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Fleet telematics
Fleet telematics
Commercial vehicles can automatically transmit data about travel times and road conditions to a central computer, which in turn pushes the info out to other trucks in the fleet, allowing them to adjust routes and save time, gas, and money.


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Last updated April 27 2011: 6:57 AM ET
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