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Microsoft makes a game of Team building, with benefits

When a movie or TV director wants to show people wasting time at work, it invariably has them playing computer games. See Peter Gibbons in “Office Space” or the Dunder Mifflin employees in “The Office.”…

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Road Conditions & Spending by State: Does More Money Mean Better Roads?

State and local governments spend billions each year on road maintenance and operations, but does it amount to better roads for taxpayers? MoneyGeek analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Census…

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Tips for boosting your electric car range with eco-driving

Regardless of the type of vehicle, our driving behaviour has a significant influence on our vehicle’s range. After ignoring the consequences of our energy consumption behind the wheel for a long time, the economic and…

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Electric vehicle battery: 6 mistakes to avoid to preserve its lifespan

Just like a smartphone battery, your electric vehicle’s battery can go downhill fast if you aren’t careful. If you want to keep battery performance up to scratch, you must take on board the right charging…

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Impact of the acceleration intensity of a passenger car in a road test on energy consumption

The study analyses the effect of acceleration intensity on energy consumption and drive efficiency during a road test for a passenger vehicle. The acceleration was carried out from the assumed initial speed to the target…

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A third of motorists ‘driving differently’ to save cash

A new study by Kia has revealed just how much people have changed their driving habits to save money in the face of a cost of living crisis.

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Charging trial’s survey offers opinions on the ease of charging

“Innovate UK’s ‘Electric Vehicle Network Extender (NetX) Field Trial’ is assessing NetX, a three-socket charger that can extend an existing single charge point. The increase in  capacity allows three times as many EVs to be charged…

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Listening to Led Zeppelin could make you a safer driver

“Rock music is often characterised as having a fast tempo and high sound volume … The findings are useful for the development of effective driver education strategies — in particular, a publicity programme that could…

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Driving tests from around the world | Foray Motor Group

We guide you through all the different driving tests from around the world and look at manoeuvres in each test and rank their difficulty.

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Leaked: 540,000 vehicle tracking accounts

Scary things can happen if you don’t keep your cloud secure…

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These Truckers Work Alongside the Coders Trying to Eliminate Their Jobs

This is a company that employs truck drivers, is how the talk begins. The coders are sometimes taken aback – this differs from the usual change-the-world spiel deployed in hiring meetings. Truckers have very different…

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Are fleet managers ready to embrace UBI?

Interesting look at Fleet managers and Usage Based Insurance. Many fleets use telematics to keep track of their vehicles but that technology is underutilised when buying insurance. Instead of using telematics to get a discount…

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Technology entrepreneur’s use of telematics device in speeding case defence paves way for thousands

Interesting use for the same hardware Hodos is using for our fleetfoot service… A Sunderland, UK-based technology entrepreneur has escaped a charge of speeding by using telematics data. The case is the first of its…

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People who really identify with their car drive more aggressively, study finds

A study conducted by Temple University Fox School of Business finds those who view their car as an extension of themselves have stronger aggressive driving tendencies – personality, attitude and values all contribute to aggressive…

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Long Live Games For Learning

This piece articulates what Hodos has been feeling for sometime – gamification is more than just points and leaderboards – it’s about “mak[ing] fun and learning indistinguishable.” A typical “gamification” concept goes something like this: Take…

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Successfully detecting aggressive driving behaviours from velocity and acceleration

Traffic accidents annually produce 1.3 million fatalities and 50 million injuries worldwide – 70% of these accidents are related to human factors and reckless driving which is the result of excessive or inappropriate speed. A group…

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Driverless cars aren’t the future…

… safer and more efficient driving is! “‘Our research reveals that although many drivers have an understanding of what the car of the future will look like, they aren’t quite ready to try it out…

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Are women better drivers than men? One study has suggested they are…

We’ve been discussing this at hodos media HQ today! “A small sample of 50 drivers faced in-car assessment, and another 200 were watched from the street at Hyde Park Corner in London.When they were marked…

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Taxi GPS data helps researchers study Hurricane Sandy’s effect on NYC traffic

“The first step was to figure out from the data what is normal,” Dan Work, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois said. “There is a…

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Older drivers four times more likely to swerve out of lane while texting

Randall Commissaris, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Wayne State University in Detroit, says that people tend to think that young drivers are easily distracted, allowing them to be more likely candidates for accidents. However,…

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Will smartwatches be the next big gaming platform?

Google Earth and Niantic Labs founder John Hanke tells Sophie Curtis why gaming could be the ‘killer app’ for smartwatches “Gaming is always there. I’ve heard Steve Jobs initially thought that games were beneath his…

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European Cargo Van Sector Grows For The 14th Consecutive Month

European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) October figures for commercial vehicle registrations indicate steady growth with the UK market posting strong results compared to 2013. Overall CV demand was up 27.1% in the UK, compared with…

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ITS in your pocket – app competition 2014

Watch Sampo Hietanen, CEO of ITS Finland, talk about the promising future of traffic apps

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Good drivers save fleet managers up to 25%

“The impact of good and bad driving can mean a 25% variance on whole life vehicle costs, a study has found. The company says that according to figures compiled from among its customer base, the…

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