monitoring
Some months you renovate the kitchen. Other months you install new curtains. This month we grabbed our IKEA cards and got us some new curtains, a bunch of them. No massive overhauls, but a lot of requested touches that we think you’ll like: Français. This one’s big. The entire backend is now available in French. Big thanks to Simon for all his work on[…]
January 23, 2012
FleetCarma Sponsors EcoCAR2 Competition
FleetCarma joins the likes of General Motors, the U.S. Department of Energy, Natural Resources Canada, and other organizations in sponsoring the next installment in Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition (AVTCs) called: EcoCAR2 – Plugging into the Future. The competitions have been managed by the Argonne National Laboratory for 23 years and the goal of this three-year competition is to challenge university and college students to[…]
October 19, 2011
FleetCarma Wins Deloitte Technology Green 15 Award
WATERLOO, ON, October 19, 2011 — FleetCarmaTM is a winner of the prestigious Deloitte Technology Green 15TM Award, an award created in 2007 to showcase 15 Canadian companies that are leading the way to create major breakthroughs in the field of green technology. “The Deloitte Technology Green 15 Award recognizes those Canadian companies that offer solutions to global environmental challenges by creating intellectual property and[…]
July 22, 2011
CrossChasm Partners with Green Intelligent Transportation Systems
CrossChasm Technologies, FleetCarma’s parent company, has recently partnered with Green ITS, a collaborative research project focused on developing innovative technologies that will collectively improve fuel efficiency and safety, while reducing emissions, manufacturing costs, and traffic congestion. Supported by the Ontario Research Fund, Green Intelligent Transportation Systems (Green ITS) is a world class research program focused on addressing serious environmental and safety concerns through an[…]
