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Kinesis by UK Fuels Merges Fuel Card and Telematics Data
UK Fuels, the fuel car provider, which is part of Crewe based Radius Payment Solutions, has introduced a new product that fully integrates fuel card and telematics data to improve overall cost control for fleet managers.
The company, which has around 1.5 million fuel cards in circulation, has launched a telematics service called Kinesis, which is claimed to be the first telematics solution specifically developed to allow customers to link their fuel card transactions with their vehicles movements. Customers are able to assign a fuel card or multiple cards to a specific vehicle and then run MPG reports that pull the fuel transactions through from UK Fuels’ card system.
Kinesis independently measures the distances that each individual vehicle travels between fueling points and uses this to calculate the most accurate MPG possible. Fleet Managers are not dependent on
manually entered or collected odometer readings that so often make it impossible to get accurate figures.
Kinesis, a cloud-based telematics solution, enables fleet managers to monitor their vehicles on any web-enabled device. The web-based functionality was developed in- house, while the hardware was provided by telematics specialist Matrix.
It offers customers: a live map highlighting vehicle and driver locations; journey histor y over a self-selected time period; and driver performance through four reports – speeding, harsh acceleration, harsh braking and idling – with drivers receiving an individual score against each criteria which is then amalgamated into an overall driver score.
Vehicle performance, which sees fuel transaction data fed into the system to deliver mpg information, is also provided. With Kinesis, UK Fuels is
aiming to expand the use of telematics to smaller and medium sized fleets, which make up the bulk of the company’s customer base. In a recent interview, CEO Bill
within the next two-to-three years.”
In order to attract smaller fleets, UK Fuels are offering free trials so fleet managers can see what they are going to get before they
Holmes was quoted as saying; “Although use of telematics is more widespread, there still sees to be a misconception that it’s only affordable for large fleets and businesses. We want to have tens of thousands of telematics units in vehicles
start. The company also does not ask for long-term contracts, so customers are free to add and remove vehicles at any time with no penalties or termination fees.
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