Electric vehicles are quickly becoming a more popular option as part of a business fleet, this has led fleet managers to change current systems or look for specialized equipment that can provide the same details that a regular vehicle tracker can provide. This is where RAM Tracking comes in, we can help you successfully monitor your sustainable fleet.
At first glance, it can seem difficult waters to tread with electric vehicle tracking, but that's where RAM Tracking can help. Our specialist equipment gives you powerful insights into the most important aspects of your fleet. With businesses moving towards more environmentally friendly fleets, we want to help you implement tracking to ensure you can make informed decisions to help you to run your EV fleet with ease.
Electric vehicles are generally higher in price than a vehicle that relies on regular fuel, and that is why tracking these your EVs is so important - you can ensure your drivers are properly looking after your vehicles. Additionally, having tracking in place can help to bring down insurance premiums.
RAM Tracking provides you with actionable data so tracking your electric vehicles is as easy a process as possible.
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One of the best aspects of using an electric vehicle tracking system is that it is easy to quickly find the drivers that are wasting a lot of time idling. Simply enter the RAM Tracking web app and take a look at the timeline to see:
idling is where the ignition is on, but the vehicle is not moving. This could be to do with heavy traffic or it could be a driver taking an extended break. Understanding idle time allows you to understand which drivers are wasting vehicle charge, you have to keep in mind that it takes a lot longer to recharge a vehicle than it does to refuel a vehicle.
This is why it's important to reduce idle time within your fleet, properly training your drivers helps you to keep your fleet productive and reduce the amount of money that is spent of recharging your vehicles.
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Analyzing your driver's routes through the RAM Tracking app allows you to proactively optimize their routes so efficiencies can be made and additional jobs can be completed throughout the day. When you properly utilize our system, you can create more efficient routes whilst saving hundreds of dollars per week.
By using an electric vehicle tracking solution you can carry out a route replay on individual drivers so you can see the overall journey throughout the day, you can then take the time to properly ensure that there are fewer stops and unnecessary detours throughout the day. Make your decisions based on real-time location information to ensure that you can allocate work to the closest driver to the job - ensure that all jobs are completed throughout the day.
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Electric fleet solutions allow you to monitor your driver behaviours, for example, ensure that they are not rapidly speeding or harshly braking, when your drivers are out on the road in a company vehicle, they are representing the business, so it is important that your drivers are appropriately driving behind the wheel. Additionally, ensuring that your drivers are being sensible behind the wheel it will make sure that speed your vehicle deteriorates is much slower.
Electric vehicle fleet tracking is a fantastic way of making sure that they stick to the speed limits of the road, the fleet manager can check the route replay and see immediately if they have been speeding.
Dash cams are being seen as a preventative measure, which means that insurance companies are more likely to reduce the cost of your insurance. Additionally, there is a psychological impact on the driver - it has been shown that there is a 33% improvement in driver behaviour when a dash cam installed.
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Accurate ETAs for customers
Your drivers can be caught in traffic without warning, or a job may take longer to complete than was originally expected, at this point, it's important to update the next customer with plenty of time so they know what's happening. This previously would require a driver to call you to alert you that they're going to be late then the business calling the customer so they know what is happening.
By effectively using the electric vehicle fleet management system, you are able to go into the RAM Tracking app and you can look at any and all of your drivers and their current location. This will help you understand if they have left the job site when expected allowing you to call the customer and alert them of the updated ETA.
Alternatively, if a driver gets stuck in heavy traffic and there is no chance that they will make it to the job, even at a later time slot, you can use the RAM Tracking app to locate your closest employee to the job so you can send them to go and complete the job on the drivers' behalf. This keeps your jobs running smoothly and ensures your customers still have high faith in you.
Get A QuoteElectric vehicle tracking allows your business to monitor and extract data based on the location and status of the electric vehicles that are in your fleet in real-time. It utilises GPS and other sensors to give you the vehicle's current location as well as transmit data back to the central server. This can be accessed by authorised personnel through a web-based dashboard or a mobile app.
As electric vehicles are a different type of vehicle to usual, Electric vehicle tracking will tend to use additional sensors and monitoring capabilities to ensure that you are receiving the most accurate information. It helps to account for the unique characteristics of EVs, such as, the battery life and its current charging status.
Electric vehicle charging is a lot more diverse than it once was - you will find that it is capable of tracking a wider range of electric vehicles than was previously possible. You can track a variety of electric cars, vans and even trucks with modern electric vehicle tracking.
You will very quickly notice an increase in your fleet's efficiency and productivity once you implement electric vehicle tracking across your fleet. Real-time location and status updates allow you to provide a more accurate ETA to your customers, this will help to enhance your customer service. The utilisation of data in the right way will help your company reduce unnecessary mileage which will help reduce the number of times that you need to recharge your electric vehicles, saving you money.
It will be a short period of time before you notice just how electric vehicle tracking saves your business money. You simply take in the data you have received which allows you to proactively optimise your routes, this will help to reduce the amount of unnecessary mileage that your drivers cover. By doing this, your electric vehicle will not consume as much charge in the same period of time as well as reducing the number of times your vehicle needs to go to recharge (which will help to reduce your costs on fuel). You will also be able to see any and all inefficiencies or issues that are within your fleet, this could include something such as unauthorised use or excessive idling which will cost a lot of money. These alone will lead to cost savings on maintenance and repairs.
Electric vehicle tracking allows you to monitor your driver behaviour, this can show you serious safety issues such as instances of speeding, harsh braking and more. You can utilise this information and coach drivers who have particularly poor driving habits so that you can reduce the overall risk of accidents and damage to your electric fleet.
You will find that electric vehicle tracking has a high level of accuracy, you will find that it is accurate to around 3-5 metres, but you must keep in mind the various elements that may impact the accuracy of your tracking. The main issue you will encounter is the GPS signal dropping too low, this can be impacted by the area that you are in or even the presence of buildings and other various tall structures that can interfere with the signal. Keep in mind though that the information will not just disappear, it will retain the information for you to utilize when the signal returns.
If the tracking system is being used for legitimate business purposes, then yes, electric vehicle tracking is legal. As a business owner that owns a fleet of vehicles, you may add tracking to your electric fleet of vehicles.
Whilst there are some vehicle tracking systems that are vulnerable to tampering and general interference, most modern systems are designed to be tamper-proof. They will have defenses against tampering which will alert the fleet manager if someone has tried to tamper with the tracker, additionally, it also provides you with encrypted transmission of data as well as finally, most trackers will have a backup power source which ensures that even if they try to cut the power, you will still have continuous tracking updates from the device.
The cost of an electric vehicle tracking system will depend on your provider as well as the features that you need. You will also find you have a lower cost based on the length of time your contract is for. Additionally, you will find some providers ask for a one-time purchase or an installation fee whilst others do not charge for installation. If you want an accurate quote, it's best to get in touch with your provider.
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