{"id":6294,"date":"2014-06-09T14:24:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T14:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2014-06-09T14:24:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T14:24:23","slug":"citroen-celebrates-100000th-van-fitted-with-teletrac-telematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6294","title":{"rendered":"Citro\u00ebn celebrates 100,000th van fitted with Teletrac telematics"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Citro\u00ebn

The new Citro\u00ebn Relay van — Teletrac telematics is now standard on all Relay, Berlingo and Dispatch vans.<\/p><\/div>\n

All new\u00a0Citro\u00ebn Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay<\/a> panel vans are now fitted with\u00a0the Teletrac telematics system as standard, and\u00a0Citro\u00ebn recently celebrated the registration of\u00a0the 100,000th van to be fitted with the system, which was historically an option.<\/p>\n

Given that the system is set to become so widespread in UK vans, I\u00a0thought I should take a closer look at what Teletrac<\/a>\u00a0telematics\u00a0offers van drivers and operators.<\/p>\n

Teletrac is part of the Trafficmaster<\/a> group, the\u00a0Citro\u00ebn Teletrac package includes Smartnav satellite navigation and Trackstar stolen vehicle tracking.<\/p>\n

It also provides the telematics platform for Teletrac\u2019s optional, low cost, Fleet Director real-time fleet management services.<\/p>\n

The latest Teletrac system fitted to Citro\u00ebn LCVs includes a bigger, higher resolution 5-inch colour screen. This provides greater clarity for the Smartnav map display and the system\u2019s many functions highlighted across the bottom of the screen.<\/p>\n

Save 20,000 days per year<\/h3>\n

Citro\u00ebn claims that the\u00a0Teletrac Smartnav package saves the equivalent of circa 20,000 working days per year due to congestion avoidance. During the course of a year, around 4,000,000 routes are downloaded by Citro\u00ebn LCV drivers. Smartnav Personal Assistants also deal with some 40,000 routing and other queries, including emergency calls.<\/p>\n

The Citro\u00ebn Teletrac system provides significant CO2<\/sub> reductions and running cost savings through more efficient routing and congestion avoidance. It also reduces driver stress levels by up to 33%, with an associated reduction in risk and improved safety. In addition, the Trackstar stolen vehicle recovery system results in a near-100% recovery rate for stolen Citro\u00ebn LCVs \u2013 the majority of which are recovered within one hour.<\/p>\n

Citro\u00ebn is the only manufacturer in the UK to offer LCVs fitted with stolen vehicle tracking as standard.\u00a0 Any Trackstar enabled Citro\u00ebn LCV can be located within moments of it being reported missing. Once a vehicles is confirmed as being stolen, the Trackstar control centre informs the police of the van\u2019s whereabouts \u2013 even if it is still moving \u2013 allowing the police to have a more detailed and accurate location of the vehicle in order to recover it quickly.<\/p>\n

Cut costs<\/h3>\n

The Fleet Director option provides fleet managers with a full range of services, including optimised routing on multi-drop runs, live vehicle reporting, two-way messaging and vehicle or driver management reports, all of which are usually shown to be highly cost effective. Vans can also be \u2018geofenced\u2019 to ensure, and then prove, that they are being used within a specific area and are not used at weekends or out of hours. The system can also be used to record when vehicles arrive and leave specific locations.<\/p>\n

As with most technology in the transport industry,\u00a0its detractors (usually drivers) say that it’s like having a spy in the cab and suggests that their employer doesn’t trust them, or thinks they aren’t competent.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0to think like this is to miss the obvious problem:\u00a0all\u00a0<\/strong>transport is a\u00a0cost\u00a0<\/strong>to businesses —\u00a0high fuel costs and a competitive marketplace mean that all transport operators need to minimise costs, and in many cases the evidence\u00a0that telematics\u00a0saves money is very strong indeed.<\/p>\n

Another benefit is\u00a0customer service: in this day and age, being ‘en-route and out of contact’ simply isn’t good enough: both customers and operators\u00a0expect\u00a0to know where their vans — and drivers — are at all times.<\/p>\n

We will inevitably be seeing much more telematics in years to come — I have little doubt that\u00a0telematics and navigational systems will become as standard as radios and electric windows over the next decade,\u00a0thanks to the benefits they provide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citro\u00ebn has fitted its 100,000th Teletrac telematics system to a Berlingo van. Teletrac is now standard on all Citro\u00ebn Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[120],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6298,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6294\/revisions\/6298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}