Category: Features

Sweden is one of the smaller northern European countries, making up a significant part of Scandinavia with Norway and Finland. With a population of some

If you are required to drive in Austria you will be lucky enough to drive in one of the most driver-friendly countries in the world;

“If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em – or buy ‘em’”. That appears to be the approach taken by the major daily rental operators

Autonomous driving, where vehicles use sensors and computers to automate the driving of a vehicle is perhaps the ultimate use of telematics. What is certain

Poland has a population of 38.6 million, but in 2015 registered just 355,000 new cars and imported over 800,000 used cars. Add that dynamic

Famed for its banking sector, manufacture of chocolate and watchmaking, Switzerland is a comparatively small European country. The US Central Intelligence Agency describes the country

If you drive on business in Poland you will need to keep your wits about you and be alert at all times, as the country

After reading the UK Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) guide to driving in Poland on p31, you might be thinking that the roads are poor,

While big corporations are well aware of the advantages and drawbacks of operational leasing – often referred to as contract hire or full‐service leasing if

According to ABA-Invest in Austria the automotive sector in the country generates €43 billion in revenues annually and employs some 370,000 people in 700 companies.

Business cars account for around half the new registrations in Austria, a market that saw ups and downs in 2015. It began slowly, according to

Autonomous driving, where vehicles use sensors and computers to automate the driving of a vehicle is perhaps the ultimate use of telematics. What is certain

Mobile applications, ‘apps’ have brought a new dimension to telematics for fleet drivers by helping them to find useful information or making bookings on the

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor Corporation Total sales 2014: 4,835,000 Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea Global market share: 6.2%   Tucson delivers sales boost Hyundai Motor posted total

Mexico may be comparatively small compared with its northern neighbour, the United States of America, but it is the fifth largest country on the American

Will we have to re‐define what we know today as telematics? As technologies develop, the simple exchange of data between a moving vehicle and fleet

Mexico as a country is benefiting from a renaissance currently as more private investment is heading the country’s way as the government has carried out

Expecting a chaotic and haphazard experience? Well that’s not the case at all. Many of the country’s major routes have been extensively renewed and are

While truck, bus and even van fleets have happily embraced telematics in markets all over the world, car fleets have been far more reluctant to

Belgium’s new car market is continuing to track a similar level of sales to 2014 with 392,522 cars sold to the end of September, a

ITS can help reduce CO2 Apart from the convenience and safety features that connected cars can bring, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) believes that

Fly into London’s Heathrow Airport and arrange to be chauffeured into the centre of the capital by Tristar Worldwide and you will be travelling in

The Belgium automotive industry got off to a quiet start in 2015. Ford had closed the Ghenk factory in December 2014 after 50 years of

The connected car was the theme at the Frankfurt Show this year. Opel launched its OnStar connectivity system in Europe, while other manufacturers were also

Manufacturer: Honda Total sales 2014: 3,560,000 Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan Global market share: 5.0%   Importance of SUV sales Honda reported consolidated unit sales of 3,513,000

  The United States of America was the birthplace of motor vehicle mass production and the automobile remains a potent force in the country. That

The UK-based Thatcham Research centre is funded by the British insurance industry and works to reduce claims costs in vehicle safety, security and repair. As

  Commercial vehicle drivers of all nationalities heading across France towards the roll‐on/roll‐off ferry port at Calais are acutely aware that they may be inadvertently

in 1906, almost twenty years after the first practical electric car was built, the Anderson Electric Company was founded in the city of Detroit. Its

Further to my article published in the August edition of International Fleet World, and following a flurry of late activity amongst EU stakeholders over the