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Fleet telematics connects trucks, vans and service vehicles to the office: GPS location, hours of service, fuel use, engine faults and driver behavior, all in one place. This section covers the platforms fleets buy, from Geotab, Samsara, Motive, Verizon Connect and GPS Insight to the factory-fitted systems from truck makers.
Expect news on ELD compliance, route and fuel savings, driver coaching, maintenance alerts and the integrations that tie telematics data to dispatch, payroll and TMS software. Every story notes what changes for fleet managers.
Coverage spans long-haul trucking, last-mile delivery, utility and service fleets, and government vehicles.
PACCAR announced PACCAR Connect on October 19, 2026, a factory-integrated platform combining an in-cab touchscreen, telematics and fleet applications for Kenworth and Peterbilt Class 8 trucks. Availability is planned for early 2027, according to a report by AD HOC NEWS citing the company.
Continue reading: PACCAR announces PACCAR Connect platform for Kenworth and Peterbilt trucksVehicle-as-a-service platform Coastr has partnered with connected vehicle data firm Volteras to give rental and leasing operators OEM data and remote access without aftermarket devices. Mileage and vehicle health data now covers 31 of the 36 OEM brands Volteras supports, with keyless entry on four makes.
Motive Technologies has launched Agents, autonomous AI tools designed to act on compliance, maintenance, safety and idling issues rather than only alert fleet managers. Per SiliconANGLE, existing customers can deploy them starting October 19, with a feature to build your own Agents planned for early next year.
Velociti's redesigned Velogic dashboard brings technology health, repair tracking and hardware inventory into one portal, alongside its VeloCare managed services program. It adds an AI agent for questions about connected fleet technology, with rollout starting in the fourth quarter of 2026.
SambaSafety's fourth annual Telematics Report, based on 740 fleet, insurance and brokerage professionals, finds fleets are more open to sharing telematics data with insurers than insurers and brokers assume. The share of transportation fleets providing data to insurers rose from 29% in 2025 to 55% in 2026, while more non-sharing fleets say the value is not clear.
Geotab says it has received a certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to integrate the J1979-2 protocol into its Clean Truck Check compliance solution. The company says its GO9 devices can identify which protocol a truck uses and collect the required emissions data without manual steps.
General Motors announced OnStar Fleet Intelligence on Sept. 30, a platform that pulls vehicle data and connected services into one dashboard for fleet operators. It includes a Fleet AI Assistant that answers questions about fuel, idling and utilization in plain language.
Openreach, which operates the UK's second largest commercial fleet, has started a trial of Geotab telematics with volunteer engineers. If the trial succeeds, the system will be deployed across its more than 23,000 company cars and commercial vans.
Samsara's new Compounding Risk Report finds that the 10% of drivers its Risk Model ranks as highest risk accounted for 47% of crashes, and the top 30% accounted for more than three-fourths. The company says the findings can help fleets focus limited coaching time, and it is pairing the model with a new Coaching Priority feature.
Geotab has released Geotab Investigations, a tool that pulls telematics data and supporting evidence into a single case file for crashes, complaints and property damage. The company says it is meant to cut manual work across safety, operations, insurance and legal teams, but it is not a legal-hold system.
WEX has made the Standard Fleet connected vehicle platform available to eligible fleet customers, with features including digital keys, remote vehicle access and deviceless tracking. The platform connects to supported vehicles through manufacturers rather than aftermarket hardware, according to Work Truck Online.
