Tag: fleet

Two-thirds of businesses ready to go electric, claims Geotab report

Connected transport solutions provider Geotab Inc. has found that two-thirds of vehicles (cars and vans) operated by private and public sector organisations in the UK are ready to go electric — contrary to increasing industry and media pessimism around electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Geotab’s  ‘Taking Charge: On the Road to an EV Future’ report analysed driver…
Chris Price Electric Vehicles

From Data to Delivery: How Analytics is Shaping the Future of Fleet Operations

Analytics has become the cornerstone of effective fleet management, offering unprecedented insights into every aspect of operations, from efficiency and safety to environmental impact. As the complexity of managing a mixed fleet of vehicles grows, so does the importance of leveraging data to streamline and optimise operations. Analytics provides a comprehensive view of fleet performance,…
Tech Digest Correspondent Transport

The BBC's TV detector vans are simply a form of psychological warfare

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The UK’s Information Commissioner, who’s been a very busy man/department recently, declined a freedom of information request to reveal how many TV license detector vans the BBC operates – because it might stop people believing they exist.

The shadowy fleet of TV-detecting vans is supposed to be able to pick up tell-tale signs that a TV’s being used inside a house, but the ICO ruled that revealing how many vans the BBC actually operates – and the technology they use – might undermine the level of threat they pose. And lead to us not bothering to pay our licence fees any more…

Gary Cutlack Digital set-top boxes, Gadgets, Home Appliances, Home cinema, Intellectual Property, Science, Software, TVs

Google planning offshore, tax-evading, auto-powering, floating data warehouses

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Google is planning to launch a fleet of ships to house its search operations. These ships will power themselves by harnessing wave energy. The “water-based data centres” will cool themselves using the sea.

This staggering and frankly unbelievable lurch into piracy was revealed by The Times, which says Google will also benefit by avoiding paying tax on its data warehousing spaces by housing some of its facilities in international waters…

Gary Cutlack Internet, Science, Web 2.0, Websites, Weirdness